Health in Zambia

1,350 indicators covering health for Zambia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Total healthcare expenditure gdp 5.98 2023 up 30.7% 105th
Health expenditure government expenditure 8.89 2023 up 63.0% 114th
Mumps - number of reported cases 179 2025 45th
Proportion of health care facilities with no water service 9.48 2025 down 17.9% 51st
Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100 000 population) 91 2023 down 66.3% 12th
Hib vaccine 91 2024 up 5.8% 90th
Congenital Rubella Syndrome - number of reported cases 0 2017 16th
External health expenditure (EXT) per capita in US$ 38.11 2023 down 18.5% 18th
Dentists 230 2024 down 26.3% 124th
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 9.2% 2024 unchanged 109th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 35,645 2024 up 127.2% 77th
Nursing personnel 26,439 2024 up 68.5% 83rd
Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex 1.55 2024 down 68.5% 8th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 29.22 2019 down 18.8% 119th
Raised blood pressure (SBP>=140 OR DBP>=90) 24.8 2019 down 19.1% 148th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 44.2% 2019 up 34.8% 144th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence 32.3 2019 down 13.2% 143rd
Hypertension effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 9.6% 2019 up 190.9% 156th
Hypertension: effective treatment coverage (controlled hypertension) 8.5% 2019 up 174.2% 168th
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 20.5% 2019 up 48.6% 170th
Hypertension treatment coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 23.9% 2019 up 50.3% 167th
Hypertension: diagnosis coverage among adults aged 30-79 with 39.8% 2019 up 34.5% 149th
Hypertension among adults aged 30-79 years, prevalence, crude 27.1 2019 down 14.2% 178th
Pneumococcal conjugate second or third-dose vaccines (PCVc) 88.0% 2025 up 8.6% 81st
People with basic handwashing facilities including soap and water 28.7% 2024 unchanged 96th
Adolescent birth rate 2.9 2017 down 42.8% 20th
Rubella number unvaccinated 109,137 2023 up 366.0% 22nd
Estimated number of malaria cases 5.38 million Cases 2024 up 42.5% 16th
Treatment success rate: previously treated TB cases 90 2023 up 12.5% 26th
Medical doctors 1.63 2024 up 81.1% 169th
Proportion of births attended by skilled health personnel 93.9% 2024 up 48.3% 115th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 11.6% 2022 down 7.8% 175th
Prevalence of insufficient physical activity among adults aged 18+ 14.1% 2022 down 8.1% 166th
3.b.1 Proportion of surviving infants receiving 3 doses of 82 2022 up 5.1% 138th
Nursing and midwifery personnel 16.72 2024 up 85.8% 138th
Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV 1.30 million 2025 up 8.3% 7th
Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 8.0% 2025 down 32.8% 8th
Cases of paralytic polio from wild vs vaccine derived viruses 1 2023 19th
Immunization measles vs vaccine safety 77 2024 up 133.3% 118th
Share of children vaccinated with mcv2 77 2024 up 133.3% 118th
Cases of paralytic polio from vaccine derived viruses 1 2023 19th
TB patients with known HIV status 90.0% 2024 down 3.2% 94th
Reported number of people receiving antiretroviral therapy 1.24 million 2025 up 64.0% 7th
Estimated antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with HIV 95.0% 2025 up 53.2% 5th
Dentists 0.11 2024 down 38.9% 149th
Confirmed cases of RR-/MDR-TB 385 2024 up 387.3% 38th
Hib3 number unvaccinated 64,198 2023 down 45.2% 47th
Number of new HIV infections 23,000 2025 down 60.3% 10th
Number of people dying from HIV-related causes 16,000 2025 down 42.9% 9th
Capital health expenditure 0.3% 2021 up 14.0% 46th
Adolescent birth rate 2.9 2017 down 42.8% 19th
Tested TB patients HIV-positive 32.0% 2024 down 47.5% 15th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and 58.8% 2021 down 18.2% 11th
Cause of death, by injury 7.4% 2021 up 28.5% 77th
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases 31.2% 2021 up 39.6% 174th
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes 2.6% 2021 67th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 87.1% 2021 down 4.1% 27th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 85.9% 2021 down 3.8% 28th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 86.4% 2021 down 3.9% 28th
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nu 70.1% 2021 down 20.7% 4th