Health in Sucre, Bolivia: official figures
80.9% of residents of Sucre municipality were covered by a health insurance scheme or the public Sistema Único de Salud in 2024, 5th highest of 10 Bolivian cities on this site; the figure for Bolivia was 79.1%.
Do women in Sucre have more health cover than men?
Health cover in Sucre municipality reached 83.6% of women and 77.9% of men in 2024.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) · saved copyWhich health system do people in Sucre use?
Among residents of Sucre municipality in 2024, 60.2% were registered with the Sistema Único de Salud, 19.4% with a social-security fund (Caja Nacional de Salud, Caja Petrolera or similar), 1.3% with private insurance and 19.1% with none; the national share with none was 20.9%.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) · saved copyHow many births in Sucre are attended by a doctor or nurse?
In 2024, 96.9% of women aged 15 to 49 in Sucre municipality who had a child in the previous five years had their last birth attended by qualified health staff (16,343 of 16,865), 5th highest of 10 Bolivian cities on this site; it was 83.8% in 2001 and 92.2% for Bolivia in 2024.
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) · saved copyHow many children do women in Sucre have?
Women aged 15 to 49 in Sucre municipality had on average 1.44 children born alive in 2024, against 1.84 in 2012, 3rd lowest of 10 Bolivian cities on this site on the 2024 figure (Bolivia 1.80).
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE) · saved copyHow Sucre compares with other cities in Bolivia
Population with health cover, 2024 (2024)
Sucre ranks 5 of 10, highest first.
| Rank | City | Population with health cover, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Oruro | 84.4% |
| 3 | Potosí | 82.2% |
| 4 | Yacuiba | 81.9% |
| 5 | Sucre | 80.9% |
| 6 | Cochabamba | 80.4% |
| 7 | La Paz | 77.7% |
| 8 | El Alto | 75.6% |
Population registered with no health scheme, 2024 (2024)
Sucre ranks 6 of 10, highest first.
| Rank | City | Population registered with no health scheme, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | El Alto | 24.4% |
| 4 | La Paz | 22.3% |
| 5 | Cochabamba | 19.6% |
| 6 | Sucre | 19.1% |
| 7 | Yacuiba | 18.1% |
| 8 | Potosí | 17.8% |
| 9 | Oruro | 15.6% |
Births attended by qualified health staff (women 15-49, last five years), 2024 (2024)
Sucre ranks 5 of 10, highest first.
| Rank | City | Births attended by qualified health staff (women 15-49, last five years), 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Tarija | 98.1% |
| 3 | La Paz | 98.0% |
| 4 | Sacaba | 97.2% |
| 5 | Sucre | 96.9% |
| 6 | Cochabamba | 96.9% |
| 7 | Yacuiba | 96.1% |
| 8 | Potosí | 95.1% |
Average children born alive per woman aged 15 to 49, 2024 (2024)
Sucre ranks 8 of 10, highest first.
| Rank | City | Average children born alive per woman aged 15 to 49, 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Sacaba | 1.53 |
| 5 | Oruro | 1.52 |
| 6 | El Alto | 1.52 |
| 7 | Tarija | 1.44 |
| 8 | Sucre | 1.44 |
| 9 | Cochabamba | 1.41 |
| 10 | La Paz | 1.22 |
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Sources
- Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE): Censo 2024, tabulados por municipio: Salud (cobertura de salud, fecundidad, atención del parto), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 7ef0ac4dd55f…)
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