Health in Africa Eastern and Southern 348 indicators covering health for Africa Eastern and Southern. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 65-69, female 6.15 million 2025 up 51.0% 32nd Population ages 65-69, male 4.88 million 2025 up 43.6% 32nd Population ages 70-74, female 4.26 million 2025 up 51.6% 33rd Population ages 70-74, male 3.24 million 2025 up 47.0% 33rd Population ages 75-79, female 2.60 million 2025 up 40.6% 33rd Population ages 75-79, male 1.87 million 2025 up 44.1% 33rd Population ages 80 and above, female 2.31 million 2025 up 36.3% 33rd Population ages 80 and above, male 1.33 million 2025 up 31.4% 34th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 4.1% 2024 up 5.7% 31st Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 4.7% 2024 up 5.7% 30th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 4.4% 2024 up 5.7% 31st Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 31.6% 2024 down 6.8% 3rd Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 36.7% 2024 down 6.1% 2nd Prevalence of stunting, height for age 34.2% 2024 down 6.4% 2nd People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 81.9% 2024 up 2.0% 44th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 46.1% 2024 up 5.0% 45th People practicing open defecation, urban 2.7% 2024 down 52.3% 13th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 48.6% 2024 up 24.2% 45th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 27.7% 2024 up 31.3% 39th People using at least basic drinking water services 61.6% 2024 up 16.0% 44th People using safely managed drinking water services 32.2% 2024 up 30.5% 27th People practicing open defecation, rural 16.4% 2024 down 42.6% 13th People using at least basic sanitation services 34.7% 2024 up 19.9% 43rd People practicing open defecation 11.2% 2024 down 45.8% 13th Current health expenditure 5.5% 2023 down 8.6% 24th Current health expenditure per capita 88.49 current US$ 2023 down 15.7% 31st Out-of-pocket expenditure 16.9% 2023 down 10.8% 39th Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 14.94 current US$ 2023 down 24.8% 45th Domestic general government health expenditure 47.8% 2023 up 11.4% 29th Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 112.08 current international $ 2023 up 31.9% 34th Domestic private health expenditure 35.8% 2023 down 15.2% 37th Domestic private health expenditure per capita 31.7 current US$ 2023 down 28.5% 40th People using safely managed sanitation services 26.0% 2024 up 22.2% 27th Immunization, Hib3 73.7% 2024 down 4.7% 34th Number of infant deaths 1.01 million 2024 down 1.5% 17th Number of under-five deaths 1.40 million 2024 down 4.3% 18th Number of neonatal deaths 573,125 2024 up 4.4% 17th Adolescent fertility rate 91.19 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 14.2% 7th Sex ratio at birth 1.03 male births per female births 2024 up 0.1% 45th Domestic general government health expenditure 13.1% 2022 up 12.3% 7th External health expenditure 16.4% 2023 up 10.3% 8th External health expenditure per capita 14.48 current US$ 2023 down 7.1% 4th External health expenditure per capita, PPP 40.34 current international $ 2023 up 22.1% 4th Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 33.2% 2023 up 9.9% 19th Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 32.7% 2023 up 11.0% 22nd Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 39.1% 2023 up 3.1% 15th Stillbirth rate 22.03 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 11.3% 7th Prevalence of undernourishment 26.1% 2023 up 22.1% 2nd Immunization, measles second dose 57.1% 2024 up 346.4% 34th Antiretroviral therapy coverage 83.9% 2024 up 77.6% 2nd Prevalence of hypertension, female 37.1% 2019 down 3.1% 16th Prevalence of hypertension, male 32.9% 2019 down 8.4% 32nd Prevalence of hypertension 35.1% 2019 down 5.6% 21st Treatment for hypertension, female 28.6% 2019 up 31.7% 38th Treatment for hypertension, male 20.9% 2019 up 53.7% 40th Treatment for hypertension 25.2% 2019 up 40.1% 40th Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 231,605 2024 up 6.1% 13th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 64,893 2024 down 12.7% 14th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 74,825 2024 down 8.9% 15th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 39,005 2024 down 3.8% 15th ← Previous Page 4 of 6 Next →