Countries With The Best Health Care Systems, 2024

According to the 2024 edition of the CEOWORLD magazine Health Care Index, Taiwan has been ranked as the country with the best healthcare system in the world. This index ranks 110 countries based on various factors that contribute to overall health. Two other Asian countries, South Korea (second place) and Israel (tenth place) were also among the top 10. In addition, five European countries made it to the top ten: Sweden (5th place), Ireland (6th place), the Netherlands (7th place), Germany (8th place), and Norway (9th place).

Of the 110 countries surveyed, Taiwan’s healthcare comes in 1st place on the list, scoring 78.72 out of 100 on the Health Care Index. At the opposite end of the spectrum, with a score of 18.6, El Salvador tops the list of the countries with the worst healthcare systems for 2024.

Rank	Country	Medical Infrastructure and Professionals	Medicine Availability and Cost	Government Readiness	Health Care Index (Overall)
1	Taiwan	87.16	83.59	82.3	78.72
2	South Korea	79.05	78.39	78.99	77.7
3	Australia	90.75	82.59	92.06	74.11
4	Canada	86.18	78.99	88.23	71.32
5	Sweden	78.77	74.88	74.18	70.73
6	Ireland	92.58	96.22	67.51	67.99
7	Netherlands	77.86	71.82	55.1	65.38
8	Germany	86.28	75.81	83.82	64.66
9	Norway	72.48	68.68	64.78	64.63
10	Israel	88.63	75.61	90.25	61.73
11	Belgium	79.09	69.93	67.29	60.16
12	Switzerland	77.76	68.97	59.65	59.6
13	Japan	98.7	94.99	98.74	59.52
14	Singapore	76.39	67.47	71.33	57.96
15	United States	79.73	68.59	75.73	56.71
16	Austria	86.58	71.23	73.86	54.86
17	United Arab Emirates	78.93	66.04	60.94	52.3
18	Czech Republic	77.77	65.42	69.68	52.25
19	Finland	74.2	63.51	97.84	52.1
20	Portugal	68.21	60.36	55.08	51.99
21	New Zealand	73.53	62.22	74.19	50.15
22	Italy	98.3	75.25	83.54	49.58
23	Hong Kong	62.39	55.73	52.91	48.64
24	Denmark	82.67	66.15	81.98	48.54
25	France	69.37	59.16	66.11	48.27
26	Spain	96.87	86.79	98.21	48.13
27	United Kingdom	78.03	63.08	75.19	47.15
28	Greece	70.06	58.53	62.6	46.24
29	India	75.2	60.99	66.54	45.84
30	Luxembourg	84.18	65.52	76.28	45.62
31	Croatia	83.43	64.98	85.77	45.3
32	Lithuania	71.12	58.62	64.48	45.3
33	Slovenia	67.54	56.77	60.69	45.29
34	Estonia	64.17	54.94	52.11	45.1
35	Cyprus	78.39	62.1	74.03	44.72
36	Iceland	98.1	66.02	64.34	44.55
37	Saudi Arabia	83.38	87.03	98.43	44.43
38	Brazil	85.38	64.9	72.19	43.06
39	Indonesia	64.37	54.02	55.79	42.99
40	Latvia	71.54	57.69	53.28	42.92
41	Bulgaria	65.97	54.61	47.94	42.5
42	Russia	88.12	72.84	91.25	42.31
43	Slovakia	76.84	59.97	74.42	41.99
44	Hungary	74.88	58.95	69.12	41.97
45	Mexico	71.55	57.07	65.42	41.63
46	China	69.67	55.99	65.36	41.4
47	Costa Rica	89.83	65.29	87.57	39.85
48	North Macedonia	75.65	58.23	65.85	39.65
49	Tunisia	73.88	57.18	74.7	39.37
50	Lebanon	68.39	54.18	65.81	39.03
51	Georgia	67.54	53.73	47.83	39.02
52	Bosnia And Herzegovina	76.14	58.14	62.74	38.95
53	Albania	91.58	65.96	94.29	38.65
54	Bahrain	72.36	55.97	67.42	38.48
55	Tunisia	66.73	53.04	50.02	38.43
56	Jordan	90.55	79.67	97.21	38.13
57	Azerbaijan	70.93	54.96	64.1	37.94
58	Serbia	64.76	51.7	57.85	37.76
59	Poland	74.99	56.95	63.39	37.71
60	Turkey	70.83	54.54	73.01	37.16
61	Belarus	71.76	54.98	73.65	37.08
62	Panama	74.26	56.1	80.07	36.74
63	Uruguay	69.21	53.29	52.97	36.31
64	Uzbekistan	64.57	50.87	59.31	36.26
65	Venezuela	97.4	68.59	92.72	35.96
66	Oman	45.46	40.81	43.32	35.85
67	Argentina	77.18	57.08	72.25	35.64
68	Angola	72.04	54.41	71.68	35.61
69	Kenya	75.31	55.96	64.15	35.32
70	Puerto Rico	69.92	53.1	51.23	35.16
71	Dominican Republic	89.14	70.55	89.2	35.09
72	Ecuador	66.12	51.05	62.85	34.97
73	Kuwait	96.34	66.82	82.83	34.78
74	Morocco	67.9	51.87	63.47	34.78
75	Qatar	70.82	53.3	59.3	34.63
76	Ukraine	72.31	54.06	58.37	34.61
77	Algeria	69.88	52.7	66.16	34.37
78	Kazakhstan	73.69	54.62	59.64	34.28
79	Iraq	70.73	52.88	64.43	33.84
80	Peru	75.32	55.16	58.24	33.65
81	Colombia	68.87	51.69	53.55	33.38
82	South Africa	49.97	41.87	52.56	33.22
83	Thailand	67.36	50.73	63.2	33.01
84	Nigeria	69.5	51.81	62.68	32.94
85	Romania	70.58	52.34	68.18	32.89
86	Chile	77.8	56.06	59.35	32.88
87	Philippines	73.74	53.81	57.45	32.55
88	Malaysia	73.36	53.59	58.14	32.52
89	Vietnam	71.39	52.53	53.7	32.42
90	Bangladesh	70.5	51.8	52.41	31.9
91	Egypt	70.3	51.7	52.03	28.5
92	Iran	70.1	51.61	51.77	28.2
93	Guatemala	69.9	51.41	51.41	27.9
94	Tanzania	69.8	51.34	51.03	27.6
95	Turkmenistan	69.8	50.88	50.95	27.3
96	Cote dIvoire	69.5	50.73	50.63	27.2
97	Ghana	68.3	50.59	50.43	27
98	Myanmar	68.2	50.39	50.36	26.3
99	Uganda	66.9	50.28	49.85	25.8
100	Cameroon	66.8	50.13	49.67	25.7
101	Democratic Republic of the Congo	66.6	50.04	49.67	25.6
102	Sudan	66	49.97	49.63	25.6
103	Libya	65.8	49.9	49.04	25.2
104	Pakistan	65.2	49.87	48.53	22.7
105	Sri Lanka	65	49.64	48.4	22.5
106	Bolivia	64.2	49.6	47.96	22.3
107	Paraguay	64	49.25	47.73	21.9
108	Nepal	63.9	49.17	47.03	21.4
109	Honduras	63.4	49.15	46.58	19.6
110	El Salvador	62.6	48.96	46.22	18.6

The Health Care Index is a statistical analysis of the overall quality of the healthcare system, including healthcare infrastructure; healthcare professionals (doctors, nursing staff, and other health workers) competencies; cost (USD per capita); quality medicine availability, and government readiness. It also takes into consideration other factors including, environmental, access to clean water, sanitation, and government readiness to impose penalties on risks such as tobacco use and obesity. The ranking looks at 110 countries around the world on five different health variables.

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