Best Countries for Healthcare

Switzerland ranks #1 with a composite score of 84.9.

Top 5 Ranked

Switzerland

84.9

Sweden

84.6

Japan

84.3

4 San Marino

5 France

Switzerland

84.9

Sweden

84.6

Japan

84.3

4 San Marino 83.2

5 France 83.1

Overview

Countries with the best healthcare outcomes combine high spending with efficient delivery systems. Japan, Switzerland, and Nordic countries consistently rank at the top due to high life expectancy and low mortality rates. Universal healthcare systems tend to produce better population-level outcomes than market-based systems, even when spending less per capita.

Global Rankings

Rank	Country	Score	Life Expectancy (years)	Infant Mortality (per 1K)	Health Spending (% GDP)	Maternal Mortality (per 100K)
1	Switzerland	84.9	84.4	3.4	11.7%	5.0
2	Sweden	84.6	84.1	2.0	11.2%	4.0
3	Japan	84.3	84.0	1.8	10.7%	3.0
4	San Marino	83.2	85.8	1.2	6.6%	8.0
5	France	83.1	83.0	3.4	11.5%	7.0
6	Spain	82.7	83.9	2.6	9.2%	3.0
7	Australia	82.5	83.1	3.1	10.4%	2.0
8	Austria	82.5	82.0	2.8	11.8%	6.0
9	Norway	82.3	83.2	2.0	9.4%	1.0
10	Italy	82.2	84.0	2.3	8.4%	6.0
11	South Korea	82.1	83.6	2.3	8.7%	4.0
12	Finland	82.1	82.3	1.9	10.5%	8.0
13	Belgium	82.0	82.3	3.1	10.8%	4.0
14	Andorra	81.8	84.2	2.4	7.7%	11.0
15	Slovenia	81.8	82.3	1.8	9.9%	3.0
16	United States	81.7	78.9	5.5	16.7%	17.0
17	Portugal	81.6	82.4	2.7	10.2%	15.0
18	Germany	81.5	80.8	3.1	12.3%	4.0
19	Iceland	81.5	82.8	2.1	9.0%	3.0
20	Canada	81.4	82.1	4.7	11.3%	12.0
21	Monaco	80.9	86.5	2.2	3.1%	5.0
22	Netherlands	80.9	82.0	3.4	10.0%	4.0
23	United Kingdom	80.8	81.4	4.1	11.1%	8.0
24	New Zealand	80.7	82.0	4.0	10.1%	7.0
25	Denmark	80.7	82.3	3.5	9.4%	4.0
26	Malta	80.5	83.0	4.7	8.8%	8.0
27	Israel	80.3	83.2	2.7	7.1%	2.0
28	Greece	79.6	81.8	3.2	8.4%	5.0
29	Ireland	79.6	83.0	3.4	6.9%	4.0
30	Chile	79.6	81.4	5.8	10.5%	10.0
31	Luxembourg	79.5	83.2	1.9	5.9%	11.0
32	Cyprus	78.8	81.8	4.1	8.1%	14.0
33	Singapore	78.5	83.4	2.2	4.5%	6.0
34	Kuwait	78.5	84.6	7.0	5.0%	8.0
35	Maldives	78.5	81.3	4.7	9.3%	32.0
36	United Arab Emirates	78.1	83.1	3.8	5.0%	3.0
37	Czech Republic	78.0	80.0	2.1	8.5%	3.0
38	Estonia	77.0	79.3	1.5	7.8%	5.0
39	Montenegro	76.6	77.9	1.9	9.7%	6.0
40	Poland	75.4	78.4	3.6	8.1%	2.0
41	Qatar	75.2	82.5	4.8	2.5%	4.0
42	Croatia	75.1	78.9	4.1	7.2%	3.0
43	Costa Rica	74.9	81.0	9.1	6.9%	24.0
44	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74.9	78.0	5.5	8.9%	6.0
45	Uruguay	74.8	78.3	6.2	9.0%	15.0
46	Cuba	74.5	78.3	6.8	9.4%	35.0
47	Albania	74.4	79.8	8.3	7.1%	7.0
48	Slovakia	74.2	78.4	5.3	7.4%	4.0
49	Armenia	74.2	78.3	8.5	9.3%	19.0
50	Argentina	74.0	77.5	8.0	10.3%	33.0
51	Lithuania	73.9	77.2	2.8	7.6%	8.0
52	Bahrain	73.9	81.4	7.3	4.0%	17.0
53	Saudi Arabia	73.7	79.0	4.7	5.7%	7.0
54	Panama	73.4	79.8	12.0	8.3%	37.0
55	Macedonia	73.4	76.6	2.5	7.4%	3.0
56	China	72.9	78.0	4.1	5.9%	16.0
57	Latvia	72.8	76.4	2.2	7.3%	19.0
58	Hungary	72.3	76.7	3.1	6.4%	12.0
59	Serbia	72.2	76.0	4.6	8.0%	11.0
60	Bulgaria	72.0	75.8	4.6	7.9%	6.0
61	Oman	72.0	80.3	8.3	3.5%	13.0
62	Colombia	71.3	77.9	10.5	8.1%	59.0
63	Jordan	71.0	78.0	12.0	7.7%	31.0
64	Belarus	70.9	74.4	1.8	7.1%	1.0
65	Tunisia	70.6	76.7	9.7	8.0%	36.0
66	Iran	70.5	77.9	10.3	6.0%	16.0
67	Romania	70.4	76.5	6.0	5.7%	12.0
68	Ecuador	70.4	77.6	10.9	7.6%	55.0
69	Sri Lanka	70.3	77.7	5.2	3.7%	18.0
70	Tuvalu	69.9	67.3	16.5	27.1%	170.0
71	Ukraine	69.7	74.7	7.6	8.2%	15.0
72	Antigua and Barbuda	69.6	77.8	7.0	3.9%	35.0
73	Turkey	69.6	77.4	8.0	4.3%	15.0
74	Brazil	69.6	76.0	12.3	9.7%	67.0
75	Peru	69.4	77.9	11.0	5.6%	51.0
76	Russia	68.9	73.4	4.1	7.0%	9.0
77	Malaysia	68.8	76.8	7.0	4.0%	26.0
78	Nicaragua	68.7	75.1	9.4	8.3%	60.0
79	Georgia	68.6	74.7	7.5	6.9%	20.0
80	Thailand	68.5	76.6	7.7	4.5%	34.0
81	Lebanon	68.5	77.9	15.3	5.6%	15.0
82	Barbados	68.4	76.3	9.1	5.4%	35.0
83	Cabo Verde	68.0	76.2	10.6	5.9%	40.0
84	El Salvador	67.0	72.3	8.8	9.3%	39.0
85	Kazakhstan	66.3	74.5	7.4	3.8%	10.0
86	Seychelles	66.2	76.3	12.9	4.5%	42.0
87	Tonga	66.2	73.1	7.8	7.4%	67.0
88	Mexico	66.1	75.3	12.1	5.5%	42.0
89	Bahamas	65.8	74.7	11.1	6.3%	76.0
90	Paraguay	65.7	74.0	14.5	8.4%	58.0
91	Morocco	65.3	75.5	14.7	6.1%	70.0
92	Brunei	65.2	75.5	8.6	2.2%	36.0
93	Honduras	65.0	73.0	12.8	7.7%	47.0
94	Vietnam	64.7	74.7	12.0	4.6%	48.0
95	Azerbaijan	64.7	74.6	12.5	4.3%	18.0
96	Libya	64.5	71.1	7.9	7.8%	59.0
97	Uzbekistan	64.1	72.5	12.8	6.7%	26.0
98	Grenada	63.9	75.4	16.4	4.7%	48.0
99	Trinidad and Tobago	63.8	73.6	17.0	7.5%	54.0
100	Mongolia	63.7	72.4	11.2	6.1%	41.0
101	Algeria	63.4	76.5	19.5	4.4%	62.0
102	Mauritius	63.4	73.8	13.8	5.6%	66.0
103	Belize	63.3	73.7	10.8	4.2%	67.0
104	Suriname	62.5	73.8	14.8	5.4%	84.0
105	Bhutan	62.4	73.3	13.7	4.4%	47.0
106	Samoa	62.1	71.8	12.3	6.8%	101.0
107	Moldova	62.1	71.3	15.1	6.7%	19.0
108	Saint Kitts and Nevis	61.7	72.3	13.9	5.7%	74.0
109	Saint Lucia	61.5	72.9	15.8	4.7%	44.0
110	Guatemala	61.4	72.8	17.2	6.8%	94.0
111	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	61.4	71.4	10.2	4.4%	56.0
112	Kyrgyzstan	61.2	72.4	14.8	4.5%	42.0
113	Sao Tome and Principe	60.8	69.9	9.2	5.8%	75.0
114	Palau	60.5	69.4	18.6	10.9%	89.0
115	Jamaica	60.4	71.6	16.4	7.6%	130.0
116	Tajikistan	60.4	71.9	23.5	7.4%	14.0
117	Iraq	59.6	72.4	20.1	5.5%	66.0
118	Syria	59.4	72.6	17.7	2.7%	20.0
119	Egypt	59.2	71.8	20.8	4.9%	17.0
120	Vanuatu	59.1	71.7	14.4	4.1%	100.0
121	Nauru	58.7	62.3	7.7	18.2%	273.0
122	Micronesia, Federated States of	58.4	67.4	20.3	12.9%	129.0
123	Solomon Islands	57.8	70.7	16.4	5.4%	123.0
124	Bolivia	57.2	68.7	14.2	6.9%	146.0
125	Bangladesh	57.2	74.9	24.4	2.2%	115.0
126	Marshall Islands	57.1	67.1	22.7	13.4%	155.0
127	Cambodia	57.1	70.8	16.4	4.6%	137.0
128	Dominican Republic	56.5	73.9	27.7	4.6%	124.0
129	Indonesia	56.5	71.3	15.2	2.7%	140.0
130	India	56.2	72.2	23.3	3.3%	80.0
131	Nepal	55.8	70.6	22.2	6.2%	142.0
132	Philippines	55.6	70.0	21.7	5.1%	84.0
133	Venezuela	54.9	72.7	21.2	3.8%	227.0
134	Turkmenistan	54.6	70.2	30.4	5.5%	5.0
135	Dominica	53.7	71.3	33.3	5.0%	36.0
136	Guyana	53.6	70.3	23.2	2.5%	75.0
137	Yemen	53.5	69.4	33.8	9.7%	118.0
138	South Africa	53.0	66.3	24.2	8.9%	118.0
139	Fiji	52.2	67.5	23.5	3.6%	30.0
140	Botswana	50.6	69.3	32.1	6.3%	155.0
141	Kiribati	50.3	66.6	38.8	11.0%	80.0
142	Timor-Leste	50.0	67.9	34.6	9.6%	192.0
143	Namibia	49.9	67.5	36.4	9.5%	139.0
144	Laos	49.3	69.2	27.2	1.3%	112.0
145	Senegal	48.2	68.9	28.9	4.3%	237.0
146	Eritrea	48.1	68.9	24.7	3.7%	291.0
147	Gabon	48.0	68.5	25.9	3.1%	233.0
148	Rwanda	47.8	68.0	29.4	5.1%	229.0
149	Zambia	47.8	66.5	34.6	6.0%	85.0
150	Comoros	46.8	67.0	35.0	6.6%	179.0
151	Uganda	46.4	68.5	35.9	4.2%	170.0
152	Burma	45.9	67.1	32.8	4.5%	185.0
153	Malawi	45.3	67.6	38.0	6.5%	225.0
154	Republic of the Congo	44.8	66.0	27.0	3.3%	241.0
155	Mauritania	44.6	68.7	30.2	4.3%	381.0
156	Tanzania	44.6	67.2	28.7	3.1%	276.0
157	Ethiopia	44.3	67.6	34.5	2.8%	195.0
158	Papua New Guinea	44.2	66.3	31.3	2.9%	189.0
159	Ghana	44.1	65.7	27.5	3.0%	234.0
160	Mozambique	43.2	63.8	43.7	8.5%	99.0
161	Swaziland	43.1	64.3	42.2	7.5%	118.0
162	Burundi	42.6	63.8	30.5	9.1%	392.0
163	Kenya	42.4	63.8	34.2	4.4%	149.0
164	Angola	42.2	64.8	32.1	2.6%	183.0
165	Afghanistan	40.8	66.3	48.3	15.0%	521.0
166	Gambia	40.2	66.1	32.7	2.9%	354.0
167	Pakistan	40.2	67.8	48.2	2.5%	155.0
168	Djibouti	40.0	66.2	43.0	2.3%	162.0
169	Sudan	38.9	66.5	42.9	2.9%	256.0
170	Togo	38.6	62.9	34.8	6.1%	349.0
171	Cameroon	38.4	64.0	40.2	4.6%	258.0
172	Haiti	37.6	65.1	39.0	3.2%	328.0
173	Burkina Faso	37.0	61.3	43.6	7.8%	242.0
174	Equatorial Guinea	36.5	63.9	47.6	3.5%	174.0
175	Guinea-Bissau	36.3	64.3	42.1	8.8%	505.0
176	Madagascar	32.6	63.8	43.0	3.4%	445.0
177	Cote d'Ivoire	31.7	62.1	44.8	3.4%	359.0
178	Mali	29.3	60.7	47.5	3.8%	367.0
179	Sierra Leone	29.1	62.0	54.6	4.7%	354.0
180	Lesotho	27.5	57.8	56.3	12.6%	478.0
181	Liberia	27.3	62.3	63.2	13.0%	628.0
182	Benin	27.1	61.0	45.2	3.3%	518.0
183	Democratic Republic of the Congo	26.3	62.1	56.4	3.7%	427.0
184	Zimbabwe	26.0	63.1	62.4	2.9%	358.0
185	Niger	24.1	61.4	65.6	4.1%	350.0
186	Guinea	22.4	60.9	59.8	3.7%	494.0
187	Central African Republic	20.7	57.7	58.8	10.7%	692.0
188	Somalia	16.9	59.0	65.4	3.7%	563.0
189	Chad	13.4	55.2	56.3	5.0%	748.0
190	Nigeria	2.2	54.6	69.8	4.2%	993.0

How We Score Healthcare Quality

Life expectancy (35%) is the most comprehensive measure of healthcare effectiveness. Infant mortality (25%) indicates how well a system handles vulnerable populations. Health expenditures as a percentage of GDP (20%) reflect national investment in healthcare, while maternal mortality (20%) measures the quality of maternal and reproductive care. This combination captures both inputs (spending) and outcomes (mortality, longevity).

Metric Weights

Life Expectancy 35%

Infant Mortality 25%

Health Spending 20%

Maternal Mortality 20%

Rankings use each country's most recent figures; countries need data for every metric to be included. Sources: World Bank (2021–2024). How we calculate this

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Best Countries for Healthcare

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Sweden

Japan

Switzerland

Sweden

Japan

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