Health in Western Pacific (WHO region)

172 indicators covering health for Western Pacific (WHO region).

Indicator	Latest	Year	10-yr change	Rank
Measles - number of reported cases	78,782	2025	down 1.9%	7th
Diphtheria - number of reported cases	428	2025	up 89.4%	8th
Total tetanus - number of reported cases	5,464	2025	up 282.9%	5th
Pertussis - number of reported cases	159,013	2025	up 359.3%	3rd
Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases	214	2025	down 61.0%	6th
Under-five mortality rate	12.12	2024	down 25.2%	9th
Infant mortality rate (probability of dying between birth and age 1)	9.69	2024	down 24.5%	9th
Neonatal mortality rate	6.05	2024	down 25.3%	9th
Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (crude estimate)	5.4%	2024	down 25.9%	7th
Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (crude estimate)	39.3%	2024	up 31.0%	7th
Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate)	9.7%	2024	up 74.8%	10th
Overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate)	38.3%	2024	up 30.8%	7th
Obesity among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +2 standard	15.2%	2024	up 66.0%	3rd
Overweight among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age > +1 standard	27.9%	2024	up 35.4%	4th
Obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 (crude estimate)	9.6%	2024	up 69.6%	9th
Underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (age-standardized estimate)	6.1%	2024	down 20.1%	6th
Thinness among children and adolescents, BMI-for-age < -2 standard	4.5%	2024	down 19.5%	7th
Number of infant deaths	186,459	2024	down 53.1%	8th
Number of under-five deaths	237,374	2024	down 52.6%	8th
Number of neonatal deaths	116,427	2024	down 53.8%	8th
Maternal mortality ratio	35.42	2023	down 19.4%	6th
Number of maternal deaths	5,269	2023	down 53.4%	6th
Number of deaths among children 5 to 14 years of age	72,457	2024	down 17.5%	8th
Number of deaths among children ages 5 to 9 years	35,571	2024	down 25.3%	8th
Adolescent mortality rate	1.22	2024	down 16.8%	9th
Number of deaths among adolescents	36,886	2024	down 8.3%	8th
Mortality rate for 5-14 year-olds	2.45	2024	down 21.5%	9th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and	25.8%	2023	down 54.3%	5th
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for	508.45	2023	up 41.4%	3rd
Diabetes treatment coverage, crude	41.86	2022	up 20.4%	5th
Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized	11.29	2022	up 46.9%	7th
Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized	40.72	2022	up 17.3%	5th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and	23.1%	2023	down 52.9%	6th
Hib (Hib3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%)	45.0%	2025	up 28.6%	11th
Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis third-dose (DTP3)	89.0%	2025	down 5.3%	4th
Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%)	89.0%	2025	down 1.1%	3rd
Measles-containing-vaccine second-dose (MCV2) immunization coverage	86.0%	2025	up 3.6%	4th
Stunting numbers among children under 5 years of age (millions)	8,416	2024	down 40.6%	10th
Overweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (%)	9.7%	2024	up 49.2%	1st
Overweight numbers among children under 5 years of age (thousands)	7,984	2024	down 3.8%	6th
Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, age-standardized	3.4	2018	up 3.0%	2nd
Mean HDL cholesterol, age-standardized	1.3	2018	unchanged	3rd
Mean total cholesterol, age-standardized	4.7	2018	up 2.2%	3rd
Mean HDL cholesterol, crude	1.3	2018	unchanged	3rd
Mean Non-HDL cholesterol, crude	3.5	2018	up 6.1%	1st
Number of deaths among children ages 10 to 14 years	27,069	2021	down 15.7%	5th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and	77.0%	2024	up 67.4%	3rd
Number of incident tuberculosis cases	2.91 million	2024	up 4.7%	4th
Incidence of tuberculosis	131	2024	unchanged	5th
Number of incident tuberculosis cases	63,000	2024	down 7.4%	7th
Deaths due to tuberculosis among HIV-negative people	9.5	2024	down 5.0%	7th
Number of deaths due to tuberculosis, excluding HIV	211,000	2024	down 0.9%	5th
Tuberculosis - new and relapse cases	2.17 million	2024	up 31.1%	4th
Tuberculosis treatment coverage	75	2024	up 25.0%	7th
Mean BMI (kg/m²)	23.7	2016	up 3.9%	8th
Rubella - number of reported cases	1,629	2025	down 85.9%	8th
Treatment success rate: new TB cases	87	2023	down 4.4%	7th
Yellow fever - number of reported cases	0	2025	—	8th
Poliomyelitis - number of reported cases	26	2018	—	3rd
Mortality rate among children ages 10 to 14 years	1.12	2020	down 18.9%	6th