Health in Paraguay

1,304 indicators covering health for Paraguay.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum 2 2014 up 42.9% 39th
Weight-for-height >+2 SD 12.44 2016 up 82.4% 7th
Congenital syphilis number of cases, reported 344 2024 down 21.1% 12th
Number of out-of-school children of primary school age 99,708 2023 up 778.9% 6th
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age 12.74 2023 up 718.2% 8th
Number of malaria suspects examined by rapid diagnostic test 9 2024 down 10.0% 82nd
Pregnant women receiving prenatal care of at least four visits 85.9% 2018 down 5.1% 14th
Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from) 15.4 2024 up 35.5% 2nd
Stunting prevalence (height-for-age <-2 standard deviations from the) 3.2 2024 down 58.2% 24th
Average cost of tuberculosis treatment multi drug resistant 11,664 2024 up 126.5% 5th
Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information 88.0% 2016 up 7.6% 66th
Number of victims of intentional homicide - SDG 16.1.1 464 2023 down 23.2% 21st
Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported 374.9 2023 down 11.6% 8th
Nursing personnel 82.9% 2022 down 0.5% 51st
Health worker distribution, by sex and type of occupation 82.9% 2022 down 0.5% 51st
Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population - SDG 0.1761 2024 down 17.7% 18th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 98.3% 2017 up 65.0% 13th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 34.9% 1st
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 14.7% 1st
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 99.8% 2017 up 4.6% 12th
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 98.2% 2017 up 0.2% 45th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q1 57.0% 2017 up 30.4% 37th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 86.9% 2017 up 13.3% 27th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q3 95.9% 2017 up 7.7% 19th
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 96.1% 2017 up 0.1% 22nd
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 98.5% 2017 down 0.3% 20th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 0.5% 2017 down 38.5% 79th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2 0.3% 2017 up 148.7% 66th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q3 0.0% 2017 down 52.0% 64th
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q4 0.0% 2017 up 460.0% 53rd
People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 0.0% 2017 47th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 89.4% 2017 up 66.6% 25th
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 66.3% 1st
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 47.9% 1st
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 28.6% 1st
People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 99.0% 2017 up 10.3% 21st
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 19.3% 1st
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 6.8% 1st
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 4.0% 12th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 99.2% 2017 up 1.0% 40th
People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 98.6% 2017 down 0.2% 57th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 42.8% 2017 up 39.1% 41st
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 63.0% 2017 up 18.3% 38th
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 82.5% 2017 up 13.9% 31st
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 94.2% 2017 up 12.1% 23rd
People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 99.8% 2017 up 2.9% 4th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 79.6% 2017 up 7.7% 27th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 91.2% 2017 up 2.6% 27th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 95.0% 2017 down 0.4% 24th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 97.3% 2017 down 0.1% 24th
People using at least basic sanitation services, urban  (% of urban) 98.7% 2017 down 0.5% 25th
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q1 1.6% 2017 up 38.6% 73rd
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q2 0.5% 2017 up 13,601.8% 70th
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q3 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 73rd
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q4 0.2% 2017 up 139.0% 63rd
People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5 0.1% 2017 51st
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q1 0.0% 2017 down 95.0% 82nd
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2 0.1% 2017 up 2,574.2% 56th
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q3 0.0% 2017 up 459.1% 51st
People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q4 0.0% 2017 48th