Guinea-Bissau's life expectancy rose from 48.5 yrs in 1995 to 64.3 yrs in 2024.
Guinea-Bissau · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
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Guinea-Bissau's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 43.9 yrs in 2000 to 51.5 yrs in 2021.
Guinea-Bissau's infant mortality fell from 113.3 ‰ in 1995 to 42.1 ‰ in 2024.
Guinea-Bissau's under-5 mortality rate fell from 200.1 ‰ in 1995 to 67.3 ‰ in 2024.
Guinea-Bissau's maternal mortality ratio fell from 1,644.0 /100k in 1994 to 505.0 /100k in 2023.
Guinea-Bissau's ncd mortality fell from 33.0 % in 2000 to 25.3 % in 2021.
Guinea-Bissau's suicide mortality rate fell from 8.3 /100k in 2000 to 7.7 /100k in 2021.
Guinea-Bissau's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 30.7 /100k in 2000 to 32.2 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.5 pts48th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +20.8 %151st of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −4.7 pts177th of 192
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- Physiciansup +14.5 %95th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −6.1 %107th of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −32.3 %110th of 128*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −7.0 pts175th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −6.0 pts172nd of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.1 pts132nd of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −1.1 %168th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.1 pts133rd of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.1 pts122nd of 141