Vanuatu's life expectancy rose from 68.1 yrs in 1995 to 71.7 yrs in 2024.
Vanuatu · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 22 with data
Vanuatu's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 57.5 yrs in 2000 to 58.7 yrs in 2021.
Vanuatu's infant mortality fell from 23.3 ‰ in 1995 to 14.4 ‰ in 2024.
Vanuatu's under-5 mortality rate fell from 29.4 ‰ in 1995 to 17.1 ‰ in 2024.
Vanuatu's maternal mortality ratio fell from 131.0 /100k in 1994 to 100.0 /100k in 2023.
Vanuatu's ncd mortality fell from 40.4 % in 2000 to 36.8 % in 2021.
Vanuatu's suicide mortality rate fell from 17.4 /100k in 2000 to 15.7 /100k in 2021.
Vanuatu's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 14.1 /100k in 2000 to 14.9 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.1 pts152nd of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +4.9 %134th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +0.2 pts17th of 192
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- Physiciansup +19.7 %118th of 137*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −0.2 %102nd of 129*
- Hospital bedsdown −72.0 %87th of 122*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −9.0 pts178th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −1.0 pts165th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −2.2 %106th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.1 pts136th of 148
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- Safe sanitationNo data