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| Indicators to support COVID-19 country-level assessments and response plans: | |
| #CovidData - Lone-mother families | | | |
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| Lone-mother families | |
| Country or area | Lone-mother households as a proportion of all households | | Lone-mother households | |
| 2007-2017 (latest available) | |
| % | | Number | |
| Australia and New Zealand |
| Australia | - | | - | |
| Christmas Island | - | | - | |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | - | | - | |
| Heard Island and McDonald Islands | - | | - | |
| New Zealand | - | | - | |
| Norfolk Island | - | | - | |
| Central and Southern Asia |
| Afghanistan | 0.8 | | 34,367 | |
| Bangladesh | 5.6 | | 2,078,523 | |
| Bhutan | - | | - | |
| India | 4.5 | | 13,730,248 | |
| Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6.0 | | 1,392,890 | |
| Kazakhstan | - | | - | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7.9 | | 104,221 | |
| Maldives | 4.9 | | 3,389 | |
| Nepal | 14.2 | | 981,161 | |
| Pakistan | 5.1 | | 1,488,304 | |
| Sri Lanka | - | | - | |
| Tajikistan | 4.6 | | 65,281 | |
| Turkmenistan | - | | - | |
| Uzbekistan | - | | - | |
| Eastern and South-Eastern Asia |
| Brunei Darussalam | - | | - | |
| Cambodia | 8.7 | | 297,774 | |
| China | - | | 22,956,933 | a |
| China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | - | | - | |
| China, Macao Special Administrative Region | - | | - | |
| China, Taiwan Province of China | - | | - | |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | - | | - | |
| Indonesia | 4.6 | | 3,174,241 | |
| Japan | - | | - | |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | - | | - | |
| Malaysia | - | | - | |
| Mongolia | - | | - | |
| Myanmar | 6.7 | | 851,170 | |
| Philippines | 4.7 | | 1,031,857 | |
| Republic of Korea | - | | - | |
| Singapore | - | | - | |
| Thailand | - | | - | |
| Timor-Leste | 4.7 | | 10,392 | |
| Viet Nam | 6.9 | | 1,741,754 | |
| Europe and Northern America |
| Åland Islands | - | | - | |
| Albania | 5.9 | | 45,342 | |
| Andorra | - | | - | |
| Austria | - | | - | |
| Belarus | 10.3 | | 390,948 | |
| Belgium | - | | - | |
| Bermuda | - | | - | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | | - | |
| Bulgaria | - | | - | |
| Canada | 6.9 | | 1,024,273 | |
| Channel Islands | - | | - | |
| Croatia | - | | - | |
| Czechia | - | | - | |
| Denmark | - | | - | |
| Estonia | - | | - | |
| Faroe Islands | - | | - | |
| Finland | - | | - | |
| France | - | | - | |
| Germany | - | | - | |
| Gibraltar | - | | - | |
| Greece | 7.0 | | 306,453 | |
| Greenland | - | | - | |
| Guernsey | - | | - | |
| Holy See | - | | - | |
| Hungary | 9.4 | | 385,321 | |
| Iceland | - | | - | |
| Ireland | 8.8 | | 148,163 | |
| Isle of Man | - | | - | |
| Italy | - | | - | |
| Jersey | - | | - | |
| Kosovo, under UNSC res 1244 | - | | - | |
| Latvia | - | | - | |
| Liechtenstein | - | | - | |
| Lithuania | - | | - | |
| Luxembourg | - | | - | |
| Malta | - | | - | |
| Monaco | - | | - | |
| Montenegro | - | | - | |
| Netherlands | - | | - | |
| North Macedonia | - | | - | |
| Norway | - | | - | |
| Poland | - | | - | |
| Portugal | 7.1 | | 280,467 | |
| Republic of Moldova | - | | - | |
| Romania | 6.1 | | 452,157 | |
| Russian Federation | - | | - | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | | - | |
| San Marino | - | | - | |
| Serbia | - | | - | |
| Slovakia | - | | - | |
| Slovenia | - | | - | |
| Spain | - | | - | |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands | - | | - | |
| Sweden | - | | - | |
| Switzerland | - | | - | |
| Ukraine | 9.8 | | 1,767,174 | |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | - | | - | |
| United States of America | 7.7 | | 9,896,131 | |
| Latin America and the Caribbean |
| Anguilla | - | | - | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | | - | |
| Argentina | 9.7 | | 1,320,314 | |
| Aruba | - | | - | |
| Bahamas | - | | - | |
| Barbados | - | | - | |
| Belize | - | | - | |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 9.1 | | 254,731 | |
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | - | | - | |
| Brazil | 9.1 | | 5,776,210 | |
| British Virgin Islands | - | | - | |
| Cayman Islands | - | | - | |
| Chile | - | | - | |
| Colombia | 11.4 | | 1,591,223 | |
| Costa Rica | 12.2 | | 172,470 | |
| Cuba | - | | - | |
| Curaçao | - | | - | |
| Dominica | - | | - | |
| Dominican Republic | 10.8 | | 334,493 | |
| Ecuador | 10.5 | | 461,110 | |
| El Salvador | 11.5 | | 180,307 | |
| Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | - | | - | |
| French Guiana | - | | - | |
| Grenada | - | | - | |
| Guadeloupe | - | | - | |
| Guatemala | 11.4 | | 401,257 | |
| Guyana | 9.9 | | 20,388 | |
| Haiti | 8.3 | | 206,829 | |
| Honduras | 8.8 | | 182,220 | |
| Jamaica | - | | - | |
| Martinique | - | | - | |
| Mexico | 8.8 | | 3,041,122 | |
| Montserrat | - | | - | |
| Nicaragua | - | | - | |
| Panama | 9.7 | | 107,879 | |
| Paraguay | - | | - | |
| Peru | 9.3 | | 793,802 | |
| Puerto Rico | 14.9 | | 204,750 | |
| Saint Barthélemy | - | | - | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | | - | |
| Saint Lucia | - | | - | |
| Saint Martin (French Part) | - | | - | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | | - | |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | - | | - | |
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | - | | - | |
| Suriname | - | | - | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10.0 | | 41,701 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | | - | |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | | - | |
| Uruguay | 9.5 | | 117,853 | |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | - | | - | |
| Northern Africa and Western Asia |
| Algeria | - | | - | |
| Armenia | 7.5 | | 54,552 | |
| Azerbaijan | - | | - | |
| Bahrain | - | | - | |
| Cyprus | - | | - | |
| Egypt | 6.2 | | 1,467,093 | |
| Georgia | - | | - | |
| Iraq | - | | - | |
| Israel | - | | - | |
| Jordan | 7.4 | | 141,776 | |
| Kuwait | - | | - | |
| Lebanon | - | | - | |
| Libya | - | | - | |
| Morocco | - | | - | |
| Oman | - | | - | |
| Qatar | - | | - | |
| Saudi Arabia | - | | - | |
| State of Palestine | 4.7 | | 42,666 | |
| Sudan | 11.4 | | 828,145 | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | - | | - | |
| Tunisia | - | | - | |
| Turkey | - | | - | |
| United Arab Emirates | - | | - | |
| Western Sahara | - | | - | |
| Yemen | 3.6 | | 152,807 | |
| Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand |
| American Samoa | - | | - | |
| Cook Islands | - | | - | |
| Fiji | 3.8 | | 7,199 | |
| French Polynesia | - | | - | |
| Guam | - | | - | |
| Kiribati | - | | - | |
| Marshall Islands | - | | - | |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | - | | - | |
| Nauru | - | | - | |
| New Caledonia | - | | - | |
| Niue | - | | - | |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | | - | |
| Palau | - | | - | |
| Papua New Guinea | - | | - | |
| Pitcairn | - | | - | |
| Samoa | - | | - | |
| Solomon Islands | - | | - | |
| Tokelau | - | | - | |
| Tonga | - | | - | |
| Tuvalu | - | | - | |
| United States Minor Outlying Islands | - | | - | |
| Vanuatu | - | | - | |
| Wallis and Futuna Islands | - | | - | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Angola | 12.1 | | 751,019 | |
| Benin | 8.9 | | 199,961 | |
| Botswana | 7.9 | | 51,157 | |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | - | | - | |
| Burkina Faso | 3.5 | | 112,781 | |
| Burundi | 13.5 | | 303,832 | |
| Cabo Verde | - | | - | |
| Cameroon | 5.8 | | 281,610 | |
| Central African Republic | - | | - | |
| Chad | 8.4 | | 216,830 | |
| Comoros | 7.8 | | 11,776 | |
| Congo | 6.0 | | 73,540 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 3.0 | | 144,521 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9.0 | | 1,387,646 | |
| Djibouti | - | | - | |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | | - | |
| Eritrea | - | | - | |
| Eswatini | 10.7 | | 31,493 | |
| Ethiopia | 10.3 | | 2,331,563 | |
| French Southern and Antarctic Territories | - | | - | |
| Gabon | 7.0 | | 34,509 | |
| Gambia | 3.8 | | 9,778 | |
| Ghana | 10.3 | | 671,009 | |
| Guinea | 4.2 | | 85,276 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | | - | |
| Kenya | 13.1 | | 1,785,909 | |
| Lesotho | 6.0 | | 39,798 | |
| Liberia | 9.3 | | 86,169 | |
| Madagascar | 7.7 | | 399,827 | |
| Malawi | 11.4 | | 470,194 | |
| Mali | 5.4 | | 163,621 | |
| Mauritania | - | | - | |
| Mauritius | - | | - | |
| Mayotte | - | | - | |
| Mozambique | 10.2 | | 690,758 | |
| Namibia | 6.9 | | 41,299 | |
| Niger | 7.8 | | 284,628 | |
| Nigeria | 6.2 | | 2,671,456 | |
| Rwanda | 13.5 | | 386,816 | |
| Réunion | - | | - | |
| Saint Helena | - | | - | |
| Senegal | 4.9 | | 92,763 | |
| Seychelles | - | | - | |
| Sierra Leone | 3.4 | | 43,061 | |
| Somalia | - | | - | |
| South Africa | 9.1 | | 1,594,587 | |
| South Sudan | 13.6 | | 286,972 | |
| São Tomé and Principe | 13.8 | | 7,331 | |
| Togo | 9.2 | | 157,286 | |
| Uganda | 9.8 | | 928,316 | |
| United Republic of Tanzania | 9.9 | | 1,192,249 | |
| Zambia | 7.2 | | 241,245 | |
| Zimbabwe | 11.0 | | 447,517 | |
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| Australia and New Zealand | - | | - | |
| Central and Southern Asia | 4.9 | | 19,878,384 | |
| Eastern and South-Eastern Asia | [5.4] | | 30,064,121 | |
| Europe and Northern America | [7.8] | | [1,469,643] | |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 9.5 | | 15,208,659 | |
| Northern Africa and Western Asia | [6.9] | | [447,840] | |
| Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand | [3.8] | | [7,199] | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.8 | | 18,710,103 | |
| World | [6.9] | | 101,251,934 | |
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| Source: | | | | |
| Columns : 2, 4 : Regional aggregates are UN Women calculations from country-level estimates published in UN DESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs) Population Division. 2018. Database on Household Size and Composition 2018 (https://population.un.org/Household/) and UN DESA and UN Women. 2019. Extended Dataset Household Size and Composition 2019. |
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| Notes: | | | | |
| -Global and regional averages shown in red and brackets should be treated with caution as the data coverage is below UN Women's threshold (at least 50 percent of countries and/or 66 percent of the population covered). |
| -Hyphen (-) indicates country data are not available or regional/world average is not applicable or cannot be derived. |
| a : Data on the proportion of lone parents disaggregated by sex unavailable. Derived applying the global proportion of lone-parent households headed by women (84.3 percent) to the total number of lone-parent households. |
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| Last Updated | 05 April 2020 | | | |
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