Health in Congo

312 indicators covering health for Congo.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Treatment for hypertension, male 21.6% 2019 up 54.3% 151st
Treatment for hypertension 23.8% 2019 up 46.0% 167th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 996 2024 up 5.2% 82nd
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 206 2024 down 23.1% 68th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 296 2024 down 14.5% 69th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 185 2024 up 2.2% 72nd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 281 2024 up 17.1% 73rd
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 367 2024 up 0.8% 81st
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 629 2024 up 7.9% 80th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 182 2024 down 0.5% 88th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 348 2024 up 1.5% 89th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 353 2024 down 5.1% 78th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 718 2024 up 16.7% 80th
Prevalence of HIV, total 3.2% 2024 down 3.0% 12th
Number of people who are undernourished 1.60 million 2023 unchanged 55th
External health expenditure channeled through government 65.3% 2023 down 32.2% 46th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 21.0% 2021 down 22.2% 50th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 21.4% 2021 down 13.4% 88th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 21.2% 2021 down 18.1% 69th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.6 per 100,000 population 2021 down 25.9% 82nd
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.46 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 35.2% 71st
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.74 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 18.7% 88th
Suicide mortality rate, female 3.32 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 26.1% 98th
Suicide mortality rate, male 10.11 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 8.0% 102nd
Suicide mortality rate 6.71 per 100,000 population 2021 down 13.3% 104th
Nurses and midwives 1.12 per 1,000 people 2022 down 34.3% 155th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol 2.56 2020 up 29.9% 65th
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projecte 6.05 2020 up 30.1% 69th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, pr 9.59 2020 up 29.9% 73rd
Low-birthweight babies 11.9% 2020 up 0.8% 59th
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 63.7% 2022 up 30.3% 17th
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 68.0% 2022 up 3.3% 25th
People using safely managed drinking water services, urban 58.6% 2021 up 2.2% 66th
Prevalence of anemia among children 60.8% 2019 down 6.9% 21st
Adults (ages 15+) living with HIV 120,000 2024 up 33.3% 35th
Prevalence of current tobacco use 16.2% 2024 up 17.4% 97th
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females 2.3% 2024 down 20.7% 125th
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males 30.0% 2024 up 21.5% 75th
Physicians 0.173 per 1,000 people 2022 up 51.8% 171st
Life satisfaction vs. child mortality 4.46 2025 up 5.2% 124th
Adults (ages 15+) and children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 11,000 2024 up 29.4% 20th
AIDS estimated deaths 6,000 UNAIDS estimates 2024 down 6.2% 21st
Current health expenditure per capita, PPP 208.86 current international $ 2023 up 84.2% 158th
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita, PPP 58.42 current international $ 2023 up 68.1% 158th
Domestic general government health expenditure 1.1% 2023 up 19.7% 163rd
Domestic private health expenditure per capita, PPP 106.82 current international $ 2023 up 194.8% 147th
Share of out-of-pocket spending on healthcare 28.0% 2023 down 8.7% 94th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita 25.68 current US$ 2023 down 25.8% 154th
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending 34.0% 2023 down 29.5% 146th
Adults (ages 15-49) newly infected with HIV 8,000 2024 up 31.1% 19th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 48.2% 2019 up 1.9% 75th
Number of stillbirths 2,778 2023 up 1.9% 65th
Young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV 3,400 2024 up 41.7% 19th
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 3.3% 2023 up 69.7% 175th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, rur 31.8% 2019 unchanged 71st
People using safely managed drinking water services, rural 18.4% 2021 up 35.9% 63rd
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water, urb 56.1% 2019 unchanged 72nd
Capital health expenditure 0.2% 2020 down 13.5% 76th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 58.6% 2021 up 1.4% 13th
Cause of death, by injury 5.6% 2021 down 19.9% 115th