Bhutan's life expectancy rose from 59.3 yrs in 1995 to 73.3 yrs in 2024.
Bhutan · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Bhutan's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 57.2 yrs in 2000 to 64.8 yrs in 2021.
Bhutan's infant mortality fell from 77.1 ‰ in 1995 to 13.7 ‰ in 2024.
Bhutan's under-5 mortality rate fell from 102.0 ‰ in 1995 to 17.2 ‰ in 2024.
Bhutan's maternal mortality ratio fell from 544.0 /100k in 1994 to 47.0 /100k in 2023.
Bhutan's ncd mortality fell from 22.1 % in 2000 to 15.9 % in 2021.
Bhutan's suicide mortality rate fell from 5.7 /100k in 2000 to 4.9 /100k in 2021.
Bhutan's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 11.7 /100k in 2000 to 16.2 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.5 pts142nd of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +17.5 %132nd of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −2.5 pts83rd of 192
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- Physiciansdown −1.4 %84th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −7.4 %88th of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −1.4 %47th of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −2.0 pts31st of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −1.0 pts20th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts43rd of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisup +6.7 %172nd of 208
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- Safe drinking waterdown −1.1 pts92nd of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.4 pts83rd of 141