Access to sanitation
48%
100%
DEFINITION:
The percentage of the total population with access to sanitation facilities
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook, December 2003
Ranked 104th.
Ranked 1st. 108% more than Lesotho
Birth rate, crude > per 1,000 people
27.92 per 1,000 people
11.6 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the population growth rate in the absence of migration.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 60th in 2005. 141% more than Netherlands
Ranked 143rd in 2005.
Contraceptive prevalence > % of women ages 15-49
5 %
73 %
DEFINITION:
Contraceptive prevalence rate is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception. It is usually measured for married women ages 15-49 only.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 16th in 1977.
Ranked 4th in 1977. 14 times more than Lesotho
Dependency ratio per 100
80
48
DEFINITION:
Dependency ratio (per 100), 2003
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 45th. 67% more than Netherlands
Ranked 138th.
Drug access
80%
95%
DEFINITION:
Population with access to essential drugs 2000. The data on access to essential drugs are based on statistical estimates received from World Health Organization (WHO ) country and regional offices and regional advisers and through the World Drug Situation Survey carried out in 1998-99. These estimates represent the best information available to the WHO Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy to date and are currently being validated by WHO member states. The department assigns the estimates to four groupings: very low access (0-49%), low access (50-79%), medium access (80-94%) and good access (95-100%). These groupings, used here in presenting the data, are often employed by the WHO in interpreting the data, as the actual estimates may suggest a higher level of accuracy than the data afford. b.
SOURCE:
WHO (World Health Organization). 2001. Correspondence on access to essential drugs. Department of Essential Drugs and Medecines Policy. February. Geneva
Ranked 57th.
Ranked 2nd. 19% more than Lesotho
expenditure per capita > current US$
49.4 $
3,441.7 $
DEFINITION:
Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditures as a ratio of total population. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 126th in 2004.
Ranked 12th in 2004. 69 times more than Lesotho
expenditure, total > % of GDP
6.5 %
9.2 %
DEFINITION:
Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditure. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 78th in 2004.
Ranked 24th in 2004. 42% more than Lesotho
Fertility rate, total > births per woman
3.4 births per woman
1.73 births per woman
DEFINITION:
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 61st in 2005. 97% more than Netherlands
Ranked 141st in 2005.
Infant mortality rate
85.22
5.11
DEFINITION:
The number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country
SOURCE:
CIA World Factbook , 28 July 2005
Ranked 23rd. 16 times more than Netherlands
Ranked 160th.
Life expectancy at birth, total > years
35.16 years
79.35 years
DEFINITION:
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 182nd in 2005.
Ranked 20th in 2005. 126% more than Lesotho
Physicians > per 1,000 people
0.05 per 1,000 people
3.1 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION:
Physicians are defined as graduates of any facility or school of medicine who are working in the country in any medical field (practice, teaching, research).
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 51st in 2003.
Ranked 24th in 2003. 61 times more than Lesotho
Prevalence of HIV, total > % of population ages 15-49
23.24 %
0.22 %
DEFINITION:
Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who are infected with HIV.
SOURCE:
World Development Indicators database
Ranked 3rd in 2005. 105 times more than Netherlands
Ranked 95th in 2005.
Probability of reaching 65 > Male
42.5%
82.7%
DEFINITION:
Probability at birth of reaching the age of 65.
SOURCE:
UN (United Nations). 2001. World Population Prospects 1950-2050: The 2000 Revision. Database. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York
Ranked 125th.
Ranked 8th. 95% more than Lesotho
Tobacco > Adult female smokers
1
29
DEFINITION:
Total adult females smoking
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 114th.
Ranked 18th. 28 times more than Lesotho
Tobacco > Adult male smokers
38.5
37
DEFINITION:
Total adult males smoking
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 63rd. 4% more than Netherlands
Ranked 67th.
Tobacco > Total adult smokers
19.8
33
DEFINITION:
Total adults smoking
SOURCE:
World Health Organization 2005
Ranked 92nd.
Ranked 46th. 67% more than Lesotho
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP
6.2%
8.8%
DEFINITION:
Total expenditure on health as % of GDP , 2002
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 80th.
Ranked 30th. 42% more than Lesotho
Total fertility rate
3.8
1.7
DEFINITION:
Total fertility rate , 2003
SOURCE:
World Health Organization
Ranked 61st. 124% more than Netherlands
Ranked 139th.
Tuberculosis cases > Per 100,000
277
3
DEFINITION:
Tuberculosis cases (per 100,000 people)
SOURCE:
UNHDR
Ranked 11th. 91 times more than Netherlands
Ranked 157th.
Water availability
1,485 cubic meters
5,736 cubic meters
DEFINITION:
Water resources: total renewable per capita (m3/capita year)
Ranked 137th.
Ranked 81st. 3 times more than Lesotho
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