Subnational inequality measures and RANK of the capital region, grouped by RMNCH coverage level (CCI, most recent country DHS with survey year)
| Country | Subregion | Survey | Year | Units | CCI | MDMW* | Inequality pattern† | Capital highest | |
| Very low coverage (<45%) | |||||||||
| Chad | Central | DHS | 2014 | 21 | 28.4 | 8.2 | 1.8 | y | |
| CAR | Central | MICS | 2017 | 17 | 35.3 | 9.7 | 7.0 | Top | y |
| Nigeria | West | MICS | 2016 | 37 | 35.9 | 11.5 | 13.6 | Top | |
| Mali | West | MICS | 2015 | 8 | 39.6 | 5.1 | 2.9 | y | |
| Guinea | West | DHS | 2013 | 8 | 39.7 | 6.4 | 4.0 | y | |
| Angola | Central | DHS | 2016 | 18 | 44.9 | 9.8 | −4.2 | y | |
| Low coverage (45%–59%) | |||||||||
| Ethiopia | Eastern | DHS | 2016 | 11 | 46.0 | 9.1 | 12.7 | Top | y |
| Niger | West | DHS | 2012 | 8 | 46.1 | 4.6 | 14.2 | Top | y |
| DR Congo | Central | DHS | 2014 | 11 | 47.1 | 5.1 | 7.0 | Top | y |
| Cote d’Ivoire | West | MICS | 2016 | 11 | 47.9 | 4.9 | −2.6 | y | |
| Benin | West | MICS | 2014 | 8 | 48.1 | 3.7 | y | ||
| Mauritania | West | MICS | 2015 | 13 | 49.4 | 11.0 | −4.1 | y | |
| Madagascar | Eastern | DHS | 2008 | 22 | 49.8 | 7.3 | −6.3 | Bottom | y |
| Cameroon | Central | MICS | 2014 | 12 | 51.5 | 12.2 | −3.9 | ||
| Guinea Bissau | West | MICS | 2014 | 9 | 52.3 | 8.4 | −0.1 | y | |
| Togo | West | DHS | 2013 | 6 | 52.7 | 5.3 | 2.2 | y | |
| Comoros | Eastern | DHS | 2012 | 3 | 52.9 | 4.5 | 1.5 | y | |
| Congo | Central | MICS | 2014 | 12 | 56.1 | 8.3 | −8.5 | Bottom | y |
| Burkina Faso | West | DHS | 2010 | 13 | 57.6 | 6.5 | −6.2 | Bottom | y |
| Gabon | Central | MICS | 2012 | 10 | 59.5 | 4.8 | −10.6 | Bottom | |
| Liberia | West | DHS | 2013 | 5 | 59.8 | 3.6 | −1.4 | y | |
| Intermediate coverage (60%–69%) | |||||||||
| Tanzania | Eastern | DHS | 2016 | 30 | 61.7 | 9.0 | 0.3 | ||
| Gambia | West | DHS | 2013 | 8 | 61.9 | 3.6 | −2.3 | y | |
| Senegal | West | DHS | 2017 | 14 | 62.6 | 8.1 | −0.4 | y | |
| Mozambique | Eastern | DHS | 2011 | 11 | 62.7 | 6.2 | 10.7 | Top | |
| Sierra Leone | West | DHS | 2013 | 4 | 63.4 | 4.8 | −0.7 | y | |
| Ghana | West | DHS | 2014 | 10 | 65.5 | 4.0 | −1.7 | ||
| Burundi | Eastern | DHS | 2016 | 18 | 66.7 | 4.6 | −2.5 | ||
| Uganda | Eastern | DHS | 2016 | 15 | 67.4 | 3.4 | −1.8 | ||
| Rwanda | Eastern | DHS | 2014 | 5 | 69.6 | 1.4 | −0.6 | y | |
| High coverage (≥70%) | |||||||||
| Zambia | Eastern | DHS | 2013 | 10 | 70.1 | 4.7 | −1.6 | y | |
| Kenya | Eastern | DHS | 2014 | 8 | 70.4 | 4.8 | −16.6 | Bottom | |
| Zimbabwe | Southern | DHS | 2015 | 10 | 73.1 | 4.2 | 2.8 | ||
| Sao Tome and Principe | Central | MICS | 2014 | 4 | 73.6 | 2.1 | 2.8 | y | |
| South Africa | Southern | DHS | 2016 | 9 | 74.5 | 1.5 | −0.7 | ||
| Namibia | Southern | DHS | 2013 | 13 | 74.5 | 2.3 | −0.3 | ||
| Lesotho | Southern | DHS | 2014 | 10 | 75.2 | 1.6 | −4.0 | ||
| Malawi | Eastern | DHS | 2015 | 3 | 75.6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | y | |
| Eswatini | Southern | MICS | 2014 | 4 | 83.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | ||
*See online supplementary appendix 3 for details on the MDWM.
†See online supplementary appendix 5 for details on the inequality pattern.
CCI, composite coverage index; DHS, Demographic and Health Survey; MDMW, weighted mean difference from overall mean; MICS, Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey; RMNCH, Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health.