Health in South Asia

410 indicators covering health for South Asia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Treatment for hypertension 30.6% 2019 up 34.5% 30th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years 173,212 2024 down 30.6% 16th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, female 23,829 2024 down 53.2% 16th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years, male 30,411 2024 down 49.8% 16th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, female 26,863 2024 down 40.1% 16th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years, male 35,612 2024 down 35.4% 16th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, female 75,447 2024 down 34.7% 16th
Number of deaths ages 10-19 years, male 97,765 2024 down 27.0% 17th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, female 48,584 2024 down 31.3% 15th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years, male 62,153 2024 down 21.2% 16th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, female 60,283 2024 down 27.8% 15th
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years, male 92,217 2024 down 14.8% 16th
Neonatal mortality rate - UN IGME estimates 21.05 2024 down 31.0% 4th
Under 5 mortality rate - UN IGME estimates 33.47 2024 down 35.5% 4th
Mortality rate age 10-19 - UN IGME estimates 6.14 2024 down 27.6% 5th
Deaths age 5 to 14 162,338 2024 down 38.8% 9th
Deaths age 15 to 24 328,462 2024 down 20.0% 6th
Mortality rate age 15-24 9.11 2024 down 24.5% 17th
Deaths age 5 to 24 490,800 2024 down 27.4% 8th
Deaths age 15 to 19 139,017 2024 down 23.4% 6th
Mortality rate age 10-14 2.31 2024 down 30.9% 12th
Mortality rate age 5-9 2.24 2024 down 42.2% 14th
Deaths age 10 to 19 - UN IGME estimates 222,559 2024 down 27.0% 3rd
Neonatal deaths - UN IGME estimates 756,253 2024 down 33.5% 2nd
Under-five deaths - UN IGME estimates 1.20 million 2024 down 38.6% 3rd
Mortality rate age 5-24 13.62 2024 down 29.0% 15th
Deaths age 10 to 19 222,559 2024 down 27.0% 8th
Deaths age 5 to 9 78,796 2024 down 44.5% 10th
Mortality rate age 20-24 5.29 2024 down 23.8% 16th
Deaths age 10 to 14 83,542 2024 down 32.2% 8th
Mortality rate age 5-14 4.54 2024 down 36.9% 13th
Deaths age 20 to 24 189,445 2024 down 17.3% 6th
Mortality rate age 10-19 6.14 2024 down 27.6% 15th
Mortality rate age 15-19 3.84 2024 down 25.6% 19th
Number of people who are undernourished 193.30 million 2023 down 1.8% 13th
People using safely managed sanitation services, urban 52.8% 2024 up 28.0% 18th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 22.1% 2021 up 17.6% 2nd
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 23.5% 2021 down 10.0% 7th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 22.9% 2021 up 1.4% 3rd
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 0.1713 per 100,000 population 2021 down 32.5% 44th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 0.1328 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 20.9% 44th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 0.2147 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 35.2% 43rd
Suicide mortality rate, female 10.08 per 100,000 female population 2021 down 19.7% 1st
Suicide mortality rate, male 12.92 per 100,000 male population 2021 down 20.5% 13th
Suicide mortality rate 11.54 per 100,000 population 2021 down 20.2% 10th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol) 1.13 2020 down 12.2% 32nd
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol) 3.63 2020 down 10.4% 32nd
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol) 6.04 2020 down 9.7% 32nd
Low-birthweight babies 26.6% 2020 down 8.5% 1st
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care 24.3% 2022 down 55.2% 15th
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care 43.7% 2022 down 38.9% 10th
People using safely managed drinking water services, urban 83.6% 2024 up 8.4% 11th
Prevalence of anemia among children 51.7% 2019 down 11.4% 14th
Prevalence of current tobacco use 23.6% 2024 down 27.0% 9th
Prevalence of current tobacco use, females 10.1% 2024 down 41.5% 12th
Prevalence of current tobacco use, males 37.2% 2024 down 21.7% 10th
Fraction 0.001 2024 down 80.0% 24th
Deaths 136 2024 down 84.9% 16th
People using safely managed sanitation services, rural 64.3% 2024 up 72.3% 4th
Current health expenditure per capita, PPP 333.66 current international $ 2023 up 86.1% 31st