Health in Gambia 1,366 indicators covering health for Gambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Stillbirth ENAP 2030 target met projection 1,007 2030 down 30.9% 89th Stillbirth high-income country average rate matched projection 233 2030 down 80.3% 109th Stillbirth rate current trends 16.96 2030 down 7.1% 29th Life satisfaction vs life expectancy 65.86 2023 up 5.8% 198th Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence 7.3% 2030 down 17.0% 117th Estimate of current cigarette smoking prevalence (%) 8.0% 2030 down 19.2% 112th Tb patients tested positive for hiv 260 2021 up 16.1% 68th Number of children aged 6-59 months with anaemia 209.94 2019 down 5.3% 94th Prevalence of anaemia in children aged 6-59 months 52.3% 2019 down 27.2% 35th Number of deaths attributed to non-communicable diseases, by type of 679.36 2019 up 46.3% 157th Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence 0.1% 2024 down 50.0% 101st Mean hemoglobin level of children aged 6-59 months 108 2019 up 9.1% 155th Estimated number of MDR/RR-TB incident cases 38 2024 up 2.7% 118th Neonatal mortality rate - Remains constant 22.95 2030 unchanged 30th Neonatal mortality rate - Current trends maintained 19.65 2030 down 12.2% 38th Neonatal mortality rate - High-income country average rate matched 2.8 2030 down 82.7% 1st Neonatal mortality rate - SDG target met 12 2030 down 41.7% 1st Under 5 mortality rate - Remains constant 42.41 2030 unchanged 37th Under 5 mortality rate - Current trends maintained 34.22 2030 down 16.3% 40th Under 5 mortality rate - High-income country average rate matched 5.09 2030 down 82.9% 1st Under 5 mortality rate - SDG target met 24.51 2030 down 36.6% 38th Mortality rate age 10-19 - Remains constant 11.35 2030 up 0.0% 28th Mortality rate age 10-19 - Current trends maintained 9.7 2030 down 12.2% 27th Mortality rate age 10-19 - High-income country average rate matched 5.66 2030 down 36.4% 2nd Neonatal deaths - Remains constant 1,903 2030 up 0.5% 77th Neonatal deaths - Current trends maintained 1,629 2030 down 11.8% 75th Neonatal deaths - SDG target met 995 2030 down 41.5% 88th Under-five deaths - Remains constant 3,498 2030 up 0.9% 78th Under-five deaths - Current trends maintained 2,823 2030 down 15.6% 82nd Under-five deaths - SDG target met 2,023 2030 down 35.9% 84th Deaths age 10 to 19 - Remains constant 820 2030 up 8.9% 87th Deaths age 10 to 19 - Current trends maintained 705 2030 down 4.1% 88th Mortality caused by road traffic injury 29.6 per 100,000 population 2019 up 12.5% 28th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 15.7 per 100,000 female population 2019 up 9.0% 31st Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 43.8 per 100,000 male population 2019 up 14.7% 23rd Countries with birth registration data that are at least 90 percent 0 2024 — 144th Ipv vaccine coverage 80 2024 up 12.7% 154th Tb patients living with hiv receiving art 231 2021 up 124.3% 65th HIV-positive TB patients on ART (antiretroviral therapy) 93.0% 2024 up 93.8% 85th Hospital beds 11.1 2023 up 5.4% 118th Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB 64.0% 2022 down 36.0% 116th New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population 2.9 2024 down 63.1% 71st Treatment success rate: HIV-positive TB cases 86 2023 — 31st Prevalence of wasting, weight for height 5.1% 2020 down 46.3% 40th Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 110,000 2024 up 23.6% 80th Weight-for-height <-2 SD 5.07 2020 down 53.6% 42nd Polio vaccine: inactivated second or third-dose polio vaccine (IPVc) 75.0% 2025 — 120th International Health Regulations core capacity scores, SPAR version 50 2025 — 85th Prevalence of underweight, weight for age 11.6% 2020 down 33.3% 41st Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population 2.9 2024 down 53.9% 70th Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children 0 2024 down 100.0% 69th Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment 8 2024 down 33.3% 84th New leprosy child case detection rate (less than 15 years of age) per 0 2024 down 100.0% 69th Children (0-14) living with HIV 1,600 2024 down 30.4% 47th Ipv1 number unvaccinated 12,478 2023 down 43.7% 89th Children living with hiv 1,600 2024 down 30.4% 47th Contraceptive prevalence, any method 18.9% 2020 up 42.2% 108th Children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 200 2024 down 60.0% 45th Number of reported cases of poliomyelitis by wild poliovirus 0 2023 — 3rd Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 11.1% 2024 down 20.1% 119th ← Previous Page 17 of 23 Next →