Health in Latin America & Caribbean

351 indicators covering health for Latin America & Caribbean.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Treatment for hypertension 55.1% 2019 up 15.4% 6th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 63,158 2024 down 18.6% 27th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 5,641 2024 down 15.6% 27th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 7,347 2024 down 15.5% 27th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 7,094 2024 down 6.5% 27th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 10,149 2024 down 8.4% 27th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 19,047 2024 down 14.1% 27th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 44,111 2024 down 20.4% 27th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 11,953 2024 down 18.1% 27th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 33,962 2024 down 23.4% 27th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 16,722 2024 down 0.6% 27th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 59,973 2024 down 5.3% 22nd
Prevalence of HIV, total 0.6% 2024 up 21.2% 17th
Number of people who are undernourished 28.80 million 2023 up 10.8% 26th
People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 52.9% 2024 up 21.1% 17th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 12.7% 2021 down 6.9% 38th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 16.9% 2021 down 6.4% 40th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 14.7% 2021 down 6.8% 40th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.3245 per 100,000 population 2021 down 9.4% 41st
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.1881 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 19.7% 40th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.4602 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 5.5% 41st
Suicide mortality rate, female 3.02 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 15.2% 36th
Suicide mortality rate, male 10.86 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 16.5% 23rd
Suicide mortality rate 6.88 per 100,000 population 2021 up 15.9% 31st
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol) 2.46 2020 down 14.8% 9th
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol) 5.82 2020 down 13.5% 9th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol) 9.36 2020 down 13.1% 9th
Low-birthweight babies 9.6% 2020 up 2.4% 16th
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 16.3% 2022 up 10.7% 23rd
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 19.4% 2022 up 8.2% 24th
People using safely managed drinking water services, urban 84.5% 2024 up 3.8% 9th
Prevalence of anemia among children 20.5% 2019 down 20.4% 38th
Prevalence of current tobacco use 13.6% 2024 down 18.2% 33rd
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females 8.1% 2024 down 21.7% 14th
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males 19.0% 2024 down 16.5% 35th
Current health expenditure per capita, PPP 1,698 current international $ 2023 up 54.1% 11th
Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita, PPP 488.93 current international $ 2023 up 47.4% 11th
Domestic general government health expenditure 4.1% 2023 up 6.2% 13th
Domestic private health expenditure per capita, PPP 801.32 current international $ 2023 up 57.9% 7th
Domestic general government health expenditure per capita 415.73 current US$ 2023 up 4.4% 14th
Number of stillbirths 69,257 2023 down 23.5% 27th
People using safely managed drinking water services, rural 53.7% 2024 up 10.5% 17th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 34.4% 2021 up 141.6% 19th
Cause of death, by injury 8.1% 2021 down 51.6% 17th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases 56.7% 2021 down 18.0% 25th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes 0.8% 2021 41st
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 65.1% 2021 up 11.2% 31st
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 65.1% 2021 up 8.8% 31st
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 38.5% 2021 up 218.8% 16th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 17.9% 2021 up 41.5% 38th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 16.3% 2021 up 34.3% 37th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 20.0% 2021 up 51.8% 38th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 65.1% 2021 up 9.8% 31st
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 33.7% 2021 up 233.1% 13th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 30.6% 2021 up 172.9% 5th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 35.4% 2021 up 226.9% 15th
Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4, female 6.1% 2021 down 62.9% 20th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 33.2% 2021 up 125.1% 18th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 32.9% 2021 up 206.2% 5th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 35.1% 2021 up 239.8% 6th