Health in Guinea-Bissau

1,282 indicators covering health for Guinea-Bissau.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Diarrhea treatment 30.0% 2019 up 60.4% 70th
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care 97.0% 2019 up 4.8% 40th
Generalist medical practitioners 527 2024 up 211.8% 90th
New cases: pulmonary smear-negative 310 2012 down 41.3% 113th
Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV needing 1,200 2025 down 33.3% 47th
3.3.1 (HIV Incidence) - New HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected 0.986 2022 down 9.4% 10th
Total number of notified TB cases 2,288 2014 up 20.7% 106th
The number of people with susceptibility test result for rifampicin 1,934 2021 48th
Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV 73 2025 down 17.0% 54th
Specialist medical practitioners 21 2024 up 50.0% 95th
Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate 17.9 2024 up 73.8% 33rd
New cases: pulmonary smear unknown/not done 211 2012 up 29.4% 45th
Smear-positive tuberculosis treatment-success rate 73.0% 2011 up 30.4% 128th
Share of one year olds who received the rotavirus vaccine 70 2024 up 14.8% 82nd
The number of people with susceptibility test result for rifampicin 89.04 2021 70th
Medical doctors 33.6% 2024 75th
Number of presumed malaria cases 1,939 2024 36th
Number of indigenous malaria cases 98,392 2024 down 34.4% 43rd
Number of confirmed malaria cases 98,392 2024 down 34.4% 44th
Total number of  malaria cases 100,331 2024 down 33.2% 46th
Retreatment cases: treatment after default 5 2012 down 89.4% 109th
Yellow fever vaccine (YFV) immunization coverage among 1-year olds 70.0% 2025 down 6.7% 18th
Number of indigenous P. falciparum malaria cases 98,392 2024 down 34.4% 38th
Number of suspected malaria cases 400,032 2024 down 3.3% 59th
Retreatment cases: other 0 2012 123rd
Retreatment cases: treatment after failure 6 2012 up 500.0% 96th
Number of malaria positive cases by microscopy 22,158 2024 down 51.6% 43rd
Number of malaria suspects examined by microscopy 91,294 2024 down 26.3% 62nd
Absolute number of deaths from ambient particulate air pollution 1,000 2015 up 25.0% 134th
Natural disasters deaths 0 2006 7th
Tuberculosis funding versus budget requirement 100,000 2025 down 68.9% 86th
Height-for-age <-2 SD 28.14 2019 up 1.9% 25th
Weight-for-age <-2 SD 18.83 2019 up 15.0% 16th
Number of reported deaths from cholera 2 2014 down 33.3% 36th
Domestic Expenditure on Malaria 0 2024 down 100.0% 75th
Exclusive breastfeeding 59.3% 2019 up 55.0% 16th
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture 2.8 2014 77th
Number of malaria positive cases by rapid diagnostic test 76,234 2024 down 26.9% 38th
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum 1.1 2014 down 62.1% 73rd
Weight-for-height >+2 SD 2.22 2019 up 2.5% 72nd
Vitamin A Supplementation, Semester 2 Coverage 0 2023 down 100.0% 60th
Vitamin A Supplementation, Semester 1 Coverage 73 2023 down 24.7% 29th
Malaria ITN use: Population in malaria-endemic areas who slept under 30.9% 2024 down 39.5% 33rd
Number of malaria suspects examined by rapid diagnostic test 306,799 2024 up 5.8% 49th
تغطية بجرعتين من فيتامين أ 73 2023 down 24.7% 28th
Average cost of tuberculosis treatment multi drug resistant 1,120 2024 down 72.9% 43rd
Nursing personnel 68.6% 2024 down 2.8% 72nd
Health worker distribution, by sex and type of occupation 68.6% 2024 down 2.8% 69th
Number of people who received treatment with antibiotics for trachoma 29 2025 down 100.0% 20th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 48.0% 2017 up 11.6% 70th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 56.7% 2017 up 14.4% 73rd
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 69.3% 2017 up 24.8% 70th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 82.3% 2017 up 20.8% 77th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 89.4% 2017 up 3.5% 83rd
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q1 8.3% 2017 up 9.3% 78th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 15.1% 2017 up 44.8% 76th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q3 20.9% 2017 up 59.6% 81st
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 21.3% 2017 up 48.3% 87th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 43.5% 2017 up 28.3% 89th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 53.0% 2017 down 2.3% 24th