Health in Zambia 1,366 indicators covering health for Zambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q4 20.7% 2018 down 7.2% 10th Prevalence of diarrhea (% of children under 5): Q5 17.4% 2018 down 13.0% 11th Incidence of tuberculosis, high uncertainty bound 489 per 100,000 people 2011 down 33.0% 11th Incidence of tuberculosis, low uncertainty bound 401 per 100,000 people 2011 down 36.1% 9th Tuberculosis prevalence rate, high uncertainty bound 558 per 1000,000 population, WHO 2011 down 31.6% 20th Tuberculosis prevalence rate, low uncertainty bound 193 per 1000,000 population, WHO 2011 down 24.9% 19th Vaccinations (DPT 3) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q1 88.4% 2018 up 14.2% 9th Vaccinations (DPT 3) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q2 90.6% 2018 up 24.1% 11th Vaccinations (DPT 3) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q3 93.0% 2018 up 21.9% 7th Vaccinations (DPT 3) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q4 94.6% 2018 up 10.5% 6th Vaccinations (DPT 3) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q5 96.0% 2018 up 2.5% 6th Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q1 2.5% 2018 down 46.8% 31st Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q2 2.1% 2018 down 72.0% 27th Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q3 1.1% 2018 down 86.4% 33rd Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q4 0.0% 2018 down 100.0% 37th Vaccinations (no vaccinations) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q5 0.1% 2018 down 96.3% 35th Reported clinical malaria cases 4.23 million total 2010 up 26.7% 2nd Number of malaria cases treated with artemisinin-based combination 9.85 million 2024 — 7th Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q2 17.9% 2018 down 5.8% 28th Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q3 12.8% 2018 down 33.3% 34th Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q4 13.6% 2018 down 29.2% 31st Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q5 11.7% 2018 down 10.0% 33rd Prevalence of children with fever (% of children under 5): Q1 20.3% 2018 up 18.0% 23rd Number of people protected from malaria by indoor residual spraying 3.91 million 2024 down 34.0% 5th Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q1 73.9% 2018 up 164.9% 13th Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q2 82.8% 2018 up 184.5% 13th Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q3 86.7% 2018 up 127.6% 16th Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q4 91.9% 2018 up 26.6% 18th Place of delivery (births at health facility) (% of births): Q5 95.7% 2018 up 4.2% 24th Exclusive breastfeeding under six months 64.1 2024 down 11.0% 9th Exclusive breastfeeding under six months 214.77 2024 up 3.9% 19th Exclusive breastfeeding 64.1 2024 down 11.0% 9th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q1 67 lowest 2018 down 46.0% 20th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 67 2018 down 54.7% 17th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q3 53 2018 down 65.8% 20th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q4 76 2018 down 45.7% 11th Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q5 57 highest 2018 down 48.2% 9th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q1 44 lowest 2018 down 36.2% 20th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 39 2018 down 58.5% 21st Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q3 35 2018 down 61.1% 20th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q4 52 2018 down 34.2% 10th Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q5 41 highest 2018 down 44.6% 7th Number of destroyed or damaged health facilities attributed to 2 2025 unchanged 23rd Primary health care expenditure (PHCE) per сapita in US$ 36.51 2020 — 58th Private prepaid plans 3.6% 2011 up 288.3% 20th Health expenditure, private 40.2% 2011 down 6.6% 39th Health expenditure 1.18 billion current US$ 2011 up 443.5% 18th Average cost of tuberculosis treatment by type 22 2024 down 24.1% 22nd Ever breastfed 97.91 2018 up 0.2% 15th Ever breastfed 97.9 2018 up 0.1% 14th Continued breastfeeding 12-23 months 63.1 2018 down 14.1% 29th Continued breastfeeding 63.07 2018 down 14.2% 29th Pharmaceutical Technicians and Assistants 1,274 2024 up 56.5% 20th HIV-positive TB patients on CPT (co-trimoxazole preventive therapy) 91.0% 2014 up 46.8% 39th Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technicians 2,412 2024 up 114.2% 17th Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Children born in the last 24 months 68 2024 up 3.5% 16th Early initiation of breastfeeding 68 2024 up 3.5% 16th Social Security expenditure on health 0.0% 2011 — 28th People living with HIV/AIDS, total 1.10 million high estimate 2009 up 26.4% 8th People living with HIV/AIDS, total 890,000 low estimate 2009 up 21.9% 8th ← Previous Page 22 of 23 Next →