Health in Eritrea

298 indicators covering health for Eritrea.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Treatment for hypertension 24.3% 2019 up 52.8% 163rd
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 884 2024 down 7.6% 84th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 111 2024 down 33.5% 90th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 163 2024 down 27.2% 85th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 98 2024 down 17.6% 96th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 151 2024 down 7.9% 91st
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 315 2024 down 20.9% 86th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 569 2024 up 1.8% 86th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 217 2024 down 22.2% 83rd
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 418 2024 up 5.8% 81st
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 272 2024 down 12.8% 83rd
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 567 2024 up 17.1% 88th
Prevalence of HIV, total 0.4% 2024 down 50.0% 69th
External health expenditure channeled through government 68.0% 2023 down 21.8% 43rd
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 25.6% 2021 down 1.9% 16th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 29.4% 2021 down 11.4% 27th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 27.3% 2021 down 7.5% 16th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 2.1 per 100,000 population 2021 down 8.3% 11th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 1.65 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 2.9% 10th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 2.55 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 12.4% 15th
Suicide mortality rate, female 7.2 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 5.6% 29th
Suicide mortality rate, male 19.42 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 3.5% 40th
Suicide mortality rate 13.23 per 100,000 population 2021 down 1.0% 41st
Nurses and midwives 1.54 per 1,000 people 2022 up 11.3% 148th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol 0.32 2020 down 27.3% 149th
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projecte 1.07 2020 down 26.2% 149th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, pr 1.87 2020 down 26.1% 147th
Low-birthweight babies 15.2% 2020 down 1.8% 32nd
Prevalence of anemia among children 48.8% 2019 down 3.6% 46th
Adults (ages 15+) living with HIV 12,000 2024 down 14.3% 93rd
Physicians 0.088 per 1,000 people 2022 up 76.0% 186th
Adults (ages 15+) and children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 500 2024 unchanged 91st
AIDS estimated deaths 500 UNAIDS estimates 2024 down 12.3% 64th
Current health expenditure per capita, PPP 86.56 current international $ 2023 up 6.7% 187th
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita, PPP 41.94 current international $ 2023 up 5.9% 168th
Domestic general government health expenditure 0.8% 2023 up 9.4% 173rd
Domestic private health expenditure per capita, PPP 41.94 current international $ 2023 up 5.9% 175th
Share of out-of-pocket spending on healthcare 48.4% 2023 down 0.7% 36th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita 6.52 current US$ 2023 up 31.9% 179th
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending 23.1% 2023 up 47.5% 166th
Adults (ages 15-49) newly infected with HIV 500 2024 unchanged 87th
Number of stillbirths 1,528 2023 down 10.7% 85th
Young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV 200 2024 unchanged 73rd
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP 3.7% 2023 down 25.9% 166th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 37.0% 2021 down 17.0% 58th
Cause of death, by injury 9.8% 2021 down 1.6% 26th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases 51.6% 2021 up 13.5% 128th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes 1.6% 2021 88th
Incidence of malaria 102.42 per 1,000 population at risk 2024 up 189.0% 32nd
Mortality caused by road traffic injury 37.9 per 100,000 population 2019 up 11.5% 5th
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 21 per 100,000 female population 2019 up 22.1% 10th
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 54.8 per 100,000 male population 2019 up 8.1% 5th
Children (0-14) living with HIV 500 2024 down 39.0% 66th
Children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 100 2024 unchanged 51st
Vitamin A supplementation coverage rate 78.0% 2021 up 100.0% 22nd
Malaria cases reported 167,146 2024 up 230.8% 38th
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits 57.4% 2010 up 40.3% 38th
Prevalence of syphilis 1.2% 2021 up 98.3% 37th