Health in Africa (WHO region) 174 indicators covering health for Africa (WHO region). IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Measles - number of reported cases 179,400 2025 up 240.0% 3rd Diphtheria - number of reported cases 20,261 2025 up 1,125.0% 3rd Total tetanus - number of reported cases 20,578 2025 up 483.1% 2nd Pertussis - number of reported cases 12,202 2025 up 61.3% 9th Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases 1,654 2025 up 28.3% 2nd Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (crude estimate) 11.3% 2024 down 5.9% 3rd Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (crude estimate) 29.8% 2024 up 20.2% 10th Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) 12.7% 2024 up 33.2% 7th Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) 32.3% 2024 up 18.7% 10th Obesity among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +2 standard 4.7% 2024 up 46.6% 11th Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard 12.3% 2024 up 30.7% 11th Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) 11.3% 2024 up 35.7% 8th Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) 11.3% 2024 down 6.9% 3rd Thinness among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age < -2 standard 7.2% 2024 down 4.9% 6th Number of infant deaths 1.86 million 2024 down 3.4% 3rd Number of under-five deaths 2.77 million 2024 down 7.4% 3rd Under-five mortality rate 69.9 2024 down 17.8% 1st Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1) 46.32 2024 down 14.0% 2nd Neonatal mortality rate 26.27 2024 down 9.1% 1st Number of neonatal deaths 1.07 million 2024 up 1.9% 3rd Number of maternal deaths 177,774 2023 down 17.4% 2nd Maternal mortality ratio 442.12 2023 down 26.5% 1st Number of deaths among adolescents 181,479 2024 up 7.4% 3rd Adolescent mortality rate 5.85 2024 down 17.1% 2nd Mortality rate for 5-14 year-olds 14.07 2024 down 21.2% 2nd Number of deaths among children 5 to 14 years of age 463,033 2024 down 2.6% 2nd Number of deaths among children ages 5 to 9 years 281,554 2024 down 8.0% 2nd Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 55.86 2023 up 62.9% 7th Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 91.9% 2023 down 2.4% 1st Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 26.14 2022 up 6.0% 11th Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 10.52 2022 up 18.5% 9th Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 23.89 2022 up 4.8% 11th Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and 83.2% 2023 down 3.9% 1st Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis third-dose (DTP3) 76.0% 2025 up 8.6% 10th Hib (Hib3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 76.0% 2025 up 8.6% 8th Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 76.0% 2025 up 8.6% 10th Measles-containing-vaccine second-dose (MCV2) immunization coverage 58.0% 2025 up 241.2% 10th Stunting numbers among children under 5 years of age (millions) 59,122 2024 up 6.7% 5th Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) 7,740 2024 up 29.9% 7th Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) 4.2% 2024 up 13.5% 10th Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, crude 2.8 2018 up 3.7% 11th Mean HDL cholesterol, crude 1.1 2018 unchanged 7th Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, age-standardized 2.9 2018 up 3.6% 11th Mean HDL cholesterol, age-standardized 1.1 2018 unchanged 7th Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized 4 2018 unchanged 11th Number of deaths among children ages 10 to 14 years 173,068 2021 up 9.2% 2nd Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and 9.0% 2024 up 50.0% 7th Number of incident tuberculosis cases 2.62 million 2024 down 11.2% 5th Incidence of tuberculosis 207 2024 down 31.0% 2nd Number of deaths due to tuberculosis, excluding HIV 315,000 2024 down 34.5% 4th Number of incident tuberculosis cases 428,000 2024 down 56.0% 2nd Deaths due to tuberculosis among HIV-negative people 25 2024 down 49.0% 2nd Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases 1.93 million 2024 up 48.2% 6th Tuberculosis treatment coverage 74 2024 up 68.2% 9th Mean BMI (kg/m²) 23.2 2016 up 2.2% 9th Rubella - number of reported cases 19,669 2025 up 271.0% 2nd Treatment success rate: new TB cases 89 2023 up 12.7% 5th Yellow fever - number of reported cases 290 2025 up 728.6% 4th Poliomyelitis - number of reported cases 65 2018 down 93.5% 2nd Mortality rate among children ages 10 to 14 years 6.29 2020 down 19.9% 1st Page 1 of 3 Next →