Health in Namibia 312 indicators covering health for Namibia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 75-79, male 6,918 2025 up 37.2% 155th Population ages 80 and above, female 12,706 2025 up 39.6% 147th Population ages 80 and above, male 4,633 2025 up 30.4% 157th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 5.4% 2024 up 31.7% 77th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 6.2% 2024 up 31.9% 77th Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 5.8% 2024 up 31.8% 77th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 14.4% 2024 down 26.9% 67th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 18.4% 2024 down 25.5% 65th Prevalence of stunting, height for age 16.4% 2024 down 26.1% 66th Tuberculosis death rate 54 per 100,000 people 2024 down 26.0% 9th Incidence of tuberculosis 422 per 100,000 people 2024 down 37.4% 9th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 96.2% 2024 down 0.4% 116th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 50.2% 2024 down 5.8% 155th People practicing open defecation, urban 19.8% 2024 up 8.8% 5th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 74.3% 2024 up 5.1% 130th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 24.3% 2024 up 26.6% 146th People using at least basic drinking water services 86.5% 2024 up 4.8% 166th People practicing open defecation, rural 53.5% 2024 down 17.1% 10th People using at least basic sanitation services 38.7% 2024 up 11.3% 189th Tuberculosis case detection rate 66.0% 2024 up 13.8% 158th People practicing open defecation 34.7% 2024 down 19.9% 7th Current health expenditure 9.5% 2023 down 6.0% 35th Current health expenditure per capita 397.09 current US$ 2023 down 26.4% 102nd Out-of-pocket expenditure 7.5% 2023 down 15.7% 179th Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 29.75 current US$ 2023 down 37.9% 147th Domestic general government health expenditure 58.5% 2023 up 13.4% 91st Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 625.14 current international $ 2023 up 23.8% 96th Domestic private health expenditure 30.1% 2023 down 29.4% 121st Healthcare spending vs. GDP per capita 1,068 current international $ 2023 up 9.2% 98th Domestic private health expenditure per capita 119.55 current US$ 2023 down 48.0% 107th Immunization, Hib3 75.0% 2024 down 14.8% 152nd Child mortality vs. average years of schooling for women 3.95 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 21.0% 38th Reported cases of measles 15 Cases 2024 down 96.9% 111th Child mortality by income level of country 3.95 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 21.0% 38th Number of infant deaths 2,808 2024 down 11.3% 80th Number of under-five deaths 3,038 2024 down 13.2% 86th Number of neonatal deaths 1,676 2024 down 3.8% 81st Child mortality vs. health spending 3.95 deaths per 100 live births 2024 down 21.0% 38th Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against measles 79.0% 2024 down 4.8% 150th Adolescent fertility rate 65.95 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 14.3% 46th Sex ratio at birth 1.01 male births per female births 2024 up 0.2% 214th Domestic general government health expenditure 15.0% 2023 up 10.3% 45th External health expenditure 11.4% 2023 up 96.8% 56th External health expenditure per capita 45.21 current US$ 2023 up 44.9% 15th External health expenditure per capita, PPP 121.64 current international $ 2023 up 114.8% 10th Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 24.9% 2023 up 31.7% 100th Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 24.7% 2023 up 35.0% 102nd Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 28.3% 2023 up 7.6% 93rd Stillbirth rate 16.2 per 1,000 total births 2023 unchanged 42nd Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS 55,000 2024 down 17.9% 33rd Life expectancy vs. health spending 67.39 years 2023 up 15.3% 188th Prevalence of undernourishment 18.1% 2023 down 22.3% 31st Immunization, measles second dose 66.0% 2024 up 106.2% 147th Antiretroviral therapy coverage 95.0% 2024 up 75.9% 3rd Tuberculosis treatment success rate 88.0% 2023 up 2.3% 67th Prevalence of hypertension, female 44.8% 2019 down 3.4% 22nd Prevalence of hypertension, male 42.6% 2019 down 4.1% 50th Prevalence of hypertension 43.8% 2019 down 3.7% 39th Treatment for hypertension, female 48.1% 2019 up 21.5% 98th Treatment for hypertension, male 38.9% 2019 up 43.0% 77th ← Previous Page 4 of 6 Next →