Health in Guinea-Bissau

1,282 indicators covering health for Guinea-Bissau.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Price in 400 2022 up 12.9% 51st
Estimated number of children needing antiretroviral therapy based on 2,200 2025 down 43.6% 45th
Weight-for-height <-3 SD 1.53 2019 up 41.5% 26th
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height 1.5% 2019 up 36.4% 26th
Physical activity policies for activie societies 20 2023 down 35.5% 2nd
Physical activity policies focused on active systems 20 2023 down 35.5% 5th
Midwifery personnel 201 2024 up 31.4% 115th
Number of deaths from malaria who 897 2024 up 5.4% 38th
Death rate from malaria 40.75 2024 down 16.6% 17th
Incidence of malaria 110.13 2024 up 4.2% 31st
Share of one year olds who received the final dose of pneumococcal vac 74 2024 up 640.0% 117th
Diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccine vs pneumococcal vaccine coverage 74 2024 up 640.0% 117th
Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among children 66 2025 up 450.0% 19th
Death rate from poisonings 1 2021 down 9.1% 54th
3.8.1 Coverage of essential health services 37 2021 up 27.6% 185th
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 25.3 2021 down 10.0% 27th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 1 2021 down 9.1% 51st
Suicide mortality rate, by sex 7.7 2021 up 6.9% 80th
Rotavirus number unvaccinated 14,481 2023 down 36.5% 63rd
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 28.1% 2019 up 1.8% 25th
Affordability - percentage of GDP per capita required to purchase 7.54 2022 down 11.7% 44th
Japanese encephalitis - number of reported cases 0 2025 19th
Malaria cases reported 95,721 2024 up 2.5% 43rd
Mean systolic blood pressure 128 2009 up 1.0% 59th
Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.2 2009 up 2.0% 127th
Number of pregnant women living with HIV who received antiretrovirals 906 2025 down 42.3% 44th
Hiv expenditure 5.26 million 2010 74th
Number of new leprosy cases with G2D among children 0 2024 35th
Neonates protected at birth against neonatal tetanus (PAB) 80.0% 2022 unchanged 88th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 2.2% 2019 unchanged 74th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in currency reported 500 2018 up 66.7% 42nd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax 0.1% 2018 up 16.7% 182nd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - ad valorem 0.0% 2018 up 100.0% 97th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - import duties 0.0% 2018 unchanged 30th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - other taxes 0.0% 2018 42nd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - value added 0.0% 2018 unchanged 165th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - specific 0.0% 2018 129th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in US$ at official exchange 0.89 2018 up 39.1% 168th
Number healthy diet unaffordable 1.40 million 2024 up 16.7% 85th
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status 85 2025 up 73.5% 65th
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving 96 2025 up 84.6% 33rd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in PPP$ 2.43 2018 up 77.4% 157th
Pcv3 number unvaccinated 15,688 2023 down 70.1% 78th
Number of non-autochthonous leprosy cases 1 2024 down 85.7% 36th
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 30,000 2024 up 3.4% 46th
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female 7.1% 2019 up 42.0% 18th
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male 8.5% 2019 up 84.8% 22nd
Number reported cases of cholera 11 2014 down 92.9% 55th
Population with basic handwashing facilities at home 15.7% 2024 up 137.7% 93rd
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female 1.4% 2019 up 40.0% 23rd
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male 1.7% 2019 up 54.5% 25th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 1.3% 2019 down 48.0% 78th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 3.1% 2019 up 72.2% 59th
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female 17.4% 2019 up 3.6% 19th
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male 20.2% 2019 up 26.2% 16th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 24.8% 2019 down 4.6% 27th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 31.4% 2019 up 7.5% 23rd
Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases 2,063 2011 up 62.1% 108th
Number of reported cholera deaths 2 2014 down 33.3% 31st
Physiotherapists 4 2024 down 73.3% 102nd