HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.15% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 101
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
5,800 (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
100 (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 105
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2013)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
2.6% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 179
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
26.5% (2012)
country comparison to the world: 22
Education expenditures:
2.8% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 147
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 72.7%
male: 82.5%
female: 63.2% (2005 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 10 years
male: 11 years
female: 10 years (2012)
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
total number: 175,138
percentage: 11% (2006 est.)