Health in Guyana

336 indicators covering health for Guyana.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Population ages 75-79, male 4,069 2025 up 33.9% 164th
Population ages 80 and above, female 5,598 2025 up 36.3% 160th
Population ages 80 and above, male 3,174 2025 up 25.8% 165th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 4.6% 2024 down 23.3% 92nd
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 5.3% 2024 down 23.2% 92nd
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 5.0% 2024 down 23.1% 92nd
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 6.4% 2024 down 45.8% 114th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 7.8% 2024 down 45.1% 111th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 7.1% 2024 down 45.4% 112th
Hospital beds 3.24 per 1,000 people 2023 up 88.4% 57th
Tuberculosis death rate 17 per 100,000 people 2024 up 54.5% 42nd
Incidence of tuberculosis 67 per 100,000 people 2024 down 33.0% 73rd
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 95.5% 2024 down 0.5% 124th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 93.2% 2024 up 3.7% 97th
People practicing open defecation, urban 0.0% 2024 down 80.7% 88th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 95.7% 2024 up 3.7% 71st
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 90.6% 2024 up 7.0% 77th
People using at least basic drinking water services 95.6% 2024 up 2.6% 124th
People using safely managed drinking water services 67.2% 2024 up 2.8% 92nd
People practicing open defecation, rural 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 103rd
People using at least basic sanitation services 91.3% 2024 up 6.1% 116th
Tuberculosis case detection rate 77.0% 2024 up 6.9% 89th
People practicing open defecation 0.0% 2024 down 98.0% 123rd
Current health expenditure 2.5% 2023 down 35.1% 189th
Current health expenditure per capita 505.03 current US$ 2023 up 139.0% 91st
Out-of-pocket expenditure 26.3% 2023 down 30.6% 108th
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 132.96 current US$ 2023 up 65.8% 91st
Domestic general government health expenditure 70.1% 2023 up 41.3% 50th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 933.72 current international $ 2023 up 341.5% 75th
Domestic private health expenditure 28.6% 2023 down 30.6% 130th
Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 1,331 current international $ 2023 up 212.6% 85th
Domestic private health expenditure per capita 144.53 current US$ 2023 up 65.8% 97th
People using safely managed sanitation services 43.4% 2024 down 10.4% 95th
Immunization, Hib3 98.0% 2024 unchanged 20th
Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 2.52 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 26.6% 65th
Reported cases of measles 0 Cases 2024 146th
Child mortality by income level of country 2.52 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 26.6% 65th
Number of infant deaths 385 2024 down 27.2% 125th
Number of under-five deaths 419 2024 down 27.6% 126th
Number of neonatal deaths 253 2024 down 29.1% 124th
Child mortality vs. health spending 2.52 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 26.6% 65th
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 99.0% 2024 unchanged 1st
Adolescent fertility rate 68.46 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 14.6% 41st
Sex ratio at birth 1.04 male births per female births 2024 down 0.1% 170th
Domestic general government health expenditure 7.3% 2023 down 17.1% 136th
External health expenditure 1.2% 2023 down 86.4% 97th
External health expenditure per capita 6.25 current US$ 2023 down 67.4% 87th
External health expenditure per capita, PPP 16.47 current international $ 2023 down 57.4% 89th
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 37.5% 2023 up 1.1% 38th
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 37.8% 2023 up 1.3% 35th
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 31.9% 2023 down 3.9% 70th
Stillbirth rate 12.4 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 12.1% 59th
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 1,900 2024 up 26.7% 88th
Life expectancy vs. health spending 70.18 years 2023 up 5.2% 168th
Prevalence of undernourishment 2.5% 2023 down 63.8% 106th
Immunization, measles second dose 97.0% 2024 up 6.6% 19th
Antiretroviral therapy coverage 69.0% 2024 up 21.1% 78th
Tuberculosis treatment success rate 77.0% 2023 up 14.9% 134th
Prevalence of hypertension, female 41.8% 2019 up 3.2% 53rd
Prevalence of hypertension, male 38.2% 2019 down 1.0% 82nd