Health in Tuvalu

862 indicators covering health for Tuvalu.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 0 2025 99th
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population) 0 2023 175th
Hib vaccine 94 2024 up 5.6% 64th
Congenital Rubella Syndrome - number of reported cases 0 2019 16th
External health expenditure (EXT) per capita in US$ 467.66 2023 up 316.6% 2nd
Dentists 2 2024 down 60.0% 176th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 96.3% 2024 unchanged 11th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 40 2024 down 2.4% 188th
Nursing personnel 35 2024 down 14.6% 188th
People using safely managed drinking water services, rural 5.4% 2024 up 0.4% 82nd
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 47.4 2019 up 14.0% 2nd
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 46.9 2019 up 12.9% 4th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 33.1% 2019 up 13.4% 187th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence 50.4 2019 up 14.3% 2nd
Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 6.0% 2019 up 3.4% 189th
Hypertension: effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 6.0% 2019 up 1.7% 185th
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 19.8% 2019 down 0.5% 173rd
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 19.8% 2019 down 0.5% 177th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 33.1% 2019 up 13.4% 176th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude 49.9 2019 up 13.2% 14th
Pneumococcal conjugate second or third-dose vaccines (PCVc) 97.0% 2025 17th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 92.7% 2024 unchanged 29th
Adolescent birth rate 0 2022 down 100.0% 147th
Rubella number unvaccinated 4.38 2023 down 60.3% 168th
Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases 0 2020 171st
Medical doctors 17.71 2024 up 94.8% 97th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 24.1% 2022 down 16.5% 109th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 24.4% 2022 down 17.3% 102nd
3.b.1 Proportion of surviving infants receiving 3 doses of 91 2022 down 6.2% 90th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 41.67 2024 up 11.8% 90th
Immunization measles vs vaccine safety 91 2024 unchanged 66th
Share of children vaccinated with mcv2 91 2024 unchanged 66th
TB patients with known HIV status 100.0% 2022 up 122.2% 1st
Dentists 2.08 2024 down 54.3% 100th
Confirmed cases of RR-/MDR-TB 1 2023 155th
Hib3 number unvaccinated 13.14 2023 down 52.4% 187th
Capital health expenditure 0.1% 2021 down 97.3% 108th
Adolescent birth rate 0 2022 down 100.0% 148th
New cases tested for RR-/MDR-TB 7.7% 2023 179th
Pharmacists 3 2024 unchanged 163rd
Number of deaths from malaria ghe 0 2021 70th
Deaths from cardiovascular disease ghe 39.62 2021 down 3.1% 191st
Deaths from diabetes ghe 8.8 2021 up 8.4% 190th
Death rate from cardiovascular disease ghe 353.64 2021 down 7.5% 32nd
Death rate from tuberculosis ghe 48.73 2021 up 357.6% 24th
Death rate from malaria ghe 0 2021 66th
Death rate from diabetes ghe 78.55 2021 up 3.5% 12th
Deaths from parkinsons disease ghe 0.36 2021 down 2.7% 190th
Deaths from alzheimers other dementias 1.18 2021 down 3.3% 191st
Death rate from parkinsons disease ghe 3.21 2021 down 7.2% 77th
Death rate from alzheimers other dementias ghe 10.53 2021 down 7.6% 83rd
Deaths from strokes ghe 13.53 2021 down 7.1% 191st
Number of deaths from tuberculosis ghe 5.46 2021 up 378.9% 172nd
Deaths from road injuries 2 2021 unchanged 188th
Death rate from malnutrition ghe 1.79 2021 down 31.7% 90th
Death rate from road accidents ghe 17.85 2021 down 4.5% 51st
Deaths from malnutrition ghe 0.2 2021 down 28.6% 184th
Death rate from strokes who 169.53 2021 down 8.2% 16th
Number of deaths from suicide ghe 1.65 2021 down 15.4% 188th
Deaths from drowning ghe 0.81 2021 down 20.6% 189th