Health in Laos 1,068 indicators covering health for Laos. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Deaths from terrorist attacks by method of attack stacked bar 0 2021 — 21st Terrorism deaths rate 0 2021 — 59th Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 0 2021 — 21st Prevalence of HIV, total 0.4% 2024 up 33.3% 69th People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 69.3% 2024 up 17.1% 47th External health expenditure channeled through government 89.5% 2019 up 47.7% 17th Mortality from ncds sdgs 26.5 2021 down 7.3% 19th Mortality from ncds gender 29.9 2021 down 8.3% 26th Healthy life expectancy at birth 60.41 2021 up 4.7% 119th Death rates from mental and substance disorders by age who 0 2021 — 1st Death rate from cardiomyopathy myocarditis endocarditis who ghe age st 4.48 2021 down 13.3% 115th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 23.1% 2021 down 6.5% 30th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 29.9% 2021 down 8.3% 26th Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 26.5% 2021 down 7.3% 19th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.35 per 100,000 population 2021 down 14.6% 110th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.21 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 16.0% 118th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.48 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 15.8% 112th Suicide mortality rate, female 2.59 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 12.8% 123rd Suicide mortality rate, male 6.55 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 3.0% 132nd Suicide mortality rate 4.58 per 100,000 population 2021 down 6.0% 133rd Nurses and midwives 1.03 per 1,000 people 2023 up 8.3% 159th Share of women among the population living with hiv 36 2024 down 9.0% 83rd Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 4.6 2023 up 3.2% 50th Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 97.1% 2023 down 1.8% 34th Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 0.1373 2023 up 177.0% 132nd Diabetes prevalence who gho 7.7 2014 up 20.3% 104th Child mortality rate ihme 4.09 2019 down 44.1% 44th Neonatal mortality ihme 1.99 2019 down 33.0% 44th Number of neonatal deaths ihme 3,469 2019 down 33.0% 65th Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol) 4.53 2020 up 3.0% 21st Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol) 10.82 2020 up 3.8% 15th Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol) 17.08 2020 up 4.0% 17th Low-birthweight babies 16.7% 2020 down 3.1% 20th Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with hiv 64 2024 up 137.0% 97th Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 38.09 2022 up 5.8% 113th Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 11.5 2022 up 59.5% 106th Prevalence of diabetes, crude 9.55 2022 up 73.0% 148th Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 40.33 2022 up 6.0% 106th Inequality in life expectancy 0.1967 2023 down 24.1% 48th Inequality in life expectancy vs health expenditure per capita 0.1967 2023 down 24.1% 48th Child mortality under five death rate by wealth group 3.02 2024 down 38.3% 56th Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 20.5% 2022 down 66.5% 51st Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 26.0% 2022 down 59.6% 56th Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 59th Maternal mortality slope chart 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 60th The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 60th Number of maternal deaths by region 206.74 2020 down 57.4% 71st Maternal mortality vs births attended by health staff 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 60th Maternal mortality vs neonatal mortality 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 60th Maternal deaths by income group 206.74 2020 down 57.4% 71st Maternal mortality vs fertility 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 60th Maternal deaths ihme 206.74 2020 down 57.4% 71st Maternal mortality ratio vs mean daily income 126.06 2020 down 55.5% 59th Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and 69.5% 2023 down 15.0% 55th Population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for 3.29 2023 down 10.7% 47th Hib (Hib3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 67.0% 2025 down 18.3% 171st Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis third-dose (DTP3) 67.0% 2025 down 18.3% 172nd Measles-containing-vaccine first-dose (MCV1) immunization coverage 58.0% 2025 down 25.6% 179th Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) 67.0% 2025 down 18.3% 167th Measles-containing-vaccine second-dose (MCV2) immunization coverage 58.0% 2025 — 162nd ← Previous Page 8 of 18 Next →