Health in South Asia 410 indicators covering health for South Asia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female 30.4% 2024 down 19.7% 5th Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male 32.5% 2024 down 18.1% 12th Prevalence of stunting, height for age 31.5% 2024 down 18.9% 11th Hospital beds 1.54 per 1,000 people 2021 down 7.2% 26th Tuberculosis death rate 21 per 100,000 people 2024 down 34.4% 4th Incidence of tuberculosis 189 per 100,000 people 2024 down 20.9% 5th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban 97.1% 2024 up 2.3% 18th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban 85.4% 2024 up 25.3% 30th People practicing open defecation, urban 0.1% 2024 down 99.1% 35th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural 95.2% 2024 up 8.8% 8th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural 79.9% 2024 up 69.1% 17th People using at least basic drinking water services 95.9% 2024 up 6.7% 14th People using safely managed drinking water services 77.6% 2024 up 26.0% 11th People practicing open defecation, rural 9.2% 2024 down 76.5% 17th People using at least basic sanitation services 82.0% 2024 up 51.7% 27th Tuberculosis case detection rate 90.0% 2024 up 76.5% 1st People practicing open defecation 5.8% 2024 down 80.4% 15th Current health expenditure 3.3% 2023 down 10.9% 44th Current health expenditure per capita 82.49 current US$ 2023 up 54.6% 33rd Out-of-pocket expenditure 46.6% 2023 down 31.6% 10th Out-of-pocket expenditure per capita 38.47 current US$ 2023 up 5.7% 31st Domestic general government health expenditure 37.3% 2023 up 57.5% 35th Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP 124.74 current international $ 2023 up 195.3% 31st Domestic private health expenditure 60.0% 2023 down 20.4% 2nd Domestic private health expenditure per capita 49.51 current US$ 2023 up 23.0% 30th People using safely managed sanitation services 60.1% 2024 up 55.7% 11th Immunization, Hib3 94.5% 2024 up 208.6% 1st Number of infant deaths 638,670 2024 down 41.5% 20th Number of under-five deaths 736,800 2024 down 45.1% 20th Number of neonatal deaths 458,301 2024 down 40.9% 20th Adolescent fertility rate 20.98 births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 2024 down 43.6% 32nd Sex ratio at birth 1.07 male births per female births 2024 down 1.6% 8th Deaths age 1-11 months 282,597 2024 down 40.3% 9th Under-five mortality rate 33.47 2024 down 35.5% 10th Under-five deaths 1.20 million 2024 down 38.6% 8th Mortality rate age 1-11 months 8.19 2024 down 36.9% 12th Neonatal mortality rate 21.05 2024 down 31.0% 8th Mortality rate 1-59 months 12.69 2024 down 42.4% 12th Child Mortality rate age 1-4 4.53 2024 down 50.6% 12th Deaths age 1-59 months 439,901 2024 down 45.8% 10th Child deaths age 1 to 4 157,304 2024 down 53.5% 10th Neonatal deaths 756,253 2024 down 33.5% 6th Infant mortality rate 29.07 2024 down 32.6% 8th Infant deaths 1.04 million 2024 down 35.5% 7th Domestic general government health expenditure 4.8% 2022 up 32.4% 23rd External health expenditure 2.6% 2023 up 196.7% 17th External health expenditure per capita 2.18 current US$ 2023 up 357.8% 30th External health expenditure per capita, PPP 8.79 current international $ 2023 up 465.7% 27th Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age 51.1% 2023 up 6.8% 1st Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women 51.3% 2023 up 7.2% 1st Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women 45.1% 2023 down 6.1% 2nd Stillbirth rate 16.3 per 1,000 total births 2023 down 29.1% 12th Prevalence of undernourishment 11.7% 2023 down 10.9% 18th Immunization, measles second dose 92.2% 2024 up 48.0% 3rd Tuberculosis treatment success rate 90.0% 2023 up 2.3% 4th Prevalence of hypertension, female 31.0% 2019 down 2.1% 31st Prevalence of hypertension, male 31.0% 2019 down 0.5% 39th Prevalence of hypertension 31.0% 2019 down 1.3% 36th Treatment for hypertension, female 35.7% 2019 up 35.3% 30th Treatment for hypertension, male 25.6% 2019 up 33.2% 30th ← Previous Page 4 of 7 Next →