Health in Afghanistan 1,189 indicators covering health for Afghanistan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of deaths attributed to non-communicable diseases, by type of 15,565 2019 up 38.0% 65th Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence 0.3% 2024 down 25.0% 71st Mean hemoglobin level of children aged 6-59 months 110 2019 unchanged 145th Estimated number of MDR/RR-TB incident cases 1,500 2024 down 76.6% 26th Neonatal mortality rate - Remains constant 33.14 2030 unchanged 6th Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained 28.5 2030 down 11.8% 9th Neonatal mortality rate - High-income country average rate matched 2.8 2030 down 87.2% 1st Neonatal mortality rate - SDG target met 12 2030 down 57.1% 1st Under 5 mortality rate - Remains constant 53.03 2030 unchanged 25th Under 5 mortality rate - Current trends maintained 43.51 2030 down 15.2% 28th Under 5 mortality rate - High-income country average rate matched 5.09 2030 down 85.8% 1st Under 5 mortality rate - SDG target met 23.41 2030 down 49.2% 45th Mortality rate age 10-19 - Remains constant 14.66 2030 down 4.6% 20th Mortality rate age 10-19 - Current trends maintained 14.66 2030 down 4.6% 15th Mortality rate age 10-19 - High-income country average rate matched 5.66 2030 down 55.5% 2nd Neonatal deaths - Remains constant 52,201 2030 up 4.5% 7th Neonatal deaths - Current trends maintained 44,898 2030 down 7.8% 8th Neonatal deaths - SDG target met 18,908 2030 down 55.1% 14th Under-five deaths - Remains constant 82,436 2030 up 4.6% 13th Under-five deaths - Current trends maintained 67,706 2030 down 11.2% 14th Under-five deaths - SDG target met 36,440 2030 down 46.8% 15th Deaths age 10 to 19 - Remains constant 17,787 2030 up 12.5% 10th Deaths age 10 to 19 - Current trends maintained 16,862 2030 up 7.6% 9th Mortality caused by road traffic injury 15.9 per 100,000 population 2019 up 10.4% 87th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 6.4 per 100,000 female population 2019 unchanged 97th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 24.8 per 100,000 male population 2019 up 12.2% 85th Ipv vaccine coverage 59 2024 down 9.2% 186th Deaths in armed conflicts by country, annual growth rate 37.58 % change on previous year 2026 up 594.3% 3rd Deaths in armed conflicts by region, annual growth rate 37.58 % change on previous year 2026 up 594.3% 3rd Proportion of health care facilities with limited water services 14.17 2025 unchanged 43rd Tb patients living with hiv receiving art 2 2021 down 50.0% 125th HIV-positive TB patients on ART (antiretroviral therapy) 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Hospital beds 3.53 2023 down 23.3% 148th Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB 72.0% 2022 up 1.4% 87th New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population 0.141 2024 down 88.4% 115th Prevalence of wasting, weight for height 3.6% 2022 down 62.1% 54th Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 1.60 million 2024 up 12.7% 15th Weight-for-height <-2 SD 3.63 2022 down 61.9% 54th Earthquake deaths 1,508 2023 up 8,277.8% 2nd Polio vaccine: inactivated second or third-dose polio vaccine (IPVc) 50.0% 2025 — 156th International Health Regulations core capacity scores, SPAR version 20 2025 — 162nd Prevalence of underweight, weight for age 18.4% 2022 down 25.2% 17th Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population 0.141 2024 down 88.4% 114th Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children 1 2024 down 66.7% 59th Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment 6 2024 down 84.2% 89th New leprosy child case detection rate (less than 15 years of age) per 0.055 2024 down 72.4% 65th Children (0-14) living with HIV 500 2024 up 150.0% 66th Ipv1 number unvaccinated 556,070 2023 up 29.4% 9th Children living with hiv 500 2024 up 150.0% 66th Contraceptive prevalence, any method 22.5% 2015 up 65.4% 102nd Children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 100 2024 unchanged 51st Number of reported cases of poliomyelitis by wild poliovirus 6 2023 down 53.8% 1st Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 22.1% 2024 down 16.3% 63rd Number of children newly infected with hiv 100 2024 unchanged 51st Share of children under fifteen years old with hiv 59.44 2024 up 49.0% 57th Number of female leprosy new cases 1 2024 down 90.9% 95th Estimated number of malaria deaths 270 2024 up 77.6% 45th Estimated number of malaria cases 584,876 2024 up 83.3% 38th National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE 8 2022 up 166.7% 1st Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method 19.8% 2015 up 58.4% 98th ← Previous Page 17 of 20 Next →