for the children of age to years the total is when using the same threshold varying between in gabon to in ethiopia see annex the highest multidimensional deprivation levels are found at the centre of the continent chad the democratic republic of congo niger and central african republic ranging between and followed by a stretch of countries with high levels of deprivation in the east mozambique malawi tanzania uganda and kenya ranging from to and burkina faso sierra leone guinea and togo in west africa the largest contributions come from ethiopia nigeria and the democratic republic of the congo