Best Countries for Healthcare

United States ranks #1 with a composite score of 92.5.

Top 5 Ranked

United States

92.5

Canada

89.3

Japan

88.8

4 Switzerland

5 France

United States

92.5

Canada

89.3

Japan

88.8

4 Switzerland 87.7

5 France 87.6

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	United States	92.5	80.6	5.2	18.8%	21.0
2	Canada	89.3	83.8	4.4	12.9%	11.0
3	Japan	88.8	84.8	1.9	10.9%	4.0
4	Switzerland	87.7	83.2	3.6	11.8%	7.0
5	France	87.6	82.6	3.2	12.2%	8.0
6	Germany	87.2	81.5	3.2	12.8%	4.0
7	Sweden	87.0	82.7	2.3	11.4%	5.0
8	Norway	86.9	82.6	2.3	11.4%	2.0
9	Australia	86.5	83.1	3.0	10.7%	3.0
10	Austria	86.4	82.3	3.2	11.5%	5.0
11	United Kingdom	86.4	81.9	3.8	12.0%	10.0
12	Malta	86.3	83.2	4.5	10.8%	3.0
13	Iceland	86.1	83.6	1.7	9.6%	3.0
14	Spain	86.0	82.6	2.5	10.7%	3.0
15	Netherlands	85.8	82.2	3.4	11.1%	4.0
16	Belgium	85.5	81.9	3.2	11.1%	5.0
17	New Zealand	84.8	82.5	3.4	10.0%	7.0
18	Singapore	84.7	86.4	1.6	6.1%	7.0
19	Denmark	84.6	81.7	3.0	10.5%	5.0
20	Italy	84.5	82.6	3.2	9.6%	5.0
21	Portugal	84.5	81.5	2.5	10.6%	12.0
22	Slovenia	84.0	81.8	1.5	9.5%	5.0
23	Cuba	83.8	79.6	4.1	12.5%	39.0
24	Finland	83.8	81.8	2.1	9.6%	8.0
25	Israel	83.7	83.4	3.6	8.3%	3.0
26	South Korea	83.5	83.0	2.9	8.4%	8.0
27	Greece	83.1	81.5	3.6	9.5%	8.0
28	Montenegro	81.4	77.8	3.2	11.4%	6.0
29	Czech Republic	81.2	79.7	2.4	9.2%	3.0
30	Chile	80.7	79.8	6.6	9.8%	15.0
31	Ireland	80.5	81.7	3.5	7.1%	5.0
32	Luxembourg	80.4	83.0	3.3	5.8%	6.0
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina	79.3	78.0	5.2	9.8%	6.0
34	Armenia	78.0	76.1	12.2	12.2%	27.0
35	Argentina	78.0	78.3	9.4	10.0%	45.0
36	Uruguay	78.0	78.4	8.3	9.2%	19.0
37	Costa Rica	77.7	79.6	8.4	7.9%	22.0
38	Estonia	77.3	77.9	3.4	7.8%	5.0
39	Lebanon	77.2	78.8	7.0	8.0%	21.0
40	Cyprus	76.9	79.7	8.4	8.1%	68.0
41	Slovakia	76.7	78.3	4.8	7.2%	5.0
42	Poland	76.6	78.8	4.2	6.5%	2.0
43	Albania	75.8	79.5	10.8	6.7%	8.0
44	Kuwait	75.8	79.1	7.4	6.3%	7.0
45	United Arab Emirates	75.8	79.6	5.1	5.5%	9.0
46	Hungary	75.4	77.2	4.6	7.3%	15.0
47	Macedonia	75.4	76.8	7.3	7.9%	3.0
48	Croatia	75.3	77.2	8.7	7.8%	5.0
49	Barbados	75.0	78.6	9.6	7.2%	39.0
50	Panama	75.0	77.6	16.4	9.7%	50.0
51	Bulgaria	74.5	75.6	8.0	8.5%	7.0
52	Lithuania	74.5	75.8	3.6	7.5%	9.0
53	Latvia	74.2	75.9	4.9	7.5%	18.0
54	Qatar	74.2	79.8	6.6	4.2%	8.0
55	Brazil	74.2	75.9	13.3	10.3%	72.0
56	El Salvador	74.1	75.4	12.1	9.9%	43.0
57	Serbia	73.9	74.2	4.8	8.7%	10.0
58	Maldives	73.9	76.9	25.7	11.4%	57.0
59	Saint Lucia	73.4	79.0	12.0	6.7%	73.0
60	Bahrain	73.3	79.9	10.2	4.2%	16.0
61	Georgia	73.3	77.5	14.8	7.6%	28.0
62	Ecuador	72.7	77.5	18.1	8.5%	66.0
63	Romania	72.5	75.8	5.8	6.3%	10.0
64	Micronesia, Federated States of	72.0	74.4	21.9	11.6%	74.0
65	Belarus	71.9	74.3	3.3	6.4%	1.0
66	Colombia	71.8	74.9	11.7	9.0%	75.0
67	Thailand	71.7	77.7	6.5	4.4%	29.0
68	Tunisia	71.6	76.8	11.9	6.3%	37.0
69	China	71.5	76.1	6.8	5.6%	23.0
70	Jordan	71.5	76.0	13.9	7.5%	41.0
71	Honduras	71.4	75.2	15.1	9.0%	72.0
72	Bahamas	71.2	76.1	12.8	7.6%	77.0
73	Paraguay	71.2	78.4	23.2	7.6%	71.0
74	Trinidad and Tobago	71.1	75.9	15.8	7.3%	27.0
75	Ukraine	71.1	73.5	7.3	7.6%	17.0
76	Saudi Arabia	71.1	76.7	12.3	5.7%	16.0
77	Grenada	70.8	75.7	9.4	5.8%	21.0
78	Sri Lanka	70.7	77.5	8.2	4.1%	29.0
79	Russia	70.3	72.4	6.4	7.6%	14.0
80	Oman	70.3	76.9	14.5	5.3%	17.0
81	Algeria	70.0	78.0	19.7	6.3%	78.0
82	Malaysia	69.9	76.1	6.6	4.1%	21.0
83	Jamaica	69.4	75.8	11.2	6.6%	99.0
84	Nicaragua	69.4	74.8	19.1	8.6%	78.0
85	Belize	69.1	75.8	11.2	6.9%	130.0
86	Uzbekistan	69.0	75.3	19.0	6.8%	30.0
87	Tonga	68.9	77.5	12.4	5.3%	126.0
88	Mauritius	68.8	74.9	12.1	6.7%	84.0
89	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	68.8	76.7	12.9	4.8%	62.0
90	Brunei	68.7	78.4	10.5	2.4%	44.0
91	Iran	68.3	75.3	14.8	5.3%	22.0
92	Moldova	68.1	72.4	11.6	6.8%	12.0
93	Turkey	67.5	76.2	19.4	4.6%	17.0
94	Samoa	66.8	75.2	17.0	5.3%	59.0
95	Fiji	66.3	74.3	10.1	3.8%	38.0
96	Mexico	66.1	72.3	11.9	6.2%	59.0
97	Egypt	65.8	74.5	17.7	4.4%	17.0
98	Vietnam	65.5	75.5	14.8	4.7%	124.0
99	Morocco	65.2	73.7	19.2	6.0%	72.0
100	Solomon Islands	65.2	76.7	20.0	4.4%	122.0
101	Vanuatu	65.1	75.1	14.3	4.0%	94.0
102	Cabo Verde	65.0	73.8	23.5	6.0%	42.0
103	Azerbaijan	63.8	74.2	23.5	4.6%	41.0
104	Iraq	63.4	73.2	19.6	5.1%	76.0
105	Bolivia	63.3	72.5	22.3	7.9%	161.0
106	Kazakhstan	62.8	72.5	19.2	3.8%	13.0
107	Guatemala	62.7	72.9	26.2	6.5%	96.0
108	Peru	62.6	68.9	10.8	6.3%	69.0
109	Kiribati	62.3	67.9	32.9	11.6%	76.0
110	Mongolia	62.0	71.4	20.2	4.9%	39.0
111	Kyrgyzstan	61.9	72.4	25.7	5.3%	50.0
112	Suriname	61.6	72.4	30.3	6.8%	96.0
113	Dominican Republic	61.4	72.6	21.2	4.9%	107.0
114	Tajikistan	61.4	69.4	32.3	8.2%	17.0
115	Guyana	61.0	71.9	22.2	5.5%	112.0
116	Bhutan	60.2	72.3	27.0	4.4%	60.0
117	Turkmenistan	60.0	71.8	37.6	5.7%	5.0
118	Philippines	59.5	70.1	22.2	5.1%	78.0
119	Timor-Leste	59.2	69.9	33.7	9.9%	204.0
120	Nepal	59.0	72.4	25.1	5.2%	174.0
121	Indonesia	58.9	73.1	19.7	3.4%	173.0
122	Bangladesh	58.3	74.7	30.4	2.6%	123.0
123	Venezuela	58.1	73.3	17.7	3.8%	259.0
124	Cambodia	57.8	70.7	29.6	7.5%	218.0
125	South Africa	56.4	65.3	25.9	8.6%	127.0
126	Namibia	55.1	66.5	29.4	8.9%	215.0
127	Botswana	52.7	65.6	25.2	6.2%	186.0
128	Senegal	52.6	70.0	32.4	5.2%	261.0
129	Burma	52.6	69.9	32.9	3.7%	179.0
130	Malawi	52.3	72.4	33.4	5.4%	381.0
131	Rwanda	52.2	65.9	26.4	7.3%	259.0
132	Gabon	51.9	69.7	28.6	3.4%	227.0
133	India	51.3	67.2	30.3	3.0%	103.0
134	Zambia	51.0	66.3	37.1	5.6%	135.0
135	Tanzania	50.7	70.2	36.4	3.8%	238.0
136	Ghana	50.4	69.4	32.6	4.0%	263.0
137	Papua New Guinea	50.1	69.4	33.6	2.5%	192.0
138	Uganda	50.0	69.0	30.5	4.0%	284.0
139	Togo	49.6	71.4	41.2	6.0%	399.0
140	Laos	49.6	68.2	37.8	2.7%	126.0
141	Sao Tome and Principe	49.0	67.1	44.4	4.9%	146.0
142	Ethiopia	48.3	68.3	33.5	3.5%	267.0
143	Pakistan	46.7	69.7	54.0	2.8%	154.0
144	Kenya	45.9	69.7	27.9	4.3%	530.0
145	Comoros	44.9	67.2	57.1	5.4%	217.0
146	Burundi	44.5	67.4	37.8	6.5%	494.0
147	Madagascar	44.4	68.2	39.0	3.9%	392.0
148	Eritrea	44.3	66.9	41.5	4.1%	322.0
149	Sudan	44.3	67.1	42.3	3.0%	270.0
150	Burkina Faso	43.2	63.4	49.4	6.7%	264.0
151	Haiti	42.0	66.0	40.0	3.3%	350.0
152	Zimbabwe	41.9	63.3	28.5	3.4%	357.0
153	Gambia	41.1	67.6	37.2	2.6%	458.0
154	Djibouti	40.9	65.3	46.9	2.0%	234.0
155	Liberia	40.5	65.5	44.6	9.5%	652.0
156	Nigeria	40.4	61.3	56.7	3.4%	47.0
157	Republic of the Congo	39.1	62.1	47.9	4.5%	282.0
158	Lesotho	38.1	59.6	48.4	11.8%	566.0
159	Chad	38.0	59.2	65.5	5.4%	63.0
160	Mozambique	37.9	57.1	61.4	7.6%	127.0
161	Swaziland	37.1	59.7	39.6	6.5%	437.0
162	Angola	36.0	62.1	58.9	2.9%	222.0
163	Mauritania	36.0	65.2	51.0	3.4%	465.0
164	Cameroon	35.5	63.3	48.7	3.8%	438.0
165	Guinea-Bissau	34.5	63.7	49.1	8.4%	725.0
166	Equatorial Guinea	34.3	63.7	78.3	3.8%	212.0
167	Guinea	33.5	63.9	49.6	4.0%	553.0
168	Mali	32.3	62.4	60.6	4.3%	440.0
169	Cote d'Ivoire	31.2	62.3	55.7	3.3%	480.0
170	Niger	30.6	60.1	66.8	6.2%	441.0
171	Sierra Leone	30.6	58.8	73.4	8.8%	443.0
172	Benin	29.2	62.2	55.8	2.6%	523.0
173	Democratic Republic of the Congo	28.8	61.8	60.9	4.1%	547.0
174	Afghanistan	21.2	53.7	104.9	15.5%	620.0
175	Central African Republic	16.1	55.5	83.0	9.4%	835.0

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%

Source: CIA World Factbook, World Bank. Rankings are based on the most recent data available. Countries must have data for all metrics to be included.

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Best Countries for Healthcare

Top 5 Ranked

United States

Canada

Japan

United States

Canada

Japan

Overview

Global Rankings

How We Score Healthcare Quality

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