China's life expectancy rose from 70.4 yrs in 1995 to 78.0 yrs in 2024.
China · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 21 with data
China's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 63.1 yrs in 2000 to 68.6 yrs in 2021.
China's infant mortality fell from 38.7 ‰ in 1995 to 4.1 ‰ in 2024.
China's under-5 mortality rate fell from 47.4 ‰ in 1995 to 5.7 ‰ in 2024.
China's maternal mortality ratio fell from 76.0 /100k in 1994 to 16.0 /100k in 2023.
China's ncd mortality fell from 24.1 % in 2000 to 15.9 % in 2021.
China's suicide mortality rate fell from 15.5 /100k in 2000 to 9.0 /100k in 2021.
China's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 21.4 /100k in 2000 to 17.4 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.1 pts105th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +1.1 %71st of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +0.5 pts119th of 192
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- Physiciansup +23.6 %49th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +4.2 %68th of 129
- Hospital bedsup +4.6 %7th of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts60th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts29th of 192
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- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −5.8 %115th of 208
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- Safe sanitationup +0.5 pts65th of 141
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for China.
- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)No data
- Safe drinking waterNo data