São Tomé and Príncipe's life expectancy rose from 60.5 yrs in 1995 to 69.9 yrs in 2024.
São Tomé and Príncipe · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 22 with data
São Tomé and Príncipe's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 55.5 yrs in 2000 to 62.4 yrs in 2021.
São Tomé and Príncipe's infant mortality fell from 63.7 ‰ in 1995 to 9.2 ‰ in 2024.
São Tomé and Príncipe's under-5 mortality rate fell from 104.7 ‰ in 1995 to 13.6 ‰ in 2024.
São Tomé and Príncipe's maternal mortality ratio fell from 168.0 /100k in 1994 to 75.0 /100k in 2023.
São Tomé and Príncipe's ncd mortality fell from 21.2 % in 2000 to 19.5 % in 2021.
São Tomé and Príncipe's suicide mortality rate fell from 0.9 /100k in 2000 to 0.9 /100k in 2021.
São Tomé and Príncipe's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 12.3 /100k in 2000 to 27.9 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.0 pts108th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +23.0 %131st of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +1.5 pts57th of 192
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- Physiciansdown −5.7 %87th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesunchanged +0.0 %86th of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −38.6 %59th of 137*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts119th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts120th of 192
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- Incidence of tuberculosisup +19.2 %142nd of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.1 pts120th of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.0 pts101st of 141
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