Health in Zambia

1,350 indicators covering health for Zambia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of deaths among adolescents 1,879 2024 up 4.5% 45th
Number of deaths among children 5 to 14 years of age 5,285 2024 down 2.2% 38th
Number of deaths among children ages 5 to 9 years 3,406 2024 down 5.5% 32nd
Terrorism deaths 0 2021 59th
Share of deaths from terrorism 0 2021 58th
Deaths from terrorism by target 0 2021 2nd
Deaths from suicide and non suicide terrorist attacks 0 2021 59th
Suicide and other terrorist attacks 1 2021 65th
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method of attack stacked bar 0 2021 21st
Terrorism deaths rate 0 2021 59th
Deaths from terrorist attacks by method 0 2021 21st
Prevalence of HIV, total 9.4% 2024 down 21.0% 7th
Number of people who are undernourished 7.70 million 2023 up 28.3% 19th
External health expenditure channeled through government 52.7% 2023 up 339.8% 58th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 21.6% 2021 up 5.4% 40th
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 26.0% 2021 down 4.1% 53rd
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 23.6% 2021 up 0.9% 42nd
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning 1.18 per 100,000 population 2021 up 13.5% 40th
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female 1.02 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 32.5% 32nd
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male 1.35 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 2.3% 53rd
Suicide mortality rate, female 3.09 per 100,000 female population 2021 up 52.2% 104th
Suicide mortality rate, male 11.25 per 100,000 male population 2021 up 14.1% 87th
Suicide mortality rate 7.13 per 100,000 population 2021 up 21.1% 96th
Mortality from ncds sdgs 23.6 2021 up 0.9% 42nd
Mortality from ncds gender 26 2021 down 4.1% 53rd
Healthy life expectancy at birth 52.97 2021 up 5.0% 172nd
Death rates from mental and substance disorders by age who 0 2021 1st
Death rate from cardiomyopathy myocarditis endocarditis who ghe age st 8.31 2021 up 64.7% 57th
Nurses and midwives 2.94 per 1,000 people 2022 up 312.9% 114th
Share of women among the population living with hiv 63.42 2024 up 3.2% 27th
Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies 10.87 2023 up 22.1% 31st
Proportion of population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and 97.7% 2023 unchanged 31st
Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for 0.2558 2023 up 22.1% 120th
Diabetes prevalence who gho 6.6 2014 up 20.0% 150th
Child mortality rate ihme 5.18 2019 down 41.1% 33rd
Neonatal mortality ihme 2.11 2019 down 24.4% 39th
Number of neonatal deaths ihme 13,071 2019 down 13.5% 35th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol) 1.38 2020 up 7.8% 102nd
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol) 3.62 2020 up 9.4% 106th
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol) 5.96 2020 up 9.0% 107th
Low-birthweight babies 11.2% 2020 down 7.9% 67th
Antiretroviral therapy coverage among people living with hiv 94 2024 up 59.3% 7th
Diabetes treatment coverage, crude 11.9 2022 down 11.7% 192nd
Prevalence of diabetes, age-standardized 12.64 2022 up 60.4% 98th
Prevalence of diabetes, crude 9.61 2022 up 76.5% 148th
Diabetes treatment coverage, age-standardized 14.12 2022 down 10.3% 189th
Inequality in life expectancy 0.2336 2023 down 20.0% 31st
Inequality in life expectancy vs health expenditure per capita 0.2336 2023 down 20.0% 31st
Child mortality under five death rate by wealth group 4.87 2024 down 23.4% 31st
Maternal mortality ratio vs mean daily income 134.66 2020 down 49.8% 55th
Maternal mortality ratio vs gdp per capita 134.66 2020 down 49.8% 55th
Maternal mortality slope chart 134.66 2020 down 49.8% 56th
The maternal mortality ratio in 1985 and 2020 134.66 2020 down 49.8% 56th
Number of maternal deaths by region 891.49 2020 down 42.4% 47th
Maternal mortality vs births attended by health staff 134.66 2020 down 49.8% 56th
Maternal mortality vs neonatal mortality 134.66 2020 down 49.8% 56th
Maternal deaths by income group 891.49 2020 down 42.4% 47th
Maternal mortality vs fertility 134.66 2020 down 49.8% 56th
Maternal deaths ihme 891.49 2020 down 42.4% 47th
Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and 79.9% 2023 down 4.0% 41st