Health in South Sudan

1,040 indicators covering health for South Sudan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Total healthcare expenditure gdp 11.61 2023 down 47.5% 11th
Mumps - number of reported cases 0 2022 110th
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 35.5 2017 unchanged 9th
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population) 25 2023 down 24.2% 24th
Hib vaccine 73 2024 up 58.7% 156th
Congenital Rubella Syndrome - number of reported cases 0 2023 16th
External health expenditure (EXT) per capita in US$ 45.33 2023 up 137.2% 16th
Dentists 57 2024 up 78.1% 143rd
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 18.4% 2024 unchanged 89th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 8,435 2024 up 126.4% 130th
Nursing personnel 4,665 2024 up 25.2% 143rd
Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex 0.5026 2024 down 56.9% 20th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude 31.2 2019 down 8.2% 153rd
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 30.35 2019 down 14.1% 108th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 27.85 2019 down 14.1% 117th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 40.6% 2019 up 32.7% 157th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence 34.2 2019 down 7.8% 125th
Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 11.4% 2019 up 132.7% 138th
Hypertension: effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 10.7% 2019 up 127.7% 142nd
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 23.3% 2019 up 42.1% 158th
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 25.2% 2019 up 44.0% 157th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 38.4% 2019 up 32.0% 154th
Pneumococcal conjugate second or third-dose vaccines (PCVc) 27.0% 2025 163rd
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 34.7% 2024 unchanged 88th
Estimated number of malaria cases 3.03 million Cases 2024 down 0.3% 24th
Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases 77 2023 up 32.8% 59th
Medical doctors 1.49 2024 up 263.4% 171st
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 14.6% 2022 down 0.3% 161st
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 16.3% 2022 down 3.7% 155th
3.b.1 Proportion of surviving infants receiving 3 doses of 73 2022 up 15.9% 164th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 7.06 2024 up 91.8% 170th
Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV 150,000 2025 down 11.8% 31st
Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 1.4% 2025 down 30.0% 26th
Cases of paralytic polio from vaccine derived viruses 3 2023 14th
Cases of paralytic polio from wild vs vaccine derived viruses 3 2023 14th
TB patients with known HIV status 91.0% 2024 up 35.8% 91st
Reported number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy 88,128 2025 up 374.5% 38th
Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with HIV 59.0% 2025 up 436.4% 109th
Dentists 0.05 2024 up 66.7% 161st
Confirmed cases of RR-/MDR-TB 297 2024 up 4,850.0% 43rd
Hib3 number unvaccinated 82,239 2023 down 58.6% 44th
Number of new HIV infections 6,100 2025 down 53.1% 28th
Number of people dying from HIV-related causes 4,400 2025 down 63.3% 22nd
Tested TB patients HIV-positive 9.4% 2024 down 27.7% 62nd
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 1.1% 2021 14th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 1.1% 2021 100th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 5-14 1.0% 2021 29th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 1.8% 2021 94th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 60+ 2.2% 2021 96th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, male 1.4% 2021 100th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, ages 2.8% 2021 94th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes, female 1.0% 2021 98th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 60.4% 2021 down 15.7% 8th
Cause of death, by injury 9.5% 2021 up 11.9% 30th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases 28.9% 2021 up 45.5% 179th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes 1.2% 2021 100th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 93.0% 2021 down 0.2% 3rd
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 92.6% 2021 down 0.4% 4th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 63.2% 2021 down 19.7% 4th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 62.3% 2021 down 11.9% 7th