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Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births), 2023: 7
Under-five mortality rate (per 1000 live births), 2024: 4.7
Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births), 2024: 2.7
New HIV infections (per 1000 uninfected population), 2024: <0.1
Tuberculosis incidence (per 100 000 population), 2024: 7.9
Probability of dying from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease between age 30 and exact age 70 (%), 2021: 10.3%
Prevalence of anaemia in women aged 15-49 years (%), 2023: 12.4%

Source: World health statistics 2026: Monitoring health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals. Tables of health statistics by country and area, WHO region and globally (last accessed May 13, 2026). Geneva: World Health Organization; 2026. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023: 82 years
Under-Five Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births), 2022: 5
Infant Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births), 2022: 4
Neonatal Mortality Rate (per 1,000 live births), 2022: 2
Mortality Rate Among Children Aged 5-14 Years (per 1,000 children aged 5), 2022: 1
Maternal Mortality Ratio (per 100,000 live births), 2020: 4
Lifetime Risk of Maternal Death (1 in x), 2020: 1 in 13,316
Adolescent Birth Rate (Births Per 1,000 Adolescent Girls and Young Women), 2017-2023
– Aged 10-14: 0
– Aged 15-19: 11

Notes: Under-five mortality rate – Probability of dying between birth and exactly 5 years of age, expressed per 1,000 live births.
Infant mortality rate – Probability of dying between birth and exactly 1 year of age, expressed per 1,000 live births.
Neonatal mortality rate – Probability of dying during the first 28 days of life, expressed per 1,000 live births.
Mortality rate (children aged 5 to 14 years) – Probability of dying at age 5–14 years expressed per 1,000 children aged 5.
Maternal mortality ratio – Number of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 live births during the same time period (modelled estimates).
Lifetime risk of maternal death – Lifetime risk of maternal death takes into account both the probability of becoming pregnant and the probability of dying as a result of that pregnancy, accumulated across a woman’s reproductive years (modelled estimates).
Adolescent birth rate – Number of births per 1,000 adolescent girls and young women aged 10–14 and 15–19.

Source: United Nations Children’s Fund, The State of the World’s Children 2024: The Future of Childhood in a Changing World – Statistical Compendium. UNICEF, Nov. 20, 2024.

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