Health in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1,286 indicators covering health for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories 7.2 Days 2024 up 4.3% 14th
Share of one year olds who received the final dose of pneumococcal vac 89 2024 down 4.3% 68th
Diphtheria tetanus pertussis vaccine vs pneumococcal vaccine coverage 89 2024 down 4.3% 68th
Unemployment, national estimate (% of total labor force) - SDG 8.5.2 4.9 2025 down 11.8% 44th
Gender gap in life expectancy by age group 0.8133 2018 down 3.1% 22nd
Death rate from poisonings 0.3 2021 unchanged 110th
3.8.1 Coverage of essential health services 88 2021 up 6.0% 5th
Rotavirus number unvaccinated 69,911 2023 down 20.2% 38th
Share of deaths registered 98.9 2019 49th
Prevalence of stunting, height for age 2.0% 2019 unchanged 94th
Affordability - percentage of GDP per capita required to purchase 2.76 2022 up 13.1% 106th
Personal remittances, received 4.83 billion 2024 down 2.1% 17th
Health expenditure and financing per capita 5,683 2025 up 22.7% 16th
Health statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Age-adjusted 9.15 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2023 down 1.5% 18th
Road deaths over the long term 1,750 2022 down 2.9% 25th
Japanese encephalitis - number of reported cases 0 2019 19th
Hospital discharges by diagnostic categories 8.55 million Discharges 2018 up 4.6% 6th
Deaths and missing persons due to natural disasters 0.16 2020 up 100.0% 83rd
Mean systolic blood pressure 126.2 2009 down 4.5% 88th
Mean fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) 5.3 2009 unchanged 95th
Infant mortality rates 2.2 2017 down 12.0% 16th
Number of new leprosy cases with G2D among children 0 2024 down 100.0% 35th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height 6.5% 2019 down 1.5% 33rd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in currency reported 10.3 2020 up 63.8% 133rd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - total tax 0.8% 2020 up 2.6% 19th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - ad valorem 0.2% 2020 down 29.2% 65th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - import duties 0.0% 2020 34th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - other taxes 0.0% 2020 42nd
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - value added 0.2% 2020 up 13.3% 19th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - taxes as a % of price - specific 0.5% 2020 up 21.1% 27th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in US$ at official exchange 13.53 2020 up 38.1% 7th
Number healthy diet unaffordable 1.70 million 2024 down 22.7% 78th
Import of environmentally sound technologies 34.41 billion 2020 up 6.0% 8th
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status 95 2024 up 5.6% 16th
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving 94 2024 down 2.1% 49th
Most sold brand of cigarettes - price in PPP$ 14.91 2020 up 67.3% 12th
Export of environmentally sound technologies 31.11 billion 2020 up 1.1% 9th
Pcv3 number unvaccinated 76,902 2023 up 33.7% 42nd
Infant mortality 3,157 2017 down 21.6% 3rd
Gross national income per capita 54,372 2023 up 10.5% 20th
Avoidable mortality 143,872 Deaths 2024 up 9.0% 8th
Avoidable mortality — Preventable mortality 91,634 Deaths 2024 up 9.3% 8th
Avoidable mortality — Treatable mortality 52,238 Deaths 2024 up 8.5% 9th
Reported number of human rabies deaths 0 2021 62nd
Life expectancy by age and sex 81.3 2018 up 1.9% 22nd
Number of non-autochthonous leprosy cases 12 2024 up 140.0% 13th
Crude death rate hmd 9.73 2022 up 9.2% 20th
Births and deaths 9.73 2022 up 9.2% 20th
Period versus cohort life expectancy 80.96 2022 up 0.2% 26th
Annual death rate by age group 3.88 2022 down 6.7% 13th
Estimated number of children (aged 0-17 years) who have lost one or 2,700 2023 down 57.8% 83rd
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female 0.3% 2019 down 25.0% 84th
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male 0.3% 2019 unchanged 84th
Percentage of all children enrolled in private institutions of 59.09 2023 up 11.7% 12th
Number reported cases of cholera 19 2016 down 61.2% 46th
Human Development Index 0.946 2023 up 1.6% 11th
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female 0.0% 2019 78th
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male 0.0% 2019 80th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, female 6.8% 2019 up 4.6% 27th
Prevalence of overweight, weight for height, male 6.3% 2019 down 6.0% 32nd