The definition of deprivation is rooted in the child-rights framework using the Convention on the Rights of the Child as its main source to select dimensions relevant to children's well-being. Children below the age of eighteen represent more than a half (52%) of the total population in the region. The findings show that 67% of all the children across the thirty countries experience at least two out of five deprivations critical to children's survival and development. This percentage represents 247 out of a total of 368 million children in the 30 countries.