Health in Paraguay

1,304 indicators covering health for Paraguay.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
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
Incidence of malaria 0 2024 79th
Share of one year olds who received the final dose of pneumococcal vac 91 2024 up 5.8% 51st
Diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccine vs pneumococcal vaccine coverage 91 2024 up 5.8% 51st
Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among children 31 2025 down 41.5% 68th
Child population under age 5 672.59 2025 up 3.3% 14th
Percentage of children as a proportion of total population 33.5 2025 down 7.5% 7th
Child population 10-19 1,230 2025 up 0.6% 15th
Death rate from poisonings 0.2 2021 unchanged 136th
3.8.1 Coverage of essential health services 72 2021 up 5.9% 85th
Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 16.1 2021 down 10.6% 103rd
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 0.2 2021 unchanged 120th
Suicide mortality rate, by sex 6.4 2021 up 52.4% 98th
Rotavirus number unvaccinated 32,532 2023 up 80.9% 51st
Share of deaths registered 96.25 2019 76th
Affordability - percentage of GDP per capita required to purchase 0.76 2022 up 15.2% 171st
Child population 2,350 2025 up 5.3% 15th
Malaria cases reported 0 2024 81st
Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters 4.46 2023 up 6,271.4% 37th
Mean systolic blood pressure 122.1 2009 down 0.1% 139th
Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.4 2009 up 1.9% 71st
Number of pregnant women living with HIV who received antiretrovirals 208 2025 up 20.2% 61st
Hiv expenditure 5.47 million 2022 down 60.0% 71st
Number of new leprosy cases with G2D among children 33 2024 3rd
Life expectancy at birth 74.11 2025 up 0.9% 20th
Neonates protected at birth against neonatal tetanus (PAB) 96.0% 2022 up 12.9% 28th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 12.4% 2016 up 82.4% 7th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in currency reported 2,150 2020 up 65.4% 19th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax 0.2% 2020 up 12.5% 172nd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - ad valorem 0.1% 2020 up 50.0% 84th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - import duties 0.0% 2020 34th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - other taxes 0.0% 2020 42nd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - value added 0.1% 2020 unchanged 125th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - specific 0.0% 2020 129th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in US$ at official exchange 0.31 2020 up 14.8% 185th
Number healthy diet unaffordable 1.60 million 2024 up 6.7% 82nd
Import of environmentally sound technologies 492.95 million 2020 up 24.2% 96th
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status 89 2025 up 12.7% 53rd
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving 67 2025 up 52.3% 117th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in PPP$ 0.84 2020 up 33.3% 178th
Export of environmentally sound technologies 148.96 million 2020 up 639.0% 83rd
Pcv3 number unvaccinated 31,176 2023 up 142.7% 64th
Reported number of human rabies deaths 0 2024 62nd
Proportion of births delivered in a health facility (Facility births) 97.6% 2022 up 2.0% 58th
Number of non-autochthonous leprosy cases 3 2024 unchanged 26th
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 7,100 2024 up 65.1% 70th
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female 0.9% 2016 up 80.0% 77th
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male 1.0% 2016 down 37.5% 78th
Maternal mortality ratio 84.6 2023 down 12.1% 18th
Population with basic handwashing facilities at home 72.0% 2020 unchanged 49th
Under-five mortality rate - SDG 3.2.1 16.31 2024 down 28.2% 11th
Infant mortality rate - SDG 3.2.1 14.53 2024 down 27.3% 12th
Number of under-five deaths - SDG 3.2.1 2,227 2024 down 27.3% 13th