Health in Eritrea

298 indicators covering health for Eritrea.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 75-79, male 12,359 2025 up 28.2% 145th
Population ages 80 and above, female 14,587 2025 up 64.8% 142nd
Population ages 80 and above, male 9,774 2025 up 68.8% 142nd
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 2.6% 2024 up 52.9% 138th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 2.9% 2024 up 45.0% 139th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 2.8% 2024 up 47.4% 138th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 44.7% 2024 down 8.2% 6th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 51.1% 2024 down 6.1% 2nd
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 48.0% 2024 down 6.8% 3rd
Hospital beds 1.02 per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.4% 135th
Tuberculosis death rate 29 per 100,000 people 2024 down 37.0% 25th
Incidence of tuberculosis 115 per 100,000 people 2024 down 38.2% 60th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 89.7% 2016 down 0.4% 152nd
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 22.0% 2016 down 10.8% 181st
People practicing open defecation, urban 32.9% 2016 down 10.6% 1st
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 27.8% 2016 down 5.4% 172nd
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 5.6% 2016 up 60.0% 170th
People using at least basic drinking water services 51.8% 2016 up 6.1% 210th
People practicing open defecation, rural 88.7% 2016 down 5.0% 1st
People using at least basic sanitation services 11.9% 2016 up 16.3% 213th
Tuberculosis case detection rate 43.0% 2024 up 2.4% 203rd
People practicing open defecation 67.0% 2016 down 10.9% 1st
Current health expenditure 3.7% 2023 down 25.9% 164th
Current health expenditure per capita 28.3 current US$ 2023 down 10.6% 185th
Out-of-pocket expenditure 48.4% 2023 down 0.7% 36th
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 13.71 current US$ 2023 down 11.2% 171st
Domestic general government health expenditure 23.1% 2023 up 47.5% 166th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 19.96 current international $ 2023 up 57.3% 179th
Domestic private health expenditure 48.4% 2023 down 0.7% 57th
Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 86.56 current international $ 2023 up 6.7% 187th
Domestic private health expenditure per capita 13.71 current US$ 2023 down 11.2% 177th
Immunization, Hib3 95.0% 2024 up 1.1% 56th
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 3.43 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 28.6% 54th
Reported cases of measles 10 Cases 2024 down 92.1% 116th
Child mortality by income level of country 3.43 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 28.6% 54th
Number of infant deaths 2,468 2024 down 23.7% 85th
Number of under-five deaths 3,392 2024 down 27.4% 81st
Number of neonatal deaths 1,584 2024 down 17.9% 86th
Child mortality vs. health spending 3.43 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 28.6% 54th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 93.0% 2024 up 3.3% 76th
Adolescent fertility rate 65.16 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 10.1% 48th
Sex ratio at birth 1.03 male births per female births 2024 unchanged 185th
Domestic general government health expenditure 2.4% 2023 unchanged 190th
External health expenditure 28.5% 2023 down 19.9% 23rd
External health expenditure per capita 8.06 current US$ 2023 down 28.4% 81st
External health expenditure per capita, PPP 24.67 current international $ 2023 down 14.6% 75th
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 35.6% 2023 up 12.7% 43rd
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 35.2% 2023 up 13.9% 44th
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 41.5% 2023 up 4.3% 34th
Stillbirth rate 15.2 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 12.1% 45th
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 11,000 2024 down 52.2% 58th
Life expectancy vs. health spending 68.62 years 2023 up 5.6% 180th
Immunization, measles second dose 85.0% 2024 down 3.4% 90th
Antiretroviral therapy coverage 72.0% 2024 up 38.5% 72nd
Tuberculosis treatment success rate 93.0% 2023 up 4.5% 26th
Prevalence of hypertension, female 24.7% 2019 down 0.8% 180th
Prevalence of hypertension, male 22.5% 2019 down 10.7% 192nd
Prevalence of hypertension 23.7% 2019 down 5.6% 189th
Treatment for hypertension, female 26.7% 2019 up 49.2% 165th
Treatment for hypertension, male 21.4% 2019 up 55.1% 152nd