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The Disability Data Portal

Highlighting gaps in worldwide disability data

The portal is still active, under transition and being managed by Sightsavers and new partners.

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About the Disability Data Portal

The Disability Data Portal is a centralised space for quality quantitative and qualitative disability data. It is an open, accessible resource for all advocates of disability rights and inclusive sustainable development. 

The portal provides a snapshot of the data globally available on people with disabilities as well as highlighting gaps in the current body of data. It currently brings together quantitative data from 79 national data sources under 16 key development indicators mostly drawn from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework.

The portal also hosts qualitative data collected by people with disabilities themselves. The data on the portal covers several SDGs, including: No Poverty (SDG 1), Good health and Wellbeing (SDG 3), Quality Education (SDG 4), Gender Equality (SDG 5), Decent Work & Economic Growth (SDG 8), Peace, Justice, & Strong Institutions (SDG 16), Partnerships for the Goals (SDG 17).

More about the Disability Data Portal

Data availability by country

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Question Type Key:

  • 1: Uses a question such as 'Do you have disability?'
  • 2: Use a list of medical conditions
  • 3: Uses a question on functional limitations, i.e. what a person can or cannot do
  • 4: Used the Washington Group Questions in some way that is not recommended
  • 5: Used the Washington Group Questions as recommended

Africa

  • Western Africa

    • Burkina Faso
    • Gambia
    • Ghana
    • Liberia
    • Mali
    • Mauritania
    • Niger
    • Nigeria
    • Senegal
    • Sierra Leone
  • Eastern Africa

    • Djibouti
    • Ethiopia
    • Kenya
    • Malawi
    • Mauritius
    • Mozambique
    • Rwanda
    • Tanzania
    • Uganda
    • Zambia
    • Zimbabwe
  • Northern Africa

    • Egypt
    • Morocco
    • South Sudan
  • Middle Africa

    • Cameroon
    • Chad
  • Southern Africa

    • Botswana
    • Namibia
    • South Africa

Oceania

  • Melanesia

    • Papua New Guinea
    • Vanuatu
  • Micronesian Region

    • Kiribati
  • Polynesia

    • Tonga

Asia

  • South-eastern Asia

    • Cambodia
    • Indonesia
    • Myanmar
    • Philippines
    • Thailand
    • Timor-Leste
    • Vietnam
  • Central Asia

    • Tajikistan
  • Western Asia

    • Iraq
    • Jordan
    • Yemen
  • Southern Asia

    • Afghanistan
    • Bangladesh
    • India
    • Maldives
    • Pakistan

Europe

  • Southern Europe

    • Albania
  • Northern Europe

    • United Kingdom

Latin America and the Caribbean

  • South America

    • Colombia
    • Ecuador
    • Suriname
    • Uruguay
    • Venezuela
  • Central America

    • Costa Rica
    • El Salvador
    • Mexico
    • Panama
  • Caribbean

    • Dominican Republic
    • Haiti
    • Puerto Rico
    • Saint Lucia
    • Trinidad and Tobago

Why disability data matters

Disability data is more than just numbers - it tells the story of people’s lives. While statistics are important, stories and videos are powerful tools for change. People with disabilities are collecting and sharing their own data through participatory qualitative methods, helping to close the data gaps that continue to persist.

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Explore disability data by SDG

The portal collates quantitative disability disaggregated data from 48 countries using key development indicators mostly drawn from the Sustainable Development Goals framework. The data covers the themes of education (SDG 4), economic empowerment (SDG 1; SDG 8), stigma and discrimination (SDG 1; SDG 5; SDG 16), and technology and innovation (SDG 17).

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Explore data by country

The Disability Data Portal provides a snapshot of the data globally available on people with disabilities from 79 national data sources under 16 key development indicators.

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Latest News

  • 12 May 2022 New Thailand Data Launched on the Disability Data Portal
  • 15 Feb 2022 Global Disability Summit 2022 - Expansion of the Disability Data Portal
  • 03 Dec 2021 International Day of People with Disabilities (IDPWD): Disability Data During COVID-19
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