Guatemala's life expectancy rose from 63.7 yrs in 1995 to 72.7 yrs in 2024.
Guatemala · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Guatemala's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 58.7 yrs in 2000 to 59.3 yrs in 2021.
Guatemala's infant mortality fell from 49.3 ‰ in 1995 to 17.2 ‰ in 2024.
Guatemala's under-5 mortality rate fell from 63.9 ‰ in 1995 to 20.5 ‰ in 2024.
Guatemala's maternal mortality ratio fell from 244.0 /100k in 1994 to 94.0 /100k in 2023.
Guatemala's ncd mortality rose from 13.9 % in 2000 to 14.6 % in 2021.
Guatemala's suicide mortality rate fell from 9.3 /100k in 2000 to 4.9 /100k in 2021.
Guatemala's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 6.8 /100k in 2000 to 22.9 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.4 pts88th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +2.1 %102nd of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −3.0 pts171st of 192
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- Physiciansup +27.0 %6th of 8
- Nurses and midwivesdown −1.5 %52nd of 79
- Hospital bedsup +2.3 %73rd of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts92nd of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −7.0 pts141st of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts43rd of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −3.4 %88th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterdown −0.1 pts107th of 148
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- Safe sanitationNo data