Health in Colombia 1,400 indicators covering health for Colombia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q1 21.0% 2010 down 1.9% 16th Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q2 19.4% 2010 down 3.0% 15th Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q3 14.2% 2010 down 18.4% 27th Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q4 13.4% 2010 up 11.7% 25th Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q5 9.3% 2010 down 30.1% 31st Number of imported malaria cases 437 2024 down 94.4% 15th Vaccinations (DPT 3) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q1 84.5% 2010 up 31.6% 12th Vaccinations (DPT 3) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q2 91.4% 2010 up 16.9% 8th Vaccinations (DPT 3) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q3 93.2% 2010 up 22.1% 6th Vaccinations (DPT 3) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q4 91.1% 2010 up 7.9% 16th Vaccinations (DPT 3) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q5 91.9% 2010 up 6.9% 13th Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q1 1.8% 2010 down 5.3% 33rd Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q2 1.0% 2010 up 150.0% 34th Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q3 1.1% 2010 up 120.0% 33rd Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q4 1.9% 2010 up 171.4% 24th Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q5 2.9% 2010 — 17th Number of malaria cases treated with artemisinin-based combination 45,186 2024 up 13.3% 41st Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q2 26.2% 2010 up 1.6% 13th Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q3 25.2% 2010 unchanged 12th Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q4 25.3% 2010 down 4.2% 13th Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q5 21.2% 2010 down 20.9% 12th Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q1 25.8% 2010 up 7.9% 12th Number of imported cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis reported 21 2024 up 5.0% 10th Number of people protected from malaria by indoor residual spraying 245,984 2021 down 2.6% 26th Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q1 88.3% 2015 up 20.0% 7th Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q2 99.4% 2015 up 4.4% 1st Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q3 99.3% 2015 up 1.2% 5th Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q4 99.8% 2015 up 0.5% 4th Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q5 100.0% 2015 up 0.8% 1st Number of imported cases of visceral leishmaniasis reported 0 2020 — 22nd Exclusive breastfeeding under six months 36.7 2016 down 21.6% 50th Exclusive breastfeeding under six months 124.57 2016 down 35.1% 30th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q1 27 lowest 2015 down 30.8% 33rd Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 23 2015 down 14.8% 32nd Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q3 12 2015 down 50.0% 34th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q4 17 2015 up 6.2% 29th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q5 7 highest 2015 down 56.2% 34th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q1 22 lowest 2015 down 31.2% 32nd Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 21 2015 down 12.5% 31st Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q3 10 2015 down 52.4% 33rd Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q4 14 2015 unchanged 29th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q5 5 highest 2015 down 64.3% 33rd Number of destroyed or damaged health facilities attributed to 75 2024 up 167.9% 9th Persistence to last grade of primary 92.2% 2017 up 5.5% 60th Average cost of tuberculosis treatment by type 51 2024 up 240.0% 11th Ever breastfed 95.9 2016 down 1.2% 32nd Continued breastfeeding 12-23 months 42.3 2016 down 6.4% 45th Pharmaceutical Technicians and Assistants 53,807 2021 — 4th Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Children born in the last 24 months 68.5 2016 up 15.7% 15th Antimicrobial resistance or decreased susceptibiity (DS/R) to 10.1 2022 — 27th Antimicrobial resistance or decreased susceptibiity (DS/R) to 247 2022 up 888.0% 17th Total use of antibacterials expressed as DDD per 1000 inhabitants per 22.68 2023 up 1.9% 17th Pattern of antibiotic consumption at national level 71.91 2023 up 5.6% 16th Commitments to recipient countries 29.72 2010 up 164.2% 72nd Disbursements to recipient countries 28.56 2010 up 2,203.2% 78th Reported cases of urethral discharge among men 4,348 2023 up 163.7% 23rd Women who were first married by age 15 4.9% 2015 up 11.4% 17th Women who were first married by age 18 23.4% 2015 up 1.3% 18th Imports in 1000s hectolitres 89 2005 down 68.1% 55th Infants exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life 36.7% 2016 down 21.6% 48th ← Previous Page 23 of 24 Next →