Health in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 174 indicators covering health for Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region). IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Measles - number of reported cases 83,590 2025 up 290.3% 6th Diphtheria - number of reported cases 5,830 2025 up 13,458.1% 5th Total tetanus - number of reported cases 524 2025 down 40.8% 7th Pertussis - number of reported cases 14,992 2025 up 1,004.0% 8th Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases 482 2025 down 40.9% 5th Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (crude estimate) 6.1% 2024 down 20.6% 6th Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (crude estimate) 59.4% 2024 up 16.7% 3rd Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) 28.8% 2024 up 25.2% 2nd Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) 60.8% 2024 up 14.1% 2nd Obesity among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +2 standard 11.5% 2024 up 47.1% 5th Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard 23.4% 2024 up 30.5% 6th Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate) 27.7% 2024 up 29.3% 2nd Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate) 5.7% 2024 down 19.5% 7th Thinness among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age < -2 standard 9.8% 2024 down 7.4% 3rd Number of infant deaths 688,988 2024 down 19.3% 5th Number of under-five deaths 824,362 2024 down 19.4% 5th Under-five mortality rate 42.13 2024 down 21.0% 4th Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1) 35.06 2024 down 20.9% 3rd Neonatal mortality rate 23.78 2024 down 17.7% 3rd Number of neonatal deaths 471,604 2024 down 16.2% 6th Number of maternal deaths 33,013 2023 down 18.8% 3rd Maternal mortality ratio 167.38 2023 down 20.2% 3rd Number of deaths among adolescents 52,267 2024 up 8.5% 7th Adolescent mortality rate 2.96 2024 down 11.0% 4th Mortality rate for 5-14 year-olds 6.55 2024 down 13.0% 4th Number of deaths among children 5 to 14 years of age 118,503 2024 up 2.5% 6th Number of deaths among children ages 5 to 9 years 66,236 2024 down 1.7% 5th Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 209.65 2023 up 34.5% 5th Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 45.2% 2023 down 15.5% 2nd Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 38.27 2022 down 1.3% 7th Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 23.25 2022 up 28.4% 1st Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 36.56 2022 down 1.4% 7th Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and 41.0% 2023 down 20.8% 3rd Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis third-dose (DTP3) 81.0% 2025 up 2.5% 9th Hib (Hib3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 81.0% 2025 up 2.5% 6th Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 81.0% 2025 up 2.5% 9th Measles-containing-vaccine second-dose (MCV2) immunization coverage 76.0% 2025 up 11.8% 9th Stunting numbers among children under 5 years of age (millions) 24,276 2024 down 9.8% 14th Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands) 4,247 2024 down 28.6% 21st Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%) 4.5% 2024 down 31.8% 36th Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, crude 3.2 2018 down 3.0% 8th Mean HDL cholesterol, crude 1.1 2018 unchanged 7th Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, age-standardized 3.2 2018 down 5.9% 9th Mean HDL cholesterol, age-standardized 1.1 2018 unchanged 7th Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized 4.3 2018 down 4.4% 7th Number of deaths among children ages 10 to 14 years 42,763 2021 down 6.3% 4th Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and 51.0% 2024 up 10.9% 23rd Number of incident tuberculosis cases 920,000 2024 up 11.9% 8th Incidence of tuberculosis 112 2024 down 6.7% 7th Number of deaths due to tuberculosis, excluding HIV 85,000 2024 down 2.3% 8th Number of incident tuberculosis cases 4,700 2024 down 63.8% 11th Deaths due to tuberculosis among HIV-negative people 10 2024 down 23.1% 6th Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases 664,741 2024 up 46.5% 8th Tuberculosis treatment coverage 72 2024 up 30.9% 10th Mean BMI (kg/m²) 26.1 2016 up 3.6% 4th Rubella - number of reported cases 3,065 2025 up 62.6% 6th Treatment success rate: new TB cases 93 2023 up 2.2% 1st Yellow fever - number of reported cases 0 2025 — 8th Poliomyelitis - number of reported cases 12 2018 down 93.1% 4th Mortality rate among children ages 10 to 14 years 2.81 2020 down 20.2% 3rd Page 1 of 3 Next →