Health in Congo

312 indicators covering health for Congo.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 75-79, male 13,308 2025 up 22.4% 139th
Population ages 80 and above, female 12,723 2025 up 16.1% 146th
Population ages 80 and above, male 9,263 2025 up 25.5% 144th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 4.9% 2024 up 16.7% 88th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 5.7% 2024 up 18.8% 88th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 5.3% 2024 up 17.8% 88th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 14.4% 2024 down 25.4% 67th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 18.1% 2024 down 23.9% 66th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 16.3% 2024 down 24.5% 67th
Tuberculosis death rate 39 per 100,000 people 2024 down 18.8% 18th
Incidence of tuberculosis 302 per 100,000 people 2024 down 17.3% 21st
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 87.1% 2021 up 1.0% 159th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 27.2% 2021 up 20.1% 177th
People practicing open defecation, urban 1.5% 2021 down 23.4% 37th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 44.2% 2021 up 30.7% 165th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 6.3% 2021 up 3.1% 167th
People using at least basic drinking water services 73.5% 2021 up 9.4% 185th
People using safely managed drinking water services 45.9% 2021 up 10.6% 115th
People practicing open defecation, rural 23.0% 2021 up 13.0% 27th
People using at least basic sanitation services 20.6% 2021 up 23.6% 206th
Tuberculosis case detection rate 70.0% 2024 up 27.3% 127th
People practicing open defecation 8.4% 2021 down 3.7% 34th
Current health expenditure 3.3% 2023 up 69.7% 173rd
Current health expenditure per capita 75.55 current US$ 2023 up 5.1% 158th
Out-of-pocket expenditure 28.0% 2023 down 8.7% 94th
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 21.13 current US$ 2023 down 4.1% 156th
Domestic general government health expenditure 34.0% 2023 down 29.5% 146th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 71 current international $ 2023 up 29.9% 154th
Domestic private health expenditure 51.1% 2023 up 60.0% 51st
Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 208.86 current international $ 2023 up 84.2% 158th
Domestic private health expenditure per capita 38.64 current US$ 2023 up 68.2% 149th
Immunization, Hib3 78.0% 2024 up 6.8% 147th
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 3.91 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 28.2% 40th
Reported cases of measles 483 Cases 2024 up 580.3% 58th
Child mortality by income level of country 3.91 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 28.2% 40th
Number of infant deaths 5,131 2024 down 20.5% 66th
Number of under-five deaths 7,367 2024 down 23.4% 61st
Number of neonatal deaths 3,182 2024 down 11.3% 65th
Child mortality vs. health spending 3.91 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 28.2% 40th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 72.0% 2024 down 10.0% 162nd
Adolescent fertility rate 108.1 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 11.4% 15th
Sex ratio at birth 1.03 male births per female births 2024 up 0.1% 205th
Domestic general government health expenditure 5.4% 2023 up 145.4% 163rd
External health expenditure 14.9% 2023 down 25.1% 48th
External health expenditure per capita 11.23 current US$ 2023 down 21.2% 65th
External health expenditure per capita, PPP 31.04 current international $ 2023 up 38.0% 59th
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 46.7% 2023 down 7.2% 9th
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 46.7% 2023 down 7.2% 9th
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 46.8% 2023 down 7.3% 19th
Stillbirth rate 14.5 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 3.3% 47th
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 88,000 2024 up 17.3% 24th
Life expectancy vs. health spending 65.77 years 2023 up 4.5% 206th
Prevalence of undernourishment 26.4% 2023 down 19.3% 14th
Immunization, measles second dose 47.0% 2024 up 422.2% 168th
Antiretroviral therapy coverage 34.0% 2024 up 78.9% 135th
Tuberculosis treatment success rate 86.0% 2023 up 22.9% 78th
Prevalence of hypertension, female 41.5% 2019 down 0.2% 58th
Prevalence of hypertension, male 38.0% 2019 down 6.2% 85th
Prevalence of hypertension 39.8% 2019 down 3.2% 80th
Treatment for hypertension, female 25.9% 2019 up 40.8% 171st