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What is life like as an adolescent in
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Zanzibar?
12.2 %
429,920
There are adolescents (10–19 years) in Zanzibar1
10–14 years
10.5 %
22.7%
15–19 years
of the population
Poverty
32.0%
12.7%
of adolescents aged 10–19 live in basic needs poverty2
Health and nutrition
third
Over a of adolescents (10–19 years) worry about not having enough food2
of adolescents aged 10–19 live in extreme (food) poverty2
25.8%
half One fifth
Almost of all girls aged 15 –19 years have anaemia3
of 15–19-year-old girls are overweight or obese 3