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Health in lower-middle-income countries: how the countries rank

Life expectancy, child and maternal mortality, health spending, water and sanitation. 18 indicators for the 47 economies in the lower-middle income group, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Life expectancy69.5 yrsgroup, 2024 · world 73.5 yrsLife expectancy, women71.3 yrsgroup, 2024 · world 76.0 yrsLife expectancy, men67.8 yrsgroup, 2024 · world 71.1 yrsInfant mortality33.1group, 2024 · world 27.7Under-5 mortality43.8group, 2024 · world 37.4Neonatal mortality21.6group, 2024 · world 17.2Maternal mortality235group, 2023 · world 197Measles vaccination86%group, 2024 · world 84%
Life expectancy
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5060708090199520002005201020152020lower-middle-income countries69.5 yrsWorldlow-income countriesupper-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
Life expectancy, women
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5060708090199520002005201020152020lower-middle-income countries71.3 yrsWorldlow-income countriesupper-middle-income countrieshigh-income countries
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All 47 economies, health

Latest value and rank within the group (small figure). Click a column to sort; the country name opens its health profile.

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CountryLife expectancyLife expectancy, womenLife expectancy, menInfant mortalityUnder-5 mortalityNeonatal mortalityMaternal mortalityMeasles vaccination
Lebanon77.9 yrs#1 · 202479.9 yrs#1 · 202475.9 yrs#1 · 202415.3#37 · 202417.6#37 · 202410.5#35 · 202415#46 · 202367%#41 · 2024
Tunisia76.7 yrs#2 · 202479.3 yrs#2 · 202474.1 yrs#2 · 20249.7#45 · 202412.1#46 · 20247.7#42 · 202436#42 · 202396%#10 · 2024
Morocco75.5 yrs#3 · 202477.8 yrs#3 · 202473.3 yrs#3 · 202414.7#39 · 202415.7#42 · 20249.6#36 · 202470#37 · 202398%#2 · 2024
Nicaragua75.1 yrs#4 · 202477.6 yrs#4 · 202472.5 yrs#5 · 20249.4#46 · 202411.2#47 · 20245.3#47 · 202460#38 · 202385%#22 · 2023
Bangladesh74.9 yrs#5 · 202476.7 yrs#5 · 202473.3 yrs#4 · 202424.4#28 · 202430.5#28 · 202417.9#26 · 2024115#30 · 202396%#8 · 2024
Bhutan73.3 yrs#6 · 202475.3 yrs#10 · 202471.6 yrs#6 · 202413.7#42 · 202417.2#38 · 20247.3#44 · 202447#39 · 202397%#4 · 2024
Honduras73.0 yrs#7 · 202475.7 yrs#8 · 202470.5 yrs#8 · 202412.8#43 · 202415.0#43 · 20248.4#40 · 202447#40 · 202379%#26 · 2024
Venezuela72.7 yrs#8 · 202476.7 yrs#6 · 202468.9 yrs#15 · 202421.2#32 · 202424.2#33 · 202415.0#30 · 2024227#15 · 202371%#37 · 2024
Uzbekistan72.5 yrs#9 · 202475.5 yrs#9 · 202469.6 yrs#12 · 202412.8#44 · 202413.4#45 · 20247.7#43 · 202426#43 · 202399%#1 · 2024
Kyrgyzstan72.4 yrs#10 · 202476.6 yrs#7 · 202468.4 yrs#16 · 202414.8#38 · 202416.8#40 · 202410.8#34 · 202442#41 · 202396%#9 · 2024
India72.2 yrs#11 · 202473.9 yrs#16 · 202470.7 yrs#7 · 202423.3#30 · 202426.6#31 · 202416.7#27 · 202480#34 · 202397%#6 · 2024
Tajikistan71.9 yrs#12 · 202474.1 yrs#12 · 202469.7 yrs#9 · 202423.5#29 · 202428.1#30 · 202411.1#33 · 202414#47 · 202398%#3 · 2024
Egypt71.8 yrs#13 · 202474.0 yrs#14 · 202469.7 yrs#10 · 202420.8#33 · 202422.4#34 · 202413.9#31 · 202417#44 · 202397%#5 · 2024
Vanuatu71.7 yrs#14 · 202474.1 yrs#13 · 202469.6 yrs#11 · 202414.4#40 · 202417.1#39 · 20249.0#38 · 2024100#32 · 202361%#42 · 2024
Cambodia70.8 yrs#15 · 202473.4 yrs#17 · 202468.1 yrs#17 · 202416.4#35 · 202418.4#36 · 20249.5#37 · 2024137#27 · 202383%#24 · 2024
Solomon Islands70.7 yrs#16 · 202472.2 yrs#18 · 202469.4 yrs#13 · 202416.4#36 · 202420.0#35 · 20248.0#41 · 2024123#28 · 202378%#29 · 2024
Nepal70.6 yrs#17 · 202472.1 yrs#19 · 202469.1 yrs#14 · 202422.2#31 · 202425.1#32 · 202415.3#29 · 2024142#25 · 202397%#7 · 2024
São Tomé and Príncipe69.9 yrs#18 · 202473.9 yrs#15 · 202466.4 yrs#21 · 20249.2#47 · 202413.6#44 · 20246.4#46 · 202475#36 · 202387%#18 · 2024
Laos69.2 yrs#19 · 202471.5 yrs#20 · 202467.0 yrs#18 · 202427.2#26 · 202429.4#29 · 202413.1#32 · 2024112#31 · 202369%#39 · 2024
West Bank and Gaza69.2 yrs#20 · 202474.3 yrs#11 · 202465.2 yrs#25 · 202417.0#34 · 202437.9#22 · 20248.9#39 · 202416#45 · 202389%#15 · 2024
Senegal68.9 yrs#21 · 202471.0 yrs#23 · 202467.0 yrs#19 · 202428.9#23 · 202436.5#26 · 202420.9#18 · 2024237#13 · 202387%#19 · 2024
Bolivia68.7 yrs#22 · 202471.3 yrs#22 · 202466.3 yrs#22 · 202414.2#41 · 202415.7#41 · 20247.3#45 · 2024146#24 · 202367%#40 · 2024
Mauritania68.7 yrs#23 · 202470.7 yrs#24 · 202466.7 yrs#20 · 202430.2#22 · 202436.9#24 · 202420.8#19 · 2024381#5 · 202393%#11 · 2024
Timor-Leste67.9 yrs#24 · 202469.7 yrs#28 · 202466.3 yrs#23 · 202434.6#16 · 202447.6#15 · 202421.6#15 · 2024192#16 · 202372%#34 · 2024
Pakistan67.8 yrs#25 · 202470.3 yrs#26 · 202465.5 yrs#24 · 202448.2#5 · 202456.0#9 · 202436.1#2 · 2024155#22 · 202386%#20 · 2024
Namibia67.5 yrs#26 · 202471.5 yrs#21 · 202463.5 yrs#34 · 202436.4#13 · 202439.5#17 · 202421.4#16 · 2024139#26 · 202379%#28 · 2024
Tanzania67.2 yrs#27 · 202470.0 yrs#27 · 202464.4 yrs#28 · 202428.7#24 · 202437.0#23 · 202419.9#22 · 2024276#10 · 202384%#23 · 2024
Myanmar67.1 yrs#28 · 202470.4 yrs#25 · 202464.0 yrs#31 · 202432.8#19 · 202436.9#25 · 202419.6#23 · 2024185#18 · 202371%#36 · 2024
Comoros67.0 yrs#29 · 202469.2 yrs#30 · 202465.0 yrs#26 · 202435.0#14 · 202439.0#20 · 202422.1#13 · 2024179#20 · 202370%#38 · 2024
Kiribati66.6 yrs#30 · 202468.3 yrs#34 · 202464.7 yrs#27 · 202438.8#12 · 202453.1#10 · 202421.7#14 · 202480#35 · 202379%#27 · 2024
Zambia66.5 yrs#31 · 202468.9 yrs#31 · 202464.1 yrs#30 · 202434.6#17 · 202448.4#14 · 202421.4#17 · 202485#33 · 202388%#17 · 2024
Papua New Guinea66.3 yrs#32 · 202469.2 yrs#29 · 202463.8 yrs#32 · 202431.3#21 · 202439.4#18 · 202420.1#21 · 2024189#17 · 202344%#47 · 2024
Djibouti66.2 yrs#33 · 202468.7 yrs#32 · 202463.7 yrs#33 · 202443.0#8 · 202448.9#13 · 202427.1#8 · 2024162#21 · 202375%#32 · 2024
Republic of the Congo66.0 yrs#34 · 202467.7 yrs#36 · 202464.3 yrs#29 · 202427.0#27 · 202439.1#19 · 202416.5#28 · 2024241#12 · 202372%#33 · 2024
Ghana65.7 yrs#35 · 202468.2 yrs#35 · 202463.3 yrs#35 · 202427.5#25 · 202435.9#27 · 202418.1#25 · 2024234#14 · 202390%#12 · 2024
Haiti65.1 yrs#36 · 202468.5 yrs#33 · 202461.9 yrs#38 · 202439.0#11 · 202452.8#11 · 202422.6#11 · 2024328#9 · 202377%#30 · 2024
Angola64.8 yrs#37 · 202467.3 yrs#37 · 202462.3 yrs#37 · 202432.1#20 · 202449.0#12 · 202418.1#24 · 2024183#19 · 202353%#45 · 2024
Eswatini64.3 yrs#38 · 202467.1 yrs#38 · 202461.3 yrs#41 · 202442.2#9 · 202445.1#16 · 202425.0#9 · 2024118#29 · 202385%#21 · 2024
Cameroon64.0 yrs#39 · 202466.2 yrs#39 · 202461.8 yrs#39 · 202440.2#10 · 202464.8#4 · 202424.8#10 · 2024258#11 · 202371%#35 · 2024
Kenya63.8 yrs#40 · 202466.1 yrs#40 · 202461.6 yrs#40 · 202434.2#18 · 202438.8#21 · 202420.7#20 · 2024149#23 · 202388%#16 · 2024
Zimbabwe63.1 yrs#41 · 202465.3 yrs#41 · 202460.5 yrs#42 · 202462.4#2 · 202464.7#5 · 202433.7#3 · 2024358#7 · 202390%#14 · 2024
Togo62.9 yrs#42 · 202463.2 yrs#43 · 202462.7 yrs#36 · 202434.8#15 · 202456.1#8 · 202422.6#12 · 2024349#8 · 202381%#25 · 2024
Côte d'Ivoire62.1 yrs#43 · 202464.3 yrs#42 · 202460.2 yrs#43 · 202444.8#7 · 202464.5#6 · 202427.4#6 · 2024359#6 · 202375%#31 · 2024
Benin61.0 yrs#44 · 202462.4 yrs#44 · 202459.5 yrs#45 · 202445.2#6 · 202474.7#3 · 202427.2#7 · 2024518#2 · 202344%#46 · 2024
Guinea60.9 yrs#45 · 202462.1 yrs#45 · 202459.7 yrs#44 · 202459.8#3 · 202492.1#2 · 202429.8#4 · 2024494#3 · 202360%#43 · 2024
Lesotho57.8 yrs#46 · 202460.4 yrs#46 · 202455.0 yrs#46 · 202456.3#4 · 202460.0#7 · 202428.5#5 · 2024478#4 · 202390%#13 · 2024
Nigeria54.6 yrs#47 · 202454.9 yrs#47 · 202454.3 yrs#47 · 202469.8#1 · 2024115.6#1 · 202439.0#1 · 2024993#1 · 202357%#44 · 2024
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Ranks count group members with a value in the recent window.
within the group

Highest and lowest, indicator by indicator

Life expectancy47 countries
  1. 1Lebanon77.9 yrs2024
  2. 2Tunisia76.7 yrs2024
  3. 3Morocco75.5 yrs2024
Lowest
  1. 47Nigeria54.6 yrs2024
  2. 46Lesotho57.8 yrs2024
  3. 45Guinea60.9 yrs2024
Median country 67.9 yrs · group 69.5 yrs
Life expectancy, women47 countries
  1. 1Lebanon79.9 yrs2024
  2. 2Tunisia79.3 yrs2024
  3. 3Morocco77.8 yrs2024
Lowest
  1. 47Nigeria54.9 yrs2024
  2. 46Lesotho60.4 yrs2024
  3. 45Guinea62.1 yrs2024
Median country 70.7 yrs · group 71.3 yrs
Life expectancy, men47 countries
  1. 1Lebanon75.9 yrs2024
  2. 2Tunisia74.1 yrs2024
  3. 3Morocco73.3 yrs2024
Lowest
  1. 47Nigeria54.3 yrs2024
  2. 46Lesotho55.0 yrs2024
  3. 45Benin59.5 yrs2024
Median country 65.5 yrs · group 67.8 yrs
Infant mortality47 countries
  1. 1Nigeria69.82024
  2. 2Zimbabwe62.42024
  3. 3Guinea59.82024
Lowest
  1. 47São Tomé and Príncipe9.22024
  2. 46Nicaragua9.42024
  3. 45Tunisia9.72024
Median country 28.7 · group 33.1
Under-5 mortality47 countries
  1. 1Nigeria115.62024
  2. 2Guinea92.12024
  3. 3Benin74.72024
Lowest
  1. 47Nicaragua11.22024
  2. 46Tunisia12.12024
  3. 45Uzbekistan13.42024
Median country 36.9 · group 43.8
Neonatal mortality47 countries
  1. 1Nigeria39.02024
  2. 2Pakistan36.12024
  3. 3Zimbabwe33.72024
Lowest
  1. 47Nicaragua5.32024
  2. 46São Tomé and Príncipe6.42024
  3. 45Bolivia7.32024
Median country 18.1 · group 21.6
Maternal mortality47 countries
  1. 1Nigeria9932023
  2. 2Benin5182023
  3. 3Guinea4942023
Lowest
  1. 47Tajikistan142023
  2. 46Lebanon152023
  3. 45West Bank and Gaza162023
Median country 146 · group 235
Measles vaccination47 countries
  1. 1Uzbekistan99%2024
  2. 2Morocco98%2024
  3. 3Tajikistan98%2024
Lowest
  1. 47Papua New Guinea44%2024
  2. 46Benin44%2024
  3. 45Angola53%2024
Median country 83% · group 86%
HIV prevalence42 countries
  1. 1Eswatini23.4%2024
  2. 2Lesotho17.1%2024
  3. 3Zimbabwe9.8%2024
Lowest
  1. 42Vanuatu0.1%2024
  2. 41Tunisia0.1%2024
  3. 40Solomon Islands0.1%2024
Median country 0.6% · group 0.7%
Tuberculosis47 countries
  1. 1Kiribati9452024
  2. 2Papua New Guinea6642024
  3. 3Lesotho5482024
Lowest
  1. 47West Bank and Gaza02024
  2. 46Egypt102024
  3. 45Lebanon132024
Median country 132 · group 208
Health spending47 countries
  1. 1Lesotho12.6%2023
  2. 2Kiribati10.9%2023
  3. 3West Bank and Gaza10.7%2023
Lowest
  1. 47Laos1.3%2023
  2. 46Bangladesh2.2%2023
  3. 45Djibouti2.3%2023
Median country 4.5% · group 3.7%
Out-of-pocket spending47 countries
  1. 1Bangladesh79.3%2023
  2. 2Nigeria71.9%2023
  3. 3Myanmar71.1%2023
Lowest
  1. 47Kiribati2.9%2023
  2. 46Solomon Islands3.2%2023
  3. 45Timor-Leste7.0%2023
Median country 37.6% · group 47.0%
Physicians45 countries
  1. 1Uzbekistan2.812021
  2. 2Lebanon2.682020
  3. 3West Bank and Gaza2.172018
Lowest
  1. 45Papua New Guinea0.062023
  2. 44Togo0.082022
  3. 43Senegal0.112023
Median country 0.38 · group 0.71
Hospital beds41 countries
  1. 1Haiti4.92023
  2. 2Uzbekistan4.92023
  3. 3Tajikistan4.02023
Lowest
  1. 41Guinea0.32011
  2. 40Togo0.32022
  3. 39Timor-Leste0.42023
Median country 1.3 · group 1.5
Basic water46 countries
  1. 1Bhutan99.5%2024
  2. 2Bangladesh98.8%2024
  3. 3West Bank and Gaza98.8%2024
Lowest
  1. 46Papua New Guinea53.3%2024
  2. 45Tanzania64.6%2024
  3. 44Togo64.8%2024
Median country 85.4% · group 90.8%
Basic sanitation46 countries
  1. 1West Bank and Gaza99.4%2024
  2. 2Lebanon99.2%2024
  3. 3Kyrgyzstan98.5%2024
Lowest
  1. 46Republic of the Congo20.6%2021
  2. 45Benin22.2%2024
  3. 44Papua New Guinea23.6%2024
Median country 60.6% · group 73.9%
Tobacco use40 countries
  1. 1Timor-Leste48.8%2024
  2. 2Lebanon46.9%2024
  3. 3Myanmar43.4%2024
Lowest
  1. 40Nigeria3.1%2024
  2. 39Ghana3.3%2024
  3. 38Senegal5.4%2024
Median country 16.2% · group 20.4%
Road deaths47 countries
  1. 1Zimbabwe41.22019
  2. 2Venezuela39.02019
  3. 3Namibia34.82019
Lowest
  1. 47Kiribati1.92019
  2. 46West Bank and Gaza5.32016
  3. 45Egypt10.12019
Median country 20.4 · group 17.4
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