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WHO Releases World Health Statistics Report 2026
The World Health Statistics report is published by the World Health Organization as an annual compilation of health and health-related indicators. The report is for tracking uneven progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
World Health Statistics Report:
| Dimension | Key Details |
|---|---|
| Publishing Organisation | The report is published by the World Health Organization. |
| Publication Since | The report has been published annually since 2005. |
| Nature | The report is an annual compilation of health and health-related indicators. |
| SDG Progress | Global progress towards health and health-related Sustainable Development Goals remains uneven and too slow to meet 2030 targets. |
| Infectious Diseases | Long-term global declines have been recorded between 2010 and 2024 for HIV infections, tuberculosis, and neglected tropical diseases. |
| Malaria | Global malaria incidence has increased by 8.5% since 2015. |
| Preventable Risk Factors | Preventable risk factors include rising global anaemia prevalence among women of reproductive age and violence against women. |
| Air Pollution | Around 2.0 billion people worldwide still rely on polluting cooking fuels and technologies in 2024. |
| Universal Health Coverage | About one-fourth of the global population faces financial hardship due to out-of-pocket health spending. |
| Health Poverty | 1.6 billion people are living in or have been pushed into poverty because of health expenses as of 2022. |
| Life Expectancy | The COVID-19 pandemic has erased nearly a decade of progress, with global life expectancy and healthy life expectancy falling to 2011 levels in 2021. |
| CRVS Systems | Robust civil registration and vital statistics systems provide for improved medical certification of cause of death. |
| Digital Health Infrastructure | Digital health infrastructure provides for interoperable platforms, secure data architecture, scalable digital tools, and national data sovereignty. |
| Global Standards | WHO Nomenclature Regulations, 1967 and International Classification of Diseases-11 support standardised mortality surveillance. |
| Best Practice | Morocco has transitioned from a centralised to a decentralised digital cause-of-death reporting platform. |