Health in Paraguay

1,296 indicators covering health for Paraguay.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 36.4 per 100,000 male population 2019 down 6.4% 48th
Countries with birth registration data that are at least 90 percent 0 2024 144th
Ipv vaccine coverage 82 2024 down 12.8% 145th
Proportion of health care facilities with limited water services 8.46 2021 unchanged 53rd
Tb patients living with hiv receiving art 199 2021 up 103.1% 69th
HIV-positive TB patients on ART (antiretroviral therapy) 36.0% 2024 down 58.6% 143rd
Hospital beds 10.4 2022 up 22.6% 123rd
Treatment success rate for patients treated for MDR-TB 57.0% 2022 unchanged 129th
New leprosy case detection rate per 1 000 000 population 40.27 2024 down 26.3% 19th
Treatment success rate: HIV-positive TB cases 51 2023 up 50.0% 131st
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height 1.0% 2016 down 9.1% 91st
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 130,000 2024 up 18.2% 78th
Bladder cancer death rate 0.9042 2021 up 6.3% 90th
Cancer death rates by type who db 0.9042 2021 up 6.3% 90th
Weight-for-height <-2 SD 0.9621 2016 down 9.7% 91st
Polio vaccine: inactivated second or third-dose polio vaccine (IPVc) 80.0% 2025 113th
International Health Regulations core capacity scores, SPAR version 50 2025 85th
Leprosy registered prevalence rate per 1 000 000 population 49.93 2024 down 18.9% 17th
Leprosy - Number of new leprosy cases among children 3 2024 down 76.9% 49th
Leprosy - Number of cases registered for treatment 346 2024 down 18.8% 27th
New leprosy child case detection rate (less than 15 years of age) per 1.51 2024 down 76.5% 39th
Children (0-14) living with HIV 500 2024 unchanged 66th
Ipv1 number unvaccinated 27,110 2023 up 234.1% 69th
Children living with hiv 500 2024 unchanged 66th
Contraceptive prevalence, any method 68.4% 2016 down 6.1% 24th
Children (ages 0-14) newly infected with HIV 100 2024 unchanged 51st
Number of reported cases of poliomyelitis by wild poliovirus 0 2023 3rd
Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 6.4% 2024 down 44.3% 145th
Liver cancer death rate 2.71 2021 up 6.6% 93rd
Number of children newly infected with hiv 100 2024 unchanged 51st
Share of children under fifteen years old with hiv 58.79 2024 up 16.6% 58th
Number of female leprosy new cases 102 2024 down 15.7% 27th
Estimated number of malaria deaths 0 2024 66th
Estimated number of malaria cases 0 2024 82nd
National smoking ban: NUMBER OF PLACES SMOKE-FREE 8 2022 up 300.0% 1st
Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method 66.4% 2016 up 9.8% 17th
Number of prevalent tuberculosis cases 3,600 2014 down 7.7% 105th
Estimated malaria incidence 0 2024 82nd
Estimated malaria mortality rate 0 2024 66th
Number of new G2D leprosy cases 45 2024 up 21.6% 23rd
Leprosy - New leprosy cases with G2D rate per 1 000 000 population 6.49 2024 up 15.0% 12th
3.7.2 Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 women 52 2016 down 16.9% 63rd
3.1.2 Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 92 2019 down 1.9% 117th
Pancreatic cancer death rate 4.04 2021 up 12.1% 70th
Brain and nervous system cancer death rate 1.62 2021 up 44.7% 90th
Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Prices 1.11 2022 up 32.1% 179th
Taxes as a % of price: total tax 19.2% 2022 up 11.2% 177th
Taxes as a % of price: value added tax 9.1% 2022 unchanged 132nd
Taxes as a % of price: ad valorem excise 10.1% 2022 up 23.8% 81st
Taxes as a % of price: specific excise 0.0% 2022 135th
Taxes as a % of price: import duties 0.0% 2022 38th
Taxes as a % of price: other taxes 0.0% 2022 57th
Inflation-adjusted prices for most sold brand of cigarettes: Price in 3,000 2022 up 33.3% 14th
Estimated number of children needing antiretroviral therapy based on 500 2025 unchanged 64th
Weight-for-height <-3 SD 0.3597 2016 up 16.6% 72nd
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height 0.4% 2016 up 33.3% 72nd
Physical activity policies for activie societies 20 2023 up 100.0% 2nd
Physical activity policies focused on active systems 20 2023 unchanged 5th
Number of deaths from malaria who 0 2024 66th
Death rate from malaria 0 2024 66th