Health in Palestine, State of 1,066 indicators covering health for Palestine, State of. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 98.0% 2017 down 1.4% 24th People using at least basic drinking water services, rural (% of) 98.2% 2017 down 0.8% 28th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 4.8% 1st People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 1.8% 1st People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 99.8% 2017 up 1.0% 24th People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 100.0% 2017 up 0.4% 1st People using at least basic drinking water services, urban (% of) 99.9% 2017 up 0.2% 16th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 100.0% 2017 up 59.2% 1st People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 96.7% 2017 up 2.3% 10th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 95.9% 2017 up 1.5% 12th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 96.7% 2017 up 4.2% 18th People using at least basic sanitation services, rural (% of rural) 97.1% 2017 up 3.0% 24th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 94.3% 2017 up 3.2% 14th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 95.3% 2017 up 0.3% 16th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 94.7% 2017 down 0.5% 25th People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 95.6% 2017 up 0.1% 33rd People using at least basic sanitation services, urban (% of urban) 96.2% 2017 down 0.5% 46th People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q1 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 87th People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q2 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 78th People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q3 0.0% 2017 — 73rd People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q4 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 70th People practicing open defecation, rural (% of rural population): Q5 0.0% 2017 — 54th People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q1 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 86th People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q2 0.0% 2017 — 64th People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q3 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 56th People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q4 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 48th People practicing open defecation, urban (% of urban population): Q5 0.0% 2017 — 42nd Percentage of children who received the 2nd dose of 99 2025 unchanged 1st Height-for-age <-2 SD (stunting), Modeled Estimates 7.99 2024 down 15.7% 14th Height-for-age <-2 SD (Stunting) Modeled Estimates, Numbers Affected 57.24 2024 down 10.6% 13th Weight-for-height >+2 SD (overweight), Modeled Estimates 8.82 2024 up 13.1% 8th Weight-for-height >+2 SD (Overweight) Modeled Estimates, Numbers 63.15 2024 up 19.8% 12th Percentage of surviving infants who received the third dose of 99 2025 unchanged 1st Children with a birth weight 98.52 2019 down 0.8% 27th Refugees under 18 years old, by country of origin 11,000 2025 down 78.7% 6th Stillbirth rate 9.13 2023 down 15.7% 9th Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn 74 2023 up 1.4% 6th Coverage of essential health services 65 2023 down 5.8% 15th Stillbirths 1,349 2023 down 13.2% 12th Maternal mortality ratio 16.11 2023 down 49.2% 13th Maternal deaths 23.6 2023 down 47.6% 14th Primary health care expenditure (PHCE) per сapita in US$ 178.78 2023 up 15.3% 43rd 2.2.2a Prevalence of wasting among children under 5 1.3 2020 down 60.6% 55th Financial hardship in health and components (SDG 3.8.2, 2025) 22.3% 2023 up 48.6% 20th Population with household spending on health greater than 10% of 17.4% 2016 up 22.6% 6th Population pushed further below a relative poverty line by household 12.0% 2016 up 233.5% 11th ← Previous Page 18 of 18