Indicators

Definitions

Health SDGs

Maternal mortality ratio

The annual number of female deaths from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes) during pregnancy and childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy,
expressed per 100 000 live births, for a specified time period.

Births attended by skilled health personnel

Percentage of live births attended by skilled health personnel during a specified time period

Children under-five mortality rate

The probability of a child born in a specific year or period dying before reaching the age of 5 years, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of that period, expressed per 1000 live births.

Neonatal mortality rate

Probability that a child born in a specific year or period will die during the first 28 completed days of life if subject to age-specific mortality rates of that period, expressed per 1000 live births.

HIV incidence rate

Number of new HIV infections per 1000 person-years among the uninfected population. The incidence rate is the number of new cases per population at risk in a given time
period.

TB incidence rate

Estimated number of new and relapse TB cases (all forms of TB, including cases in people living with HIV) arising in a given year, expressed as a rate per 100 000 population.

Malaria incidence rate

Number of malaria cases per 1000 persons per year.

Hepatitis B incidence per 100,000 population

Number of new hepatitis B infections per 100 000
population in a given year is estimated from the prevalence of total antibodies against hepatitis B core antigen (Total anti-HBc) and hepatitis B surface
antigen (HBsAg) positive among children 5 years of age, adjusted for sampling design.

Number of people requiring interventions against Neglected Tropical Diseases

Number of people requiring preventive or curative treatment, as a tracer for interventions against any one of the 17 NTDs targeted by WHO, including 11 NTDs targeted for eradication or elimination in World Health Assembly resolutions. Note: 17 NTDs- Buruli ulcer
Chagas disease
Dengue and Chikungunya
Dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease)
Echinococcosis
Endemic treponematoses (Yaws)
Foodborne trematodiases
Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
Leishmaniasis
Leprosy (Hansen disease)
Lymphatic filariasis
Onchocerciasis (river blindness)
Rabies
Schistosomiasis
Soil-transmitted helminthiases
Taeniasis/Cysticercosis
Trachoma

Mortality between 30 and 70 years of age from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases

Unconditional probability of dying between the exact ages of 30 and 70 years from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases.

Suicide rate

Suicide rate per 100,000 population in a specified period

Coverage of treatment interventions (pharmacological, psychosocial and rehabilitation and aftercare services) for substance use disorder

Number of people who have received different treatment interventions in the last year divided by the actual number of the target population (people with substance use disorders measured as the total number of problem drug users)

Total alcohol per capita (age 15+ years) consumption

Total alcohol per capita is the total amount (sum of recorded alcohol per capita three-year average and unrecorded alcohol per capita) of alcohol consumed per adult (15+ years) in a calendar year, in litres of pure alcohol. Note: Recorded alcohol consumption refers to official statistics (production, import, export, and sales or taxation data), while unrecorded alcohol consumption refers to alcohol which is not taxed and is outside the usual system of government control. In circumstances in which the number of tourists per year is at least the number of inhabitants, tourist consumption is also taken into account and is deducted from a country's recorded alcohol per capita

Mortality rate from road traffic injuries

Number of road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population (age-standardized).

Demand for family planning satisfied with modern methods

Percentage of women of reproductive age (15-49 years) who are sexually active and who have their need for family planning satisfied with modern methods.

Adolescent fertility rate

Annual number of births to women aged 15-19 years per 1000 women in that age group.
Note: It is also referred to as the age-specific fertility rate for women aged 15-19 years.

Antenatal care coverage - at least four visits (%)

Percentage of women aged 15-49 years with a live birth in a given time period who received antenatal care, four times or more

Immunization coverage rate by vaccine for each vaccine in the national schedule

Percentage of the target population that has received the last recommended dose for each vaccine recommended in the national schedule by vaccine. Note: This should include all vaccines within a country's routine immunization schedule (e.g., Bacillus Calmette-Gurin (BCG); polio;
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV); rotavirus; diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis-Hepatitis B-Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine (DTP-HepBHib); measles (MCV); rubella; human papilloma virus (HPV); tetanus toxoid (TT); influenza; and others as determined by the national schedule).

DTP3

Measles

Hep B3

Hib 3

Others Penta

Care-seeking for symptoms of pneumonia

Percentage of children under 5 years of age with suspected pneumonia (cough and difficult breathing NOT due to a problem in the chest and a blocked nose) in the two weeks preceding the survey taken to an appropriate health facility or provider

TB treatment success rate

Percentage of TB cases successfully treated (cured plus treatment completed) among TB cases notified to the national health authorities during a specified period.

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) coverage

Percentage of people living with HIV currently receiving ART among the estimated number of adults and children living with HIV.

Use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs)

Percentage population in malaria-endemic areas who slept under an ITN the previous night

Hypertension treatment coverage

Proportion of population aged 18 years and older who are currently taking antihypertensive medication among number of adults 18 years and older who are taking medication for hypertension, with systolic blood pressure = 140 mmHg, or with diastolic blood pressure = 90 mmHg

Diabetes treatment coverage

Proportion of population aged 18 years and older who are currently taking medication for diabetes (insulinor glycaemic control pills) among number of adults 18 years and older who are taking medication for diabetes or with fasting plasma glucose =7.0 mmol/

Cervical cancer screening

Proportion of women aged 30-49 years who report they were screened for cervical cancer using any of the following methods: visual Inspection with acetic acid/vinegar (VIA), pap smear, human papilloma virus (HPV) test.

Service utilization

Number of outpatient department visits per person per year

Availability of essential medicines and commodities

Percentage of health facilities with essential medicines and life-saving commodities

Number of people covered by health insurance or a public health system per 1,000 population

NEW INDICATOR, no globally standard definition available yet.

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution

The mortality attributable to ambient air pollution can be expressed as either (1) number of deaths or (2) overall death rate attributed to: Acute respiratory infections in young children (estimated under 5 years of age); Cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); Ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and Lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Population using safely managed sanitation services

Population using a basic sanitation facility (flush or pour-flush toilets to sewer systems, septic tanks or pit latrines, ventilated improved pit latrines, pit latrines with a slab, and composting toilets ) which is not shared with other households and where excreta are safely disposed in situ or transported to a designated place for safe disposal or treatment

Population using safely managed drinking-water services

Population using a basic drinking-water source (piped water into dwelling, yard or plot; public taps or standpipes; boreholes or tubewells; protected dug wells; protected springs and rainwater) which is located on premises and available when needed; free of faecal (and priority chemical) contamination and/or regulated
by a competent authority.

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning

NEW INDICATOR, no globally standard definition available yet.

Tobacco use among persons aged 15+ years

Age-standardized prevalence of current tobacco use among persons aged 15+ years. "Smoked tobacco products" include the consumption of cigarettes, bidis, cigars, cheroots, pipes, shisha (water pipes), fine-cut smoking articles (roll-your-own), krekets, and any other form of smoked tobacco."Smokeless tobacco" includes moist snuff, plug, creamy snuff, dissolvables, dry snuff, gul, loose leaf, red tooth
powder, snus, chimo, gutkha, khaini, gudakhu, zarda, quiwam, dohra, tuibur, nasway, naas/naswar, shammah, betel
quid, toombak, pan (betel quid), iq'mik, mishri, tapkeer, tombol and any other tobacco product that is sniffed, held
in the mouth, or chewed.

Proportion of the population with access to affordable medicines and vaccines on a sustainable basis

Percentage of health facilities with essential medicines and life-saving commodities

Total net official development assistance to medical research and basic health sectors

Total net official development assistance (ODA) to the medical research (purpose code 12182) and basic health (code 122) sectors. Data expressed in US dollars at the average annual exchange rate. URL:http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/documentupload/Budget%20identifier%20purpose%20codes_Apr%202016.pdf

Health worker density and distribution

By cadre, including generalist medical practitioners, specialist medical practitioners (surgeons, anaesthetists, obstetricians, emergency medicine specialists, cardiologists, paediatricians, psychiatrists, ophthalmologists, gynaecologists, etc.), nursing and midwifery professionals, traditional and complementary medicine professionals, among others.

International Health Regulations (IHR) core capacity index

Percentage of attributes of 13 core capacities that have been attained at a specific point in time. The 13 core capacities are: (1) National legislation, policy and financing; (2) Coordination and National Focal Point communications; (3) Surveillance; (4) Response; (5) Preparedness; (6) Risk communication; (7) Human resources; (8) Laboratory; (9) Points of entry; (10) Zoonotic events; (11) Food safety; (12) Chemical events; (13)
Radionuclear emergencies.

Children under 5 years who are stunted

Percentage of stunted (moderate and severe) children aged 0-59 months (moderate = height-for-age below -2 standard deviations from the WHO Child Growth Standards median; severe = height-for-age below -3 standard deviations from the WHO Child Growth Standards median).

Children under 5 years who are wasted

Percentage of wasted (moderate and severe) children aged 0-59 months (moderate = weight-for-height below -2 standard deviations of the WHO Child Growth Standards median; severe = weight-for-height below -3 standard deviations of the WHO Child Growth Standards median).

Intimate partner violence prevalence

Percentage of currently partnered girls and women aged 15-49 years who have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by their current intimate partner in the last 12 months.

Proportion of population with access to electricity

The percentage of the population that has access to electricity

Air pollution level in cities

Annual mean concentration of particulate matter of less than 2.5 microns of diameter (PM2.5) [ug/m3] (or of less than 10 microns [PM10] if PM2.5 is not available) in cities

Number of deaths, missing persons and persons afected by disaster per 100,000 people

NEW INDICATOR, no globally standard definition available yet.

Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population

Intentional homicide is defined as the unlawful death inflicted upon a person with the intent to cause death or serious injury (Source: International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes, ICCS 2015); the rate is defined as the total count of victims of intentional homicide divided by the total resident population, expressed per 100,000 population.

Conflict-related deaths per 100,000 population

NEW INDICATOR, no globally standard definition available yet.

Birth registration coverage

Percentage of births that are registered within one month of age in a civil registration system

Total Population (in thousands)

Total population is based on the De facto population in a country. Figures are presented in thousands.

Average annual rate of population growth (%)

Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is expressed as a percentage.

Crude birth rate

Annual number of live births1 per 1,000 population.

Crude death rate

Annual number of deaths per 1,000 population.

Net number of international migrants, both sexes combined

The number of international migrants generally represents the number of persons born in a country other than that in which they live.

Population sex ratio (male per 100 female)

Number of males per 100 females in the population.

Population density (per sq km)

The number of population per square Kilometer.

Urban population (%)

Urban population as a percentage of the total population.

Estimated average number of annual births

The estimated number of live births taking place in a country during a year

Estimated average number of annual deaths

The estimated number of deaths taking place in a country during a year

Children <1 year (% of total population)

Population less than 1 year of age as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Children <5 years (% of total population)

Population less than 5 years of age as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Children <15 years (% of total population)

Population less than 15 years of age as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Adolescents 10-19 years (% of total population)

Population between the age of 10-19 years as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Youth 15-24 years (% of total population)

Population between the age of 15-24 years as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Adults 15-59 years (% of total population)

Population between the age of 15-59 years as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Elderly >60 years (% of total population)

Population greater than 60 years of age as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Adolescent girls 15-19 years (% of total population)

Population of female between the age of 15-19 years as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population

Women of reproductive age 15-44 years (% of total population)

Population of female between the age of 15-44 years as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population

Gross national income per capita in PPP (current international $)

GNI per capita based on purchasing power parity (PPP). PPP GNI is gross national income (GNI) converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GNI as a U.S. dollar has in the United States. GNI is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad.

Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (current US$)

GDP per capita based on purchasing power parity (PPP). PPP GDP is gross domestic product converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar has the same purchasing power over GDP as the U.S. dollar has in the United States. GDP at purchaser's prices is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources.

GDP growth (annual%)

Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at market prices based on constant local currency.

Poverty (% of population living at less than PPP $ 1.25 a day)

The poverty rate at $1.25 a day is the proportion of the population living on less than $1.25 a day, adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP).

Poverty (% of population living below national poverty line)

The proportion of population below national poverty line is defined as the proportion of the total population living below the national poverty line. This indicator is expressed as a percentage.

Multidimensional poverty (% of population)

Percentage of the population that is multidimensionally poor adjusted by the intensity of the deprivations

Adult (>15) literacy rate (%)-Both sexes

Percentage of persons aged 15 and over who can read and write.

Adult (>15) literacy rate (%)-Male

Percentage of males aged 15 and over who can read and write.

Adult (>15) literacy rate (%)-Female

Percentage of females aged 15 and over who can read and write.

Mean years of schooling of adults (years)

Average number of years of education received by people ages 25 and older, converted from education attainment levels using official durations of each level.

Expected years of schooling of children (years)

Number of years of schooling that a child of school entrance age can expect to receive if prevailing patterns of age-specific enrolment rates persist throughout the child's life.

Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants

The number of fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 subscriptions. Fixed-telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed-telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, integrated services digital network (ISDN) voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.

Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants

The number of mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions refers to the number of subscriptions to a public mobile-telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes the number of postpaid subscriptions and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile-cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.

Individuals using Internet (%)

The number of individuals using the Internet per 100 inhabitants.individuals using the Internet refers to those that used the Internet in the last 3 months from any location.

Population using modern fuels for cooking/heating/lighting

Percentage of households/population using modern fuels and technologies for cooking/heating/lighting as defined by the recommendations set forth in the WHO guidelines for indoor air quality: household fuel combustion.

Contraceptive prevalence rate

Percentage of women aged 15-49 years, married or in union, who are currently using, or whose sexual partner is using, at least one method of contraception, regardless of the method used.

Service-specific availability and readiness

Number of health facilities offering specific services per 10,000 population and meeting minimum service standards on the basis of a set of tracer
criteria for specific services, etc.

Health service access

Percentage of population living within 5 km of a health facility (total number of health facilities per 10,000 population).

Completeness of reporting by facilities

Percentage of facilities that submit reports within the required deadline.

New cases of vaccine-preventable diseases

Number of confirmed new cases of vaccine-preventable diseases that are included in the WHO recommended standards for surveillance of selected vaccine-preventable diseases, and vaccine-preventable diseases reported on the WHO-UNICEF reporting form in a specified time period.

New cases of IHR-notifiable diseases and other notifiable diseases

Number of new confirmed cases of IHR-notifiable diseases (immediately notifiable diseases) and other notifiable diseases (diseases that could cause serious public health impact and could spread rapidly internationally) per year.

HIV prevalence rate among adults (15-49)

Percentage of adult people (15-49) living with HIV. Prevalence measures the frequency of existing disease in a defined population at a specific time

Hepatitis B surface antigen prevalence

Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive, adjusted for sampling design.

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) incidence rate

Number of new cases of reported STIs (syndromic or etiological reporting) in a specified time period (year).

TB notification rate per 100, 000 population

Number of new and relapse TB cases notified in a given year, per 100 000 population.
Note: The term "notification" means that TB is diagnosed in a patient and is reported within the national surveillance system, and then on to WHO

TB prevalence rate

Number of cases of tuberculosis (all forms) in a population at a given point in time (the middle of the calendar year), expressed as a rate
per 100,000 population.

Malaria parasite prevalence among children aged 6-59 months

Percentage of children aged 6-59 months in the population with malaria parasites in blood.

Condom use at last sex with high-risk partner

Percentage using a condom during last sexual intercourse with a higher-risk partner (women and men who have more than one sexual partner
in the past 12 months; sex workers with most recent client; men who have sex with men anal sex with a male partner; people who inject drugs condom use at last sex). For people who inject drugs, also measure number of needles per person who injects drugs per year.

People living with HIV who have been diagnosed

Percentage of people living with HIV who have been diagnosed.

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission

Percentage of HIV-positive pregnant women provided with ART to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission during pregnancy.

HIV care coverage

Number and percentage of people living with HIV who are receiving HIV care, as proxied by receipt of at least one of the following during the reporting period: clinical assessment (WHO staging) or CD4 count or viral load or on ART.

HIV viral load suppression

Percentage of people on ART who are virologically suppressed (VL level = 1000 copies/mL).

TB preventive therapy for HIV-positive people newly enrolled in HIV care

Number of patients who are started on treatment for latent TB infection expressed as a percentage of the total number newly enrolled in HIV care in a specified time period.

HIV test results for registered new and relapse TB patients

Number of new and relapse TB patients who had an HIV test result recorded in the TB register, expressed as a percentage of the number registered in a specified time period.

HIV-positive new and relapse TB patients on ART during TB treatment

Number of HIV-positive new and relapse TB patients who received ART during TB treatment, expressed as a percentage of those registered in a specified time period.

TB patients with results for drug susceptibility testing

Percentage of TB cases with results for diagnostic drug susceptibility testing for resistance to isoniazid and rifampicinin a specified time period.

TB case detection rate

Percentage of estimated new and relapse TB cases detected in a given year under the internationally recommended tuberculosis control strategy.
Note: The term "case detection", as used here, means that TB is diagnosed in a patient and is reported within the national surveillance system and then to WHO.
Note: The term "rate" is used for historical reasons. The indicator is actually a ratio (expressed as a percentage) and not a rate.

Second-line treatment coverage among multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases

Percentage of notified TB patients estimated to have MDR-TB who were detected with MDR-TB and enrolled on second-line anti-TB treatment in a specified time period.

Intermittent preventive therapy for malaria during pregnancy (IPTp)

Percentage of women who received three or more doses of intermittent preventive treatment during antenatal care visits during their last pregnancy.

Treatment of confirmed malaria cases

Percentage of confirmed malaria cases that receive first-line antimalarial treatment

Indoor residual spraying (IRS) coverage

Percentage of population at risk protected by IRS during a specified time period.

Coverage of preventive chemotherapy for selected neglected tropical diseases

Proportion of the population living in endemic areas requiring preventive chemotherapy that received treatment for at least one of the selected neglected tropical diseases (schistosomiasis, soil-transmitted helminthiases, lymphatic filariasis , onchocerciasis).

ART retention rate

Percentage of adults and children with HIV alive and on ART 12, 24, 36 (etc.) months after initiating treatment among patients initiating ART during a specified time period.

Cancer incidence, by type of cancer

The at-risk population for the given category of cancer. The population used depends on the rate to be calculated. For cancer sites that occur only in one sex, the sex-specific population (e.g. females for cervical cancer) is used.

Children aged under 5 years who are overweight

Prevalence of weight-for-height in children aged 0-59 months defined as above +2 standard deviations of the WHO Child Growth Standards median

Overweight and obesity in adults (Also: adolescents)

Number of respondents aged 18+ years who are overweight. Number of respondents aged 18+ years who are obese.
Note: BMI is calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by height in meters squared. Overweight is defined as having a BMI = 25 kg/m^2 and obesity is defined as having a BMI = 30 kg/m^2.

Raised blood pressure among adults

Age-standardized prevalence of raised blood pressure among persons aged 18+ years (defined as systolic blood pressure = 140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure = 90 mmHg), and mean systolic blood pressure.

Raised blood glucose/diabetes among adults

Age-standardized prevalence of raised blood glucose/diabetes among persons aged 18+ years or on medication for raised blood glucose (defined as fasting plasma glucose value = 7.0 mmol/L (126 mg/dL) or on medication for raised blood glucose among adults aged 18+ years).

Salt intake

Age-standardized mean population intake of salt (sodium chloride) per day in grams in persons aged 18+ years.

Insufficient physical activity in adults (Also: adolescents)

Age-standardized prevalence of insufficiently physically active persons aged 18+ years (percentage of adults aged 18+ years not meeting any of the following criteria: 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity per week; 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity per week; an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity accumulating at least 600 metabolic equivalent minutes per week (minutes of physical activity can be accumulated over the course of a week but must be of a duration of at least 10 minutes).

Coverage of services for severe mental health disorders

Percentage of persons with a severe mental disorder (psychosis, bipolar affective disorder, moderate-severe depression) who are using services.

Exclusive breastfeeding rate 0-5 months of age

Percentage of infants 0-5 months of age (<6 months) who are fed exclusively with breast milk

Early initiation of breastfeeding

Percentage of infants breastfed within 1 hour of birth in a specified time period.

Anaemia prevalence in children

Percentage of children aged 6-59 months with a haemoglobin level of less than 110 g/L, adjusted for altitude

Anaemia prevalence in women of reproductive age

Percentage of women aged 15-49 years with a haemoglobin level less than 120 g/L for non-pregnant women and lactating women, and less than 110 g/L for pregnant women, adjusted for altitude and smoking

Postpartum care coverage

Percentage of mothers and babies who received postpartum care within two days of childbirth (regardless of place of delivery)

Children with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration solution (ORS)

Percentage of children under 5 years of age with diarrhoea in the last two weeks receiving ORS (fluids made from ORS packets or pre-packaged ORS
fluids).

Vitamin A supplementation coverage

Percentage of children aged 6-59 months who received two age-appropriate doses of vitamin A in the past 12 months.

Perioperative mortality rate

All-cause death rate prior to discharge among patients having one or more procedures in an operating theatre during the relevant admission

Obstetric and gynaecological admissions owing to abortion

Percentage of admissions for (spontaneous or induced) abortion-related complications to service delivery points providing inpatient obstetric and gynaecological services, among all admissions (except those for planned termination of pregnancy).
Note: Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy before the fetus has attained viability ( i.e. become capable of independent extra-uterine life. Induced abortion is the deliberate termination of a pregnancy before the fetus has attained viability i.e. become capable of independent extra-uterine life.
Spontaneous abortion is the spontaneous termination of a pregnancy before the fetus has attained viability ) i.e. become capable of independent extra-uterine life - and is often referred to as a miscarriage

Institutional maternal mortality ratio

Number of maternal deaths among 100,000 deliveries in health facilities/institutions

Maternal death reviews

Percentage of maternal deaths occurring in the facility that were audited.

Hospital bed density

Total number of hospital beds per 10,000 population

Output training institutions

Number of graduates from health workforce educational institutions (including schools of dentistry, medicine, midwifery, nursing, pharmacy) during the last academic year per 1000 population.

Total current expenditure on health (% of gross domestic product)

Total current expenditure on health as a percentage of gross domestic product.

Current expenditure on health by general government and compulsory schemes (% of current expenditure on health)

Current expenditure on health by general government and compulsory schemes as a share of total current expenditure on health (expressed as a % of total current expenditure on health). This is the sum of current health outlays paid for in cash or supplied in kind by government entities
such as the Ministry of Health, other ministries, parastatal organizations or social security agencies, or by entities running health schemes that are compulsory by law.

Out-of-pocket payment for health (% of current expenditure on health)

Share of total current expenditure on health paid by households out-of-pocket, expressed as a percentage of total current expenditure on health (this is the households out-of-pocket expenditure).

Externally sourced funding (% of current expenditure on health)

Share of total current expenditure on health funded by external (rest of the world) institutional units providing revenues to financing schemes.

Total capital expenditure on health (% current + capital expenditure on health)

Total capital expenditure on health as a percentage of current + capital expenditure on health.

Headcount ratio of catastrophic health expenditure

Proportion of the population (or sub-population) facing catastrophic health expenditures.

Headcount ratio of impoverishing health expenditure

Proportion of the population (or sub-population) facing impoverishing health expenditures.