Health in South Africa 1,377 indicators covering health for South Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Reported number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy 6.13 million 2025 up 67.2% 1st Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with HIV 81.0% 2025 up 44.6% 49th Dentists 1.07 2024 up 1.9% 117th Confirmed cases of RR-/MDR-TB 6,341 2024 down 66.2% 6th Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against Haemophilus influenzae type B 251,724 one-year-olds 2023 up 6.2% 19th Number of new HIV infections 130,000 2025 down 48.0% 1st Number of people dying from HIV-related causes 42,000 2025 down 37.3% 1st Capital health expenditure 0.2% 2020 up 22.3% 69th Adolescent birth rate 1.34 2022 up 29.4% 45th Share of deaths registered with an ill-defined cause of death 16.5% 2020 up 23.1% 10th Share of deaths from homicide 1.2% 2020 up 24.4% 22nd Share of deaths from each major cause 2.1% 2020 down 17.6% 107th Share of deaths from underlying causes 8.2% 2020 up 23.4% 109th Share of deaths from cardiovascular diseases by sex 15.6% 2020 up 17.6% 111th Tested TB patients HIV-positive 71.0% 2024 up 16.4% 5th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 46.4% 2021 down 13.2% 38th Cause of death, by injury 8.5% 2021 down 4.1% 49th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases 37.2% 2021 down 1.2% 158th Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes 7.9% 2021 — 12th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 76.2% 2021 down 13.6% 58th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 75.6% 2021 down 13.2% 58th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 75.9% 2021 down 13.4% 58th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 60.6% 2021 down 21.9% 24th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 51.4% 2021 down 26.8% 23rd Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 55.3% 2021 down 24.9% 24th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 45.5% 2021 down 29.7% 33rd Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 47.4% 2021 down 23.5% 14th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 46.7% 2021 down 26.4% 22nd Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 36.8% 2021 up 56.8% 11th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 52.0% 2021 up 57.3% 4th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 42.9% 2021 up 53.8% 7th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 41.9% 2021 down 18.6% 44th Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 51.1% 2021 down 7.7% 29th Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4, female 7.1% 2021 up 89.9% 44th Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4, male 7.7% 2021 up 76.3% 33rd Cause of death, by injury, ages 0-4 7.4% 2021 up 82.1% 40th Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14, female 21.6% 2021 up 54.3% 129th Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14, male 31.0% 2021 up 43.9% 125th Cause of death, by injury, ages 5-14 27.1% 2021 up 49.5% 132nd Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59, female 8.4% 2021 up 15.6% 80th Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59, male 22.3% 2021 up 15.5% 60th Cause of death, by injury, ages 15-59 16.5% 2021 up 22.8% 68th Cause of death, by injury, ages 60+, female 1.4% 2021 down 29.7% 146th Cause of death, by injury, ages 60+, male 2.1% 2021 down 36.7% 157th Cause of death, by injury, ages 60+ 1.7% 2021 down 35.3% 157th Cause of death, by injury, female 4.3% 2021 down 16.9% 85th Cause of death, by injury, male 13.0% 2021 up 2.3% 23rd Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, female 16.7% 2021 up 106.0% 130th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, male 16.8% 2021 up 95.2% 130th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4 16.7% 2021 up 100.0% 130th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14, female 16.8% 2021 up 101.2% 168th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14, male 14.8% 2021 up 81.8% 174th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 5-14 15.7% 2021 up 89.9% 171st Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, female 41.8% 2021 up 49.4% 157th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, male 24.4% 2021 up 30.5% 182nd Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59 31.6% 2021 up 36.2% 171st Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, female 52.7% 2021 down 29.3% 180th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+, male 31.9% 2021 down 49.9% 184th Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 60+ 44.4% 2021 down 36.2% 181st Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, female 46.9% 2021 up 8.2% 147th ← Previous Page 14 of 23 Next →