Health in Nicaragua 1,202 indicators covering health for Nicaragua. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Tb related deaths hiv 59 2023 up 90.3% 82nd Smoking bans in public places 6 2022 unchanged 82nd Current health expenditure (CHE) as percentage of gross domestic 8.3% 2023 up 8.6% 58th External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health 3.4% 2023 down 66.2% 82nd Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 57.4% 2023 up 13.4% 95th Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure 37.6% 2023 up 2.0% 62nd Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 4.8% 2023 up 23.2% 57th Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage 18.3% 2023 up 14.4% 19th Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current 39.2% 2023 down 0.3% 85th Current health expenditure (CHE) per capita in US$ 216.55 2023 up 54.5% 128th Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) per capita in US$ 84.81 2023 up 54.0% 120th Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) per capita in 124.36 2023 up 75.1% 121st Total healthcare expenditure gdp 8.3 2023 up 8.6% 57th Health expenditure government expenditure 18.29 2023 up 14.4% 19th Mumps - number of reported cases 39 2025 up 34.5% 72nd Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 11.8 2025 down 10.4% 43rd Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population) 2.8 2023 up 21.7% 76th Congenital Rubella Syndrome - number of reported cases 0 2025 — 16th External health expenditure (EXT) per capita in US$ 7.39 2023 down 47.8% 85th Dentists 245 2022 down 7.2% 121st Nursing and midwifery personnel 11,424 2022 up 39.4% 116th Nursing personnel 11,424 2022 up 39.4% 114th Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 23.43 2019 down 15.0% 156th Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 21.71 2019 down 12.7% 173rd Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 67.2% 2019 up 14.3% 31st Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence 35.8 2019 down 0.8% 118th Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 34.7% 2019 up 46.4% 15th Hypertension: effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 34.1% 2019 up 45.1% 19th Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 59.0% 2019 up 17.5% 27th Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 60.6% 2019 up 16.8% 16th Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 65.6% 2019 up 14.9% 56th Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude 32.9 2019 up 1.2% 137th Pneumococcal conjugate second or third-dose vaccines (PCVc) 96.0% 2025 down 3.0% 27th Adolescent birth rate 4.69 2023 down 2.2% 10th Estimated number of malaria cases 6,352 Cases 2024 up 339.3% 62nd Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases 44 2022 down 36.2% 143rd Medical doctors 9.08 2022 up 4.1% 123rd Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 96.6% 2022 up 11.0% 101st Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 37.4% 2022 up 12.8% 44th Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 38.7% 2022 up 10.4% 34th 3.b.1 Proportion of surviving infants receiving 3 doses of 92 2022 down 6.1% 81st Nursing and midwifery personnel 16.97 2022 up 22.3% 137th Cases of paralytic polio from wild vs vaccine derived viruses 0 2023 — 24th Cases of paralytic polio from vaccine derived viruses 0 2023 — 24th TB patients with known HIV status 99.0% 2023 up 39.4% 32nd Dentists 0.36 2022 down 20.0% 133rd Confirmed cases of RR-/MDR-TB 52 2023 up 271.4% 88th Capital health expenditure 0.6% 2023 up 101.1% 17th Adolescent birth rate 4.69 2023 down 2.2% 10th Share of deaths from cardiovascular diseases men women 34.41 2022 up 48.6% 33rd Deaths registered with an ill defined cause of death 1.26 2022 down 18.0% 93rd Share of deaths from homicide 0.8752 2022 down 57.7% 27th Share of deaths from major causes 7.95 2022 up 4.9% 4th Share of deaths from underlying causes 11.65 2022 down 10.9% 91st Tested TB patients HIV-positive 6.6% 2023 up 32.0% 73rd Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 43.3% 2021 up 144.4% 44th Cause of death, by injury 7.8% 2021 down 42.1% 64th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases 48.8% 2021 down 29.0% 134th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes 0.0% 2021 — 116th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 65.5% 2021 down 1.4% 88th ← Previous Page 11 of 21 Next →