Health in Bangladesh 1,352 indicators covering health for Bangladesh. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Average cost of tuberculosis treatment by type 11 2024 up 175.0% 48th Ever breastfed 97.06 2022 up 0.3% 25th Ever breastfed 97.1 2022 up 0.4% 22nd Continued breastfeeding 12-23 months 90.3 2022 down 3.0% 3rd Continued breastfeeding 90.34 2022 down 3.0% 3rd Pharmaceutical Technicians and Assistants 163,937 2023 up 212.2% 2nd HIV-positive TB patients on CPT (co-trimoxazole preventive therapy) 100.0% 2014 up 75.4% 1st Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technicians 14,446 2023 up 118.4% 6th Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Children born in the last 24 months 36.9 2022 down 21.0% 47th Early initiation of breastfeeding 36.93 2022 down 20.9% 47th 2.2.2a Prevalence of wasting among children under 5 9.8 2019 down 44.0% 7th Dental Assistants and Therapists 4,846 2023 — 9th Financial hardship in health and components (SDG 3.8.2, 2025) 45.8% 2022 up 60.2% 2nd Community Health Workers 148,713 2020 up 146.7% 6th Total use of antibacterials expressed as DDD per 1000 inhabitants per 32.15 2023 up 35.0% 5th Pattern of antibiotic consumption at national level 32.85 2023 down 7.8% 46th Commitments to recipient countries 160.16 2010 down 44.6% 24th Disbursements to recipient countries 285.39 2010 up 92.0% 13th Women who were first married by age 15 13.4% 2025 down 40.2% 2nd Women who were first married by age 18 47.2% 2025 down 19.5% 3rd Proportion of population who say that overall they are satisfied with 75.0% 2023 up 23.0% 3rd Introduction to solid, semi-solid foods 75.92 2022 up 22.1% 26th Mixed Milk Feeding 21.76 2022 up 19.7% 8th Imports in 1000s hectolitres 37 2007 up 32.1% 79th Care-seeking for children with symptoms of acute respiratory infection 46.4% 2019 up 25.4% 28th Infants exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life 62.6% 2019 up 45.8% 12th Dental Prosthetic Technicians 56 2023 down 97.4% 10th Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are) 27.7% 2018 down 15.3% 9th Introduction of solid, semi-solid or soft foods 6-8 months 75.9 2022 up 22.0% 24th Female headed households 15.8% 2018 up 23.4% 26th Children aged <5 years wasted for age 14.3% 2014 down 2.1% 9th Children aged <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORS 77.0% 2014 up 14.6% 2nd ← Previous Page 23 of 23