Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
Maternal mortality rate:
220 deaths/100,000 live births (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 21
Infant mortality rate:
total: 54.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 60.19 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 48.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 33
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 63.51 years
male: 61.54 years
female: 65.56 years (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 183
Total fertility rate:
2.9 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 60
Contraceptive prevalence rate:
49.8% (2011/12)
Health expenditures:
2.9% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 181
Physicians density:
0.18 physicians/1,000 population (2012)
Hospital bed density:
1.5 beds/1,000 population (2012)
Drinking water source:
improved:
urban: 83.7% of population
rural: 64.9% of population
total: 71.5% of population
unimproved:
urban: 16.3% of population
rural: 35.1% of population
total: 28.5% of population (2012 est.)
Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 90.4% of population
rural: 50.5% of population
total: 64.6% of population
unimproved:
urban: 9.6% of population
rural: 49.5% of population
total: 35.4% of population (2012 est.)
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.)