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Health

Deaths by non-communicable diseases
2019
73.6% of total
Source: WHO
Births attended by skilled health staff
2016
81.0% of total births
Source: UNICEF
Prevalence of underweight
2019
13.0% of children under 5
Source: UNICEF, WHO
Health expenditure
2018
9.85% of GDP
Source: World Bank

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Publications

WHO's annual World Health Statistics reports present the most recent health statistics for the WHO Member States.

Producers

  • World Health Organization (WHO)

    is the directing and coordinating authority on international health within the United Nations’ system. WHO experts produce health guidelines and standards, and help countries to address public health issues. WHO also supports and promotes health research. Through WHO, governments can jointly tackle global health problems and improve people’s well-being.

Databases

The Global Health Observatory (GHO) data repository contains an extensive list of indicators, which can be selected by theme or through a multi-dimension query functionality. It is the World Health Organization's main health statistics repository.