The "World health statistics 2025" is the World Health Organization's annual "health report card," presenting global health data and tracking progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This edition highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic reversed years of gains in healthy life expectancy and slowed progress on maternal and child mortality. While there has been success in areas like reducing alcohol consumption, the report concludes that overall progress is insufficient to meet most 2030 health targets without scaled-up efforts.