Health in Colombia

1,397 indicators covering health for Colombia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
How many health warnings are approved by the law for smokeless 6 2022 unchanged 18th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 30 2022 unchanged 59th
Average cost of tuberculosis treatment multi drug resistant 1,528 2024 down 38.9% 32nd
Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information 80.0% 2015 down 14.1% 75th
Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported 214.76 2024 up 28.0% 11th
Nursing personnel 87.2% 2023 down 2.2% 34th
Health worker distribution, by sex and type of occupation 87.2% 2023 down 2.2% 33rd
Number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma 3,010 2025 down 77.4% 14th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 30 2022 unchanged 60th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 30 2022 unchanged 57th
Treatment success rate: XDR-TB cases 50 2022 up 100.0% 61st
Intensive care unit (ICU) beds and use — Paediatric intensive care 3.11 Per 100 000 inhabitants 2025 up 11.1% 3rd
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 87.4% 2017 down 3.2% 66th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 76.6% 2017 up 5.3% 46th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 95.8% 2017 up 2.8% 30th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 98.9% 2017 up 1.3% 25th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 99.6% 2017 up 0.1% 23rd
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 99.7% 2017 down 0.0% 25th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q1 58.1% 2017 up 24.8% 35th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 76.8% 2017 up 11.2% 36th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q3 86.6% 2017 up 4.5% 35th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 93.3% 2017 up 1.3% 35th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 96.8% 2017 up 0.3% 31st
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 21.9% 2017 down 29.3% 45th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2 0.1% 2017 down 96.6% 67th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q3 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 68th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q4 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 57th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 0.0% 2017 down 77.0% 46th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 57.8% 2017 up 10.8% 55th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 71.9% 2017 up 3.4% 51st
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 78.4% 2017 up 1.7% 50th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 86.6% 2017 up 4.5% 46th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 92.5% 2017 up 3.6% 49th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 96.4% 2017 down 0.6% 36th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 99.2% 2017 down 0.1% 26th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 99.5% 2017 down 0.1% 31st
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 99.5% 2017 down 0.2% 31st
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 99.6% 2017 down 0.2% 31st
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 34.7% 2017 up 24.8% 46th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 63.7% 2017 up 25.9% 37th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 78.6% 2017 up 29.1% 34th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 85.4% 2017 up 21.7% 35th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 92.8% 2017 up 12.6% 35th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 64.8% 2017 up 4.9% 39th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 82.5% 2017 up 2.3% 38th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 90.2% 2017 up 1.3% 42nd
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 94.8% 2017 up 0.4% 36th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 97.3% 2017 up 0.1% 39th
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q1 58.2% 2017 down 5.5% 25th
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q2 20.6% 2017 down 31.1% 39th
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q3 5.9% 2017 down 62.6% 48th
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q4 1.1% 2017 down 80.9% 53rd
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 54th
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q1 4.3% 2017 down 24.1% 45th
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 64th
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q3 0.0% 2017 down 47.2% 53rd
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q4 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 48th
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q5 0.0% 2017 down 77.0% 41st
Antenatal care attendees positive for syphilis who received treatment 90.0% 2024 down 5.2% 51st
Hpv vaccination coverage in 15 year olds 63 2024 down 18.2% 51st