Health in Guatemala 1,231 indicators covering health for Guatemala. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 13 2022 unchanged 101st Average cost of tuberculosis treatment multi drug resistant 813 2024 down 23.3% 61st Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information 100.0% 2016 up 17.2% 1st Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported 6.95 2022 up 124.3% 38th Number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma 36 2025 — 19th Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 25 2022 unchanged 96th Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 0 2022 — 88th Treatment success rate: XDR-TB cases 50 2022 — 61st Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 81.2% 2017 up 3.7% 78th People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 77.4% 2017 down 2.4% 44th People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 92.3% 2017 up 5.2% 41st People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 96.3% 2017 up 9.6% 41st People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 97.5% 2017 up 2.2% 40th People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 99.4% 2017 up 1.0% 34th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q1 44.9% 2017 up 14.1% 45th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 54.7% 2017 up 14.3% 50th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q3 66.3% 2017 up 7.0% 47th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 76.9% 2017 down 1.1% 49th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 92.6% 2017 down 1.2% 47th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 20.1% 2017 down 11.7% 47th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2 10.3% 2017 down 25.0% 41st People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q3 3.7% 2017 down 28.9% 38th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q4 1.4% 2017 down 14.9% 36th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 0.2% 2017 up 16.5% 30th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 72.0% 2017 down 3.9% 41st People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 87.0% 2017 up 4.0% 37th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 93.1% 2017 up 6.5% 33rd People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 95.3% 2017 up 3.8% 32nd People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 96.9% 2017 up 3.3% 32nd People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 92.7% 2017 down 1.8% 45th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 97.1% 2017 up 0.3% 46th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 98.4% 2017 up 0.9% 40th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 99.6% 2017 up 1.3% 29th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 0.5% 1st People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 42.3% 2017 up 16.7% 42nd People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 46.2% 2017 up 14.5% 48th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 54.8% 2017 up 19.7% 50th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 63.8% 2017 up 16.1% 47th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 77.2% 2017 up 6.1% 50th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 62.0% 2017 down 2.2% 44th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 75.1% 2017 down 4.8% 45th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 84.6% 2017 down 3.3% 46th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 92.5% 2017 down 1.8% 42nd People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 95.9% 2017 down 0.8% 48th People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q1 22.7% 2017 down 17.0% 50th People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q2 15.9% 2017 down 15.9% 48th People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q3 9.8% 2017 down 28.8% 44th People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q4 3.2% 2017 down 49.4% 48th People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5 1.1% 2017 down 60.9% 41st People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q1 7.9% 2017 up 23.0% 33rd People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2 1.7% 2017 up 65.6% 28th People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q3 0.5% 2017 up 75.0% 35th People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q4 0.3% 2017 up 77.8% 26th People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q5 0.0% 2017 up 62.5% 32nd Antenatal care attendees positive for syphilis who received treatment 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Prevalence of syphilis 0.0% 2022 down 90.2% 79th Population in areas that warrant treatment with antibiotics, facial 0 2025 down 100.0% 23rd Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres 1.51 2009 up 6.5% 153rd Confirmed cases of MDR-TB 69 2012 up 72.5% 48th Number of people operated for trachomatous trichiasis 0 2025 — 41st ← Previous Page 20 of 21 Next →