When comparing the composition of the adjusted deprivation headcount of, for instance, Equatorial Guinea and Malawi, the deprivation in Equatorial Guinea is mainly driven by health and water deprivations, whereas in Malawi sanitation and housing play a far larger role compared to the other dimensions. Overall, sanitation and health are the main contributors to the total adjusted deprivation ratio of all children below the age of five, apart from Benin, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Congo, Congo DR, the Gambia, and Malawi where either nutrition or housing issues also dominate, and Rwanda where water deprivation has the highest contribution. The sanitation dimension contributes considerably to the adjusted headcount of Benin, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Congo, Lesotho, Malawi and Togo (more than 30% for the younger age-group). Education, information, and housing have the highest variation across the thirty countries of the sub-Saharan region.