Health in Suriname 938 indicators covering health for Suriname. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Death rate from poisonings 0.2 2021 unchanged 136th 3.8.1 Coverage of essential health services 63 2021 down 3.1% 117th Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes 18.7 2021 down 7.9% 84th Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings, by sex 0.2 2021 unchanged 120th Suicide mortality rate, by sex 22.3 2021 down 8.2% 6th Share of deaths registered 90.59 2019 — 96th Child population 195.1 2025 down 2.6% 24th Malaria cases reported 0 2024 down 100.0% 81st Hiv expenditure 0 2019 down 100.0% 101st Life expectancy at birth 73.9 2025 up 4.7% 23rd Number healthy diet unaffordable 200,000 2024 up 100.0% 119th Import of environmentally sound technologies 131.12 million 2019 up 41.9% 137th Export of environmentally sound technologies 3.46 million 2019 down 60.3% 138th Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 3,100 2024 up 24.0% 80th Maternal mortality ratio 288.37 2021 up 249.5% 2nd Under-five mortality rate - SDG 3.2.1 15.79 2024 down 25.2% 13th Infant mortality rate - SDG 3.2.1 14.76 2024 down 24.1% 11th Number of under-five deaths - SDG 3.2.1 171 2024 down 29.0% 24th Neonatal mortality rate - SDG 3.2.2 9.67 2024 down 27.3% 11th Diarrhea treatment 45.6% 2018 up 4.6% 41st Pregnant women receiving prenatal care 84.8% 2018 down 5.7% 79th Coverage of the human papillomavirus vaccine 55 2024 up 52.8% 44th 3.3.1 (HIV Incidence) - New HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected 0.3514 2022 up 399.0% 32nd Number of deaths caused by intentional injuries 165 2014 up 123.0% 21st Mortality rate 4.38 2024 up 14.3% 11th Neonatal deaths 0.614 2024 down 2.6% 14th Mother-to-child HIV transmission rate 11.9 2024 up 12.3% 52nd Contraceptive prevalence, any method 30.7% 2018 down 9.0% 44th Contraceptive prevalence, any modern method 30.4% 2018 down 9.0% 36th Absolute number of deaths from ambient particulate air pollution 200 2015 up 100.0% 158th Tuberculosis funding versus budget requirement 369,500 2023 down 7.9% 78th Number of victims of intentional homicide - SDG 16.1.1 27 2024 down 15.6% 29th Number of out-of-school children of primary school age 14,482 2021 up 11.1% 22nd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age 21.78 2021 up 13.4% 4th Overweight prevalence (weight-for-height >+2 standard deviations from) 3.73 2024 down 1.6% 27th Stunting prevalence (height-for-age <-2 standard deviations from the) 7.95 2024 down 3.1% 16th Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information 80.0% 2014 down 2.4% 75th Number of victims of intentional homicide - SDG 16.1.1 41 2023 up 41.4% 27th Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population - SDG 0.7335 2024 up 6.3% 1st People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 85.5% 2017 up 22.4% 34th People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 98.8% 2017 up 2.6% 21st People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 2.2% 8th People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 99.7% 2017 up 1.0% 19th People using at least basic drinking water services (% of) 99.7% 2017 up 0.3% 24th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q1 44.1% 2017 up 5.5% 46th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q2 80.5% 2017 up 1.7% 33rd People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q3 90.8% 2017 up 1.5% 29th People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q4 94.6% 2017 up 0.6% 32nd People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population): Q5 96.9% 2017 down 0.1% 30th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q1 25.0% 2017 down 14.3% 44th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q2 1.1% 2017 down 36.7% 57th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q3 0.2% 2017 up 4.1% 57th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q4 0.0% 2017 — 57th People practicing open defecation (% of population): Q5 0.0% 2017 — 47th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 69.2% 2017 up 96.6% 45th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 86.4% 2017 up 13.8% 38th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 95.0% 2017 up 1.1% 30th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 98.7% 2017 up 0.4% 20th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 99.3% 2017 down 0.3% 16th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 98.1% 2017 up 4.1% 29th ← Previous Page 15 of 16 Next →