World Health Statistics Report 2022

The World health statistics report is the World Health Organization (WHO) annual compilation of the latest available data on health and health-related indicators for its 194 Member States.

Key Findings: The 2022 edition reviews more than 50 health-related indicators from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and WHO’s Triple Billion targets, with a focus on the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

• As of 20 April 2022, there had been 50.4 million confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6.2 million deaths directly attributable to COVID-19. The WHO Region of the Americas and the European Region accounted for almost 72% of all reported cases and 75% of reported COVID-19 deaths.
• As of 25 April 2022, 74% of persons in high income countries (HICs) and 74% in upper-middle-income countries (UMICs) were vaccinated (that is, they had completed their primary series of vaccination), as were 51% in lower-middle-income (LMICs) countries, compared with only 12% of persons in low-income countries (LICs).
• People continue to live longer and live more years in good health. Global life expectancy at birth increased from 66.8 years in 2000 to 73.3 years in 2019, and healthy life expectancy (HALE) increased from 58.3 years to 63.7 years.
• The total number of children affected by stunting was 27% lower in 2020 than in 2000 and the prevalence rate of stunting also declined. Meanwhile, obesity has increased globally across all ages since 2000.