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Health in Middle East & North Africa: how the countries rank

Life expectancy, child and maternal mortality, health spending, water and sanitation. 18 indicators for the 23 economies of Middle East & North Africa, ranked within the group; the group figure is the World Bank aggregate.

Life expectancy72.3 yrsgroup, 2024 · world 73.5 yrsLife expectancy, women74.3 yrsgroup, 2024 · world 76.0 yrsLife expectancy, men70.4 yrsgroup, 2024 · world 71.1 yrsInfant mortality32.0group, 2024 · world 27.7Under-5 mortality36.4group, 2024 · world 37.4Neonatal mortality22.7group, 2024 · world 17.2Maternal mortality47group, 2023 · world 197Measles vaccination84%group, 2024 · world 84%
Life expectancy
Middle East & North AfricaWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
6065707580199520002005201020152020Middle East & North Africa72.3 yrsWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
Life expectancy, women
Middle East & North AfricaWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
6570758085199520002005201020152020Middle East & North Africa74.3 yrsWorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & Caribbean
countries

All 23 economies, health

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

23 shown
CountryLife expectancyLife expectancy, womenLife expectancy, menInfant mortalityUnder-5 mortalityNeonatal mortalityMaternal mortalityMeasles vaccination
Kuwait84.6 yrs#1 · 202485.4 yrs#2 · 202483.8 yrs#1 · 20247.0#18 · 20248.1#18 · 20244.4#18 · 20248#18 · 202398%#7 · 2024
Israel83.2 yrs#2 · 202485.4 yrs#1 · 202481.1 yrs#5 · 20242.7#23 · 20243.3#23 · 20241.7#23 · 20242#23 · 202398%#6 · 2024
United Arab Emirates83.1 yrs#3 · 202484.3 yrs#4 · 202482.2 yrs#2 · 20243.8#22 · 20244.8#22 · 20242.4#22 · 20243#22 · 202398%#9 · 2024
Malta83.0 yrs#4 · 202484.8 yrs#3 · 202481.2 yrs#4 · 20244.7#20 · 20245.3#21 · 20243.6#20 · 20248#19 · 202388%#17 · 2024
Qatar82.5 yrs#5 · 202483.5 yrs#5 · 202481.8 yrs#3 · 20244.8#19 · 20245.9#20 · 20243.8#19 · 20244#21 · 202399%#5 · 2024
Bahrain81.4 yrs#6 · 202482.1 yrs#6 · 202480.9 yrs#6 · 20247.3#17 · 20248.8#17 · 20244.4#17 · 202417#12 · 202399%#1 · 2024
Oman80.2 yrs#7 · 202482.0 yrs#7 · 202478.7 yrs#7 · 20248.3#15 · 202410.3#15 · 20245.8#15 · 202413#17 · 202399%#4 · 2024
Saudi Arabia79.0 yrs#8 · 202481.3 yrs#8 · 202477.3 yrs#8 · 20244.7#21 · 20246.0#19 · 20242.9#21 · 20247#20 · 202396%#11 · 2024
Jordan78.0 yrs#9 · 202480.3 yrs#9 · 202475.9 yrs#10 · 202412.0#12 · 202412.9#12 · 20247.4#13 · 202431#10 · 202399%#3 · 2024
Lebanon77.9 yrs#10 · 202479.9 yrs#10 · 202475.9 yrs#11 · 202415.3#10 · 202417.6#10 · 202410.5#8 · 202415#16 · 202367%#21 · 2024
Iran77.9 yrs#11 · 202479.8 yrs#11 · 202476.0 yrs#9 · 202410.3#13 · 202411.3#14 · 20247.2#14 · 202416#14 · 202399%#2 · 2024
Tunisia76.7 yrs#12 · 202479.3 yrs#12 · 202474.1 yrs#13 · 20249.7#14 · 202412.1#13 · 20247.7#12 · 202436#9 · 202396%#12 · 2024
Algeria76.5 yrs#13 · 202477.9 yrs#13 · 202475.1 yrs#12 · 202419.5#7 · 202421.6#8 · 202415.0#5 · 202462#7 · 202394%#13 · 2024
Morocco75.5 yrs#14 · 202477.8 yrs#14 · 202473.3 yrs#14 · 202414.7#11 · 202415.7#11 · 20249.6#9 · 202470#5 · 202398%#8 · 2024
Syria72.6 yrs#15 · 202474.9 yrs#15 · 202470.2 yrs#16 · 202417.7#8 · 202418.4#9 · 20249.5#10 · 202420#11 · 202381%#19 · 2024
Iraq72.4 yrs#16 · 202474.2 yrs#17 · 202470.5 yrs#15 · 202420.1#6 · 202421.8#7 · 202412.5#7 · 202466#6 · 202391%#14 · 2024
Egypt71.8 yrs#17 · 202474.0 yrs#18 · 202469.7 yrs#17 · 202420.8#5 · 202422.4#6 · 202413.9#6 · 202417#13 · 202397%#10 · 2024
Libya71.1 yrs#18 · 202472.7 yrs#19 · 202469.6 yrs#18 · 20247.9#16 · 20249.8#16 · 20245.2#16 · 202459#8 · 202389%#15 · 2024
Yemen69.4 yrs#19 · 202471.5 yrs#20 · 202467.4 yrs#19 · 202433.8#4 · 202438.1#4 · 202420.9#4 · 2024118#4 · 202341%#23 · 2024
West Bank and Gaza69.2 yrs#20 · 202474.3 yrs#16 · 202465.2 yrs#21 · 202417.0#9 · 202437.9#5 · 20248.9#11 · 202416#15 · 202389%#16 · 2024
Pakistan67.8 yrs#21 · 202470.3 yrs#21 · 202465.5 yrs#20 · 202448.2#2 · 202456.0#1 · 202436.1#1 · 2024155#3 · 202386%#18 · 2024
Afghanistan66.3 yrs#22 · 202467.8 yrs#23 · 202464.7 yrs#22 · 202448.3#1 · 202453.0#2 · 202433.1#2 · 2024521#1 · 202355%#22 · 2024
Djibouti66.2 yrs#23 · 202468.7 yrs#22 · 202463.7 yrs#23 · 202443.0#3 · 202448.9#3 · 202427.1#3 · 2024162#2 · 202375%#20 · 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 expectancy23 countries
  1. 1Kuwait84.6 yrs2024
  2. 2Israel83.2 yrs2024
  3. 3United Arab Emirates83.1 yrs2024
Lowest
  1. 23Djibouti66.2 yrs2024
  2. 22Afghanistan66.3 yrs2024
  3. 21Pakistan67.8 yrs2024
Median country 76.7 yrs · group 72.3 yrs
Life expectancy, women23 countries
  1. 1Israel85.4 yrs2024
  2. 2Kuwait85.4 yrs2024
  3. 3Malta84.8 yrs2024
Lowest
  1. 23Afghanistan67.8 yrs2024
  2. 22Djibouti68.7 yrs2024
  3. 21Pakistan70.3 yrs2024
Median country 79.3 yrs · group 74.3 yrs
Life expectancy, men23 countries
  1. 1Kuwait83.8 yrs2024
  2. 2United Arab Emirates82.2 yrs2024
  3. 3Qatar81.8 yrs2024
Lowest
  1. 23Djibouti63.7 yrs2024
  2. 22Afghanistan64.7 yrs2024
  3. 21West Bank and Gaza65.2 yrs2024
Median country 75.1 yrs · group 70.4 yrs
Infant mortality23 countries
  1. 1Afghanistan48.32024
  2. 2Pakistan48.22024
  3. 3Djibouti43.02024
Lowest
  1. 23Israel2.72024
  2. 22United Arab Emirates3.82024
  3. 21Saudi Arabia4.72024
Median country 12.0 · group 32.0
Under-5 mortality23 countries
  1. 1Pakistan56.02024
  2. 2Afghanistan53.02024
  3. 3Djibouti48.92024
Lowest
  1. 23Israel3.32024
  2. 22United Arab Emirates4.82024
  3. 21Malta5.32024
Median country 12.9 · group 36.4
Neonatal mortality23 countries
  1. 1Pakistan36.12024
  2. 2Afghanistan33.12024
  3. 3Djibouti27.12024
Lowest
  1. 23Israel1.72024
  2. 22United Arab Emirates2.42024
  3. 21Saudi Arabia2.92024
Median country 7.7 · group 22.7
Maternal mortality23 countries
  1. 1Afghanistan5212023
  2. 2Djibouti1622023
  3. 3Pakistan1552023
Lowest
  1. 23Israel22023
  2. 22United Arab Emirates32023
  3. 21Qatar42023
Median country 17 · group 47
Measles vaccination23 countries
  1. 1Bahrain99%2024
  2. 2Iran99%2024
  3. 3Jordan99%2024
Lowest
  1. 23Yemen41%2024
  2. 22Afghanistan55%2024
  3. 21Lebanon67%2024
Median country 96% · group 84%
HIV prevalence20 countries
  1. 1Djibouti0.9%2024
  2. 2Malta0.3%2024
  3. 3Pakistan0.2%2024
Lowest
  1. 20Yemen0.1%2024
  2. 19United Arab Emirates0.1%2024
  3. 18Tunisia0.1%2024
Median country 0.1% · group 0.1%
Tuberculosis23 countries
  1. 1Djibouti4952024
  2. 2Pakistan2662024
  3. 3Afghanistan2032024
Lowest
  1. 23West Bank and Gaza02024
  2. 22United Arab Emirates12024
  3. 21Israel22024
Median country 15 · group 110
Health spending23 countries
  1. 1Afghanistan15.0%2023
  2. 2West Bank and Gaza10.7%2023
  3. 3Yemen9.7%2023
Lowest
  1. 23Djibouti2.3%2023
  2. 22Pakistan2.5%2023
  3. 21Qatar2.5%2023
Median country 5.6% · group 5.3%
Out-of-pocket spending23 countries
  1. 1Afghanistan77.1%2023
  2. 2Syria72.4%2023
  3. 3Yemen69.1%2023
Lowest
  1. 23Oman6.3%2023
  2. 22Qatar7.4%2023
  3. 21United Arab Emirates9.7%2023
Median country 34.5% · group 28.3%
Physicians22 countries
  1. 1Malta4.512022
  2. 2Israel3.802023
  3. 3Saudi Arabia3.412023
Lowest
  1. 22Yemen0.102023
  2. 21Djibouti0.212022
  3. 20Afghanistan0.322023
Median country 1.74 · group 1.30
Hospital beds23 countries
  1. 1Malta4.12022
  2. 2Libya3.52022
  3. 3Israel3.12023
Lowest
  1. 23Afghanistan0.32023
  2. 22Yemen0.52023
  3. 21Pakistan0.62020
Median country 1.4 · group 1.1
Basic water23 countries
  1. 1Kuwait100.0%2024
  2. 2Malta100.0%2024
  3. 3United Arab Emirates100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 23Yemen75.0%2024
  2. 22Djibouti79.7%2024
  3. 21Afghanistan80.8%2024
Median country 97.3% · group 92.9%
Basic sanitation23 countries
  1. 1Bahrain100.0%2024
  2. 2Kuwait100.0%2024
  3. 3Malta100.0%2024
Lowest
  1. 23Afghanistan54.5%2024
  2. 22Yemen63.1%2024
  3. 21Djibouti67.0%2023
Median country 97.6% · group 83.7%
Tobacco use20 countries
  1. 1Lebanon46.9%2024
  2. 2West Bank and Gaza35.5%2024
  3. 3Jordan34.1%2024
Lowest
  1. 20Oman8.5%2024
  2. 19United Arab Emirates9.0%2024
  3. 18Iran11.9%2024
Median country 20.6% · group 18.9%
Road deaths23 countries
  1. 1Saudi Arabia35.92019
  2. 2Yemen29.42019
  3. 3Iraq27.32019
Lowest
  1. 23Israel3.92019
  2. 22Malta4.12019
  3. 21Bahrain5.22019
Median country 15.9 · group 17.0
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