whs2023 Annex1
whs2023 Annex1
whs2023 Annex1
Country, area, WHO region and global health statistics (of the World Health Statistics 2023)
23 May 2023
Total populationa (000s) Life expectancy at birthb (years) Healthy life expectancy at birthb
(years)
Male Female Both sexes Male Female Both sexes Male Female
Global 3 973 370 3 929 291 7 902 660 70.8 75.9 73.3 62.5 64.9
3.1 3.2 3.3
Healthy life expectancy at birthb Maternal Proportion of Under-five Neonatal New HIV Tuberculosis Malaria incidenceh Hepatitis B surface
(years) mortality ratioc births attended mortality ratee mortality ratee infectionsf (per incidenceg (per 1000 antigen (HBsAg)
(per 100 000 live by skilled health (per 1000 live (per 1000 live 1000 (per 100 000 population at risk) prevalence among
births) personneld (%) births) births) uninfected population) children under 5
population) yearsi (%)
Comparable estimates Comparable Primary data Comparable Comparable Comparable Comparable Comparable Comparable
estimates estimates estimates estimates estimates estimates estimates
Both sexes
Primary data
2021
14 367 281
21
7 081
0
8 558 522
1 000
151 847
10
18 286
31
0
0
3
56 381 566
448
0
18
1 251
6 005 261
181 040
194 638
0
1 430 711
9 710 068
2
90
3 708 202
3 187 928
150 015
4 500 729
11 465 695
1
6 389 657
6 592 702
208
418
-
-
3 272 079
524 334
1 486 475
317
5 746
19 558 880
1
46 982
1
1
5 337 343
52 044 663
0
110 561
418
2 612 634
22 080
2 932 815
1 483 962
668 511
462 141
0
406 184
71 787 220
923 067
5
88
914 073
478 578
16
131
12 500 340
24
230
4 965 477
8 407 131
1 941 909
685 968
4 447 036
2 363 251
0
0
677 290 119
79 889 047
14 729
2 170 486
1
0
100
96
3
58
0
10 649 944
125 740
17
2 169 854
2 150 290
6
0
387 421
3 272 582
1 096
16
0
21 634 839
13 100 699
26 507
24 589
10 144 929
0
19 594
931 435
0
19 825 655
70 736
0
0
0
3 209
23 902 902
24 075 083
387 147
12 300
13 163 981
0
5
1 335 721
11 426 103
139 910 337
0
0
5
-
259
25 234 450
0
62 635
7 021 695
2 085 302
384 895
47 533 799
23
5
-
23
5
0
0
0
6 184 262
0
48
654
191 219
0
98 337
625
5 764 573
0
1
7 315 339
5 268
2
4
598 343
3 698 691
16 502 598
8 758 494
96
26 092
12 728 564
165
12
0
2 971 666
3 375 143
7 244
464 413
5 128 595
37 131
38
2 746
0
97
11 500
25 961 432
0
41
0
32 876 354
119
52
405 951
305 040
7 995 796
8 820 515
7 883 460
13 185 586
8 147 168
2021
584 347 290
61 656 500
856 840 517
5 951 752
72 120 780
72 372 509
Primary data Primary data Comparable Primary data Primary data Comparable Comparable Comparable estimates
estimates estimates estimates
Global 22.3 81 71 51 12
3.b 3.c 3.d
Total net official Proportion of health Density of Density of Density of Density of Average of 15 Percentage of Percentage of
development facilities with a core medical nursing and dentistsw (per pharmacistsw International bloodstream bloodstream
assistance to set of relevant doctorsw (per 10 midwifery 10 000 (per 10 000 Health infections due infections due to
medical research essential medicines 000 population) personnelw population) population) Regulations to methicillin- Escherichia coli
and basic health available and (per 10 000 core capacity resistant resistant to 3rd-
sectors per capitau affordable on a population) scoresx Staphylococcus generation
(US$), by recipient sustainable basisv (%) aureusy (%) cephalosporiny (%)
country
Primary data Primary data Primary data Primary data Primary data Primary data Primary data Primary data Primary data
Comparable estimates
2020
4.3
9.0
10.7
15.2
5.4
12.6
15.7
7.7
17.2
15.4
4.0
15.7
8.3
3.1
11.2
11.9
14.8
12.6
4.6
10.3
14.9
14.9
12.0
10.8
6.8
12.1
11.5
8.3
10.4
7.4
3.7
18.3
4.8
4.9
18.8
8.4
-
-
19.5
4.1
8.2
7.8
25.2
6.7
11.7
16.4
14.1
17.1
-
6.3
16.7
4.3
5.4
14.7
13.9
5.2
17.8
5.3
2.4
13.0
10.0
6.8
7.7
13.7
15.2
9.6
5.5
8.1
19.8
6.9
8.4
8.5
15.9
6.2
2.8
13.1
4.1
12.3
10.1
15.7
3.3
10.1
22.1
6.3
20.5
13.0
12.9
14.0
20.6
11.9
10.2
8.2
8.4
8.7
6.9
6.2
10.9
13.4
11.1
4.5
-
12.1
10.7
8.8
8.7
8.6
18.2
5.7
15.6
9.7
7.0
10.2
11.5
4.1
4.8
8.5
13.1
7.2
7.3
3.4
10.7
6.7
5.7
16.1
18.7
18.4
10.2
4.2
5.0
12.8
16.7
-
10.2
5.1
23.2
20.4
7.6
15.9
16.3
8.7
9.7
13.8
-
9.5
13.6
12.4
12.0
13.6
8.9
8.0
8.7
9.7
11.7
13.1
10.8
-
6.5
11.0
10.2
5.3
13.3
12.8
13.4
10.1
-
15.3
2.1
15.0
8.5
9.6
13.8
18.8
11.1
-
7.4
13.2
6.6
5.4
7.9
9.6
10.8
10.7
8.7
15.9
3.1
8.2
10.4
19.5
9.4
22.4
20.0
10.8
5.9
4.9
9.4
-
7.2
5.2
2020
7.3
14.0
8.2
12.6
9.2
10.3
10.7
2.2 5.2
Prevalence of Prevalence of Prevalence of Prevalence of Proportion of ever-
stunting in wasting in overweight in anaemia in partnered women and
children under children under children under women of girls aged 15–49 years
5aa (%) 5aa (%) 5aa (%) reproductive subjected to physical
age (15–49 and/or sexual violence by
years)ab (%) a current or former
intimate partner in the
previous 12 monthsac (%)
Comparable estimates Comparable Comparable Comparable Comparable Primary data Comparable Comparable Comparable
estimates estimates estimates estimate estimates estimates estimates
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c Trends in maternal mortality 2000 to 2020: estimates by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group and UNDESA/Population
d UNICEF/WHO joint database on births attended by skilled health personnel, 2023 (https://data.unicef.org/topic/maternal-he
e Levels and trends in child mortality. Report 2022. Estimates developed by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Esti
f AIDSinfo [online database]. Geneva: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) (http://aidsinfo.unaids.org); and
g Global tuberculosis report 2022. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022 (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/97892
h World malaria report 2022. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022 (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/978924006
i Global and country estimates of immunization coverage and chronic HBV infection. Geneva: World Health Organization (http
j Neglected tropical diseases [online database]. Global Health Observatory (GHO) data. Geneva: World Health Organization (htt
k Global health estimates 2019: deaths by cause, age, sex, by country and by region, 2000–2019. Geneva: World Health Organ
l WHO Global Information System on Alcohol and Health (GISAH) [online database]. Global Health Observatory (GHO) data. Ge
m World Contraceptive Use 2022. New York (NY): United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Divis
n Most recent updates provided by the Population Division, of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs to the SDG I
o Coverage of essential health services (SDG 3.8.1) [online database]. Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organ
p SDG 3.8.2 Catastrophic health spending (and related indicators) [online database]. Global Health Observatory. Geneva: Worl
q Public health and environment [online database]. Global Health Observatory (GHO) data. Geneva: World Health Organizatio
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u Official development assistance for the health sectors, 2021. Creditor reporting system (CRS) of the Organization for Econom
v Data collected with the WHO Essential Medicines and Health Products Price and Availability Monitoring Mobile Application (
w Global Health Workforce Statistics [online database]. Global Health Observatory data. Geneva: World Health Organization (h
x International Health Regulations (2005) – States Parties Annual Self-Assessment Reports – Monitoring Framework [online da
y Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS). Geneva: World Health Organization; 2022. Global valu
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aa Levels and trends in child malnutrition. UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates. New York (NY)
ab Global anaemia estimates, 2021 edition. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2021 (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/th
ac Violence against women prevalence estimates, 2018. Global, regional and national prevalence estimates for intimate partn
ad Progress on household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene 2000-2020: five years into the SDGs. Geneva: World Health O
ae United Nations Global SDG Indicators Data Platform (https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataportal, accessed 25 April 2023).
af Official development assistance for the water sector (water supply and sanitation, agricultural water resources, and hydro-e
ag Public health and environment [online database]. Global Health Observatory data. Geneva: World Health Organization (http
ah Data from Global Polio Eradication Initiative as of 12 April 2023 (https://polioeradication.org/polio-today/polio-now/wild-p
ai Risk factors in noncommunicable diseases [online database]. Global Health Observatory data. Geneva: World Health Organi
aj Risk factors in noncommunicable diseases [online database]. Global Health Observatory data. Geneva: World Health Organi
ak Non-standard definition. For more details see: UNICEF/WHO joint database on births attended by skilled health personnel (
al Proportion of institutional births (%) used as proxy for the SDG indicator.
am Non-standard definition. For more details see: World Contraceptive Use 2021 (footnote “m”).
an Estimate refers to smoking only, but is expected to be similar to all tobacco use.
ao Data for capital city only.
ap Data from private sector only.
aq Oedema data was not considered in the analysis.
ar Non-standard definition. For more details, see respective survey(s) comments available at: https://www.who.int/data/gho/
as Most recent input data is before 2000, interpret with caution.
at Data collection excluded some regions or populations. For more details, see respective survey(s) comments available at: htt
au For high-income countries classified as high-income in the 2021 fiscal year with no information on clean fuel use, usage is a
av Only hospital consumption is reported.
aw Only community consumption is reported.
ax Only public sector reported.
ay The Global Status Report for Road Safety 2023 (to be published in November 2023) will provide estimates for the year 2021
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and Social Affairs to the SDG Indicators, Global SDG Database (https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/indicators/database, accessed 30 April 2023). G
. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/service-coverage). These values were pa
th Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection).
eva: World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/public-health-and-environment/GHO/public-health-and-en
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rganization; 2022. Global values shown are median of country figures and are not population weighted averages.
t/nha/database, accessed 30 April 3023). The WHO regional and global averages are unweighted. This indicator is presented here because
tion Estimates. New York (NY), Geneva and Washington (DC): United Nations Children’s Fund, World Health Organization and the World Ba
www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/anaemia_in_women_and_children, accessed 30 April 2023).
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SDGs. Geneva: World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund; 2021 (https://washdata.org/sites/default/files/2022-01
accessed 25 April 2023).
l water resources, and hydro-electric power plants), 2023 as of 23 March 2023. Creditor reporting system (CRS) of the Organization for Eco
World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/public-health-and-environment/GHO/public-health-and-environm
polio-today/polio-now/wild-poliovirus-list/, accessed 12 April 2023).
Geneva: World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-details/GHO/noncommunicable-diseases-
Geneva: World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/topic-details/GHO/noncommunicable-diseases-
d by skilled health personnel (footnote “d”).
ttps://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/gho-jme-country-children-aged-5-years-wasted-br-(-weight-for-heigh
de estimates for the year 2021 as well as updated counts for 2019 and prior years based on more recent data made available since the pu
). For Member States with a total population less than 90 000, the male, female values are not shown but are included in the regional and
April 2023). WHO Member States with a population of less than 90 000 in 2019 were not included in the analysis.
blications/i/item/9789240068759, accessed 30 April 2023). WHO Member States excluded due to small populations: Andorra, Cook Islands
) data (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/births-attended-by-skilled-health-personnel-(-), accessed 30
nk Group and United Nations Population Division. New York: United Nations Children’s Fund; 2023 (https://data.unicef.org/resources/leve
World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/new-hiv-infections-(per-1000-uninfect
DataSetCode=crs1, accessed 30 April 2023). Per capita figures were calculated by WHO using population estimates from: World populatio
n-mobile-application, accessed 30 April 2023) and Health Action International’s Medicine Prices, Availability, Affordability & Price Compone
-workforce, accessed 30 April 2023). Country comparisons are affected by differences in the occupations included. Refer to the source for
(https://extranet.who.int/e-spar/, accessed 30 April 2023). Responses received for SPAR 2022 annual report as of 31 March 2023. Regiona
tor is presented here because it could constitute the health-related portion of the SDG Indicator 1.a.2.
Organization and the World Bank Group; 2023. (https://www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety/monitoring-nutritional-status-and
on-partner sexual violence against women. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021 (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240
org/sites/default/files/2022-01/jmp-2021-wash-households_3.pdf, accessed 30 April 2023). Comparable estimates are only shown for cou
RS) of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=crs1, acces
HO/public-health-and-environment, accessed 30 April 2023).
O/noncommunicable-diseases---risk-factors, accessed 30 April 2023). This indicator is presented here as a proxy for the GPW 13 indicator “
O/noncommunicable-diseases---risk-factors, accessed 30 April 2023).
s-wasted-br-(-weight-for-height--2-sd) (accessed 30 April 2023).
a made available since the publication of this edition of the World health statistics.
re included in the regional and global sums. Male and female may not sum to both sexes due to rounding.
ulations: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts and Nevis, San Marino and Tuvalu.
alth-personnel-(-), accessed 30 April 2023).
data.unicef.org/resources/levels-and-trends-in-child-mortality/, accessed 30 April 2023).
infections-(per-1000-uninfected-population), accessed 30 April 2023).
ete reports.
2019 were not included in the analysis.
Planning Indicators 2022. New York (NY): United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
2022 revision. New York: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
er indicated values.
timates from: World population prospects: 2022 revision, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division.
Affordability & Price Components database (HAI/WHO): (https://haiweb.org/what-we-do/price-availability-affordability/price-availability-
luded. Refer to the source for country-specific definitions and other descriptive metadata. Global and regional aggregates were calculated
as of 31 March 2023. Regional and global averages may include two IHR States Parties not shown in the table (Liechtenstein and Holy See
/publications/i/item/9789240022256, accessed 2 May 2022). Given the lack of consensus on the definition and standardized measuremen
mates are only shown for countries with recent primary data. Global and regional aggregates are calculated to include country data not sh
spx?DataSetCode=crs1, accessed 30 April 2023). Includes CRS purpose codes for water supply and sanitation (CRS 140XX), agricultural wat
oxy for the GPW 13 indicator “age-standardized prevalence of raised blood pressure among persons aged 18+ years”, as the estimates are
s, San Marino and Tuvalu.
ation Division.
al Affairs, Population Division. Includes CRS purpose codes for medical research (12182) and basic health (122:I.2.b).
affordability/price-availability-data/, accessed 30 April 2023).
nal aggregates were calculated using country data between 2014 and 2021.
le (Liechtenstein and Holy See). Data for Afghanistan was provided by the WHO Country Office in Afghanistan.
and standardized measurement of psychological intimate partner violence, the current estimates include only physical and/or sexual partn
to include country data not shown in the table.
n (CRS 140XX), agricultural water resources (CRS 31140), and hydro-electric power plants (CRS 23220). Global aggregate includes country a
al aggregate includes country and regional data not shown in the table.
iolence are for women aged 15–49 years, with sparse data for women aged 15 years and older, the estimates are presented for the 15–49
es are presented for the 15–49 years age group.