Health in Bolivia

340 indicators covering health for Bolivia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 75-79, male 56,093 2025 up 10.4% 90th
Population ages 80 and above, female 75,384 2025 up 16.5% 92nd
Population ages 80 and above, male 48,169 2025 up 5.1% 88th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 9.2% 2024 up 12.2% 37th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 10.5% 2024 up 11.7% 37th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 9.9% 2024 up 12.5% 37th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 9.7% 2024 down 40.1% 87th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 11.8% 2024 down 39.2% 86th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 10.7% 2024 down 39.9% 87th
Hospital beds 1.49 per 1,000 people 2023 up 36.7% 117th
Tuberculosis death rate 10 per 100,000 people 2024 down 16.7% 58th
Incidence of tuberculosis 114 per 100,000 people 2024 down 14.9% 61st
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 99.2% 2024 up 1.6% 69th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 78.9% 2024 up 21.9% 131st
People practicing open defecation, urban 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 95th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 78.7% 2024 up 12.1% 123rd
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 53.3% 2024 up 55.1% 125th
People using at least basic drinking water services 93.4% 2024 up 5.0% 139th
People practicing open defecation, rural 24.9% 2024 down 39.3% 23rd
People using at least basic sanitation services 71.6% 2024 up 30.2% 159th
Tuberculosis case detection rate 66.0% 2024 up 20.0% 158th
People practicing open defecation 7.1% 2024 down 56.9% 38th
Current health expenditure 6.9% 2023 up 24.1% 86th
Current health expenditure per capita 255.04 current US$ 2023 up 59.4% 120th
Out-of-pocket expenditure 27.3% 2023 down 19.7% 101st
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 69.67 current US$ 2023 up 28.0% 116th
Domestic general government health expenditure 67.3% 2023 up 15.0% 61st
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 508.57 current international $ 2023 up 136.6% 102nd
Domestic private health expenditure 31.5% 2023 down 17.0% 112th
Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 755.88 current international $ 2023 up 105.8% 114th
Domestic private health expenditure per capita 80.32 current US$ 2023 up 32.3% 123rd
Immunization, Hib3 59.0% 2024 down 30.6% 184th
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 1.57 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 44.8% 96th
Reported cases of measles 4 Cases 2024 124th
Child mortality by income level of country 1.57 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 44.8% 96th
Number of infant deaths 3,698 2024 down 42.8% 72nd
Number of under-five deaths 4,080 2024 down 44.8% 74th
Number of neonatal deaths 1,916 2024 down 46.6% 75th
Child mortality vs. health spending 1.57 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 44.8% 96th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 67.0% 2024 down 24.7% 174th
Adolescent fertility rate 64.44 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 12.9% 50th
Sex ratio at birth 1.04 male births per female births 2024 up 0.1% 145th
Domestic general government health expenditure 12.0% 2023 up 30.7% 74th
External health expenditure 1.2% 2023 down 65.2% 98th
External health expenditure per capita 3.13 current US$ 2023 down 44.6% 107th
External health expenditure per capita, PPP 9.27 current international $ 2023 down 28.5% 104th
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 24.9% 2023 down 2.0% 100th
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 24.9% 2023 down 0.8% 100th
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 25.5% 2023 down 11.8% 117th
Stillbirth rate 8.3 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 22.4% 96th
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 16,000 2024 down 5.9% 56th
Life expectancy vs. health spending 68.58 years 2023 up 2.7% 181st
Prevalence of undernourishment 21.8% 2023 up 21.1% 22nd
Immunization, measles second dose 61.0% 2024 up 60.5% 153rd
Antiretroviral therapy coverage 60.0% 2024 up 275.0% 106th
Tuberculosis treatment success rate 79.0% 2023 down 7.1% 124th
Prevalence of hypertension, female 27.2% 2019 down 0.4% 162nd
Prevalence of hypertension, male 29.4% 2019 up 8.1% 173rd
Prevalence of hypertension 28.3% 2019 up 3.7% 177th
Treatment for hypertension, female 59.8% 2019 up 8.3% 49th