How does the healthcare system in your country compare with that of other countries? The World Health Organization has ranked the overall performance of each country's health system.
Rank
Country
1
France
2
Italy
3
San Marino
4
Andorra
5
Malta
6
Singapore
7
Spain
8
Oman
9
Austria
10
Japan
11
Norway
12
Portugal
13
Monaco
14
Greece
15
Iceland
16
Luxembourg
17
Netherlands
18
United Kingdom
19
Ireland
20
Switzerland
21
Belgium
22
Colombia
23
Sweden
24
Cyprus
25
Germany
26
Saudi Arabia
27
United Arab Emirates
28
Israel
29
Morocco
30
Canada
31
Finland
32
Australia
33
Chile
34
Denmark
35
Dominica
36
Costa Rica
37
United States of America
38
Slovenia
39
Cuba
40
Brunei
41
New Zealand
42
Bahrain
43
Croatia
44
Qatar
45
Kuwait
46
Barbados
47
Thailand
48
Czech Republic
49
Malaysia
50
Poland
51
Dominican Republic
52
Tunisia
53
Jamaica
54
Venezuela
55
Albania
56
Seychelles
57
Paraguay
58
SouthKorea
59
Senegal
60
Philippines
61
Mexico
62
Slovakia
63
Egypt
64
Kazakhstan
65
Uruguay
66
Hungary
67
Trinidad and Tobago
68
SaintLucia
69
Belize
70
Turkey
71
Nicaragua
72
Belarus
73
Lithuania
74
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
75
Argentina
76
Sri Lanka
77
Estonia
78
Guatemala
79
Ukraine
80
Solomon Islands
81
Algeria
82
Palau
83
Jordan
84
Mauritius
85
Grenada
86
Antigua and Barbuda
87
Libya
88
Bangladesh
89
Macedonia
90
Bosnia-Herzegovina
91
Lebanon
92
Indonesia
93
Iran
94
Bahamas
95
Panama
96
Fiji
97
Benin
98
Nauru
99
Romania
100
Saint Kitts and Nevis
101
Moldova
102
Bulgaria
103
Iraq
104
Armenia
105
Latvia
106
Yugoslavia
107
Cook Islands
108
Syria
109
Azerbaijan
110
Suriname
111
Ecuador
112
India
113
Cape Verde
114
Georgia
115
El Salvador
116
Tonga
117
Uzbekistan
118
Comoros
119
Samoa
120
Yemen
121
Niue
122
Pakistan
123
Micronesia
124
Bhutan
125
Brazil
126
Bolivia
127
Vanuatu
128
Guyana
129
Peru
130
Russia
131
Honduras
132
Burkina Faso
133
Sao Tome and Principe
134
Sudan
135
Ghana
136
Tuvalu
137
Ivory Coast
138
Haiti
139
Gabon
140
Kenya
141
Marshall Islands
142
Kiribati
143
Burundi
144
China
145
Mongolia
146
Gambia
147
Maldives
148
Papua New Guinea
149
Uganda
150
Nepal
151
Kyrgystan
152
Togo
153
Turkmenistan
154
Tajikistan
155
Zimbabwe
156
Tanzania
157
Djibouti
158
Eritrea
159
Madagascar
160
Vietnam
161
Guinea
162
Mauritania
163
Mali
164
Cameroon
165
Laos
166
Congo
167
North Korea
168
Namibia
169
Botswana
170
Niger
171
Equatorial Guinea
172
Rwanda
173
Afghanistan
174
Cambodia
175
SouthAfrica
176
Guinea-Bissau
177
Swaziland
178
Chad
179
Somalia
180
Ethiopia
181
Angola
182
Zambia
183
Lesotho
184
Mozambique
185
Malawi
186
Liberia
187
Nigeria
188
Democratic Republic of the Congo
189
Central African Republic
190
Myanmar
Rank
Alphabetical by Country
173
Afghanistan
55
Albania
81
Algeria
4
Andorra
181
Angola
86
Antigua and Barbuda
75
Argentina
104
Armenia
32
Australia
9
Austria
109
Azerbaijan
94
Bahamas
42
Bahrain
88
Bangladesh
46
Barbados
72
Belarus
21
Belgium
69
Belize
97
Benin
124
Bhutan
126
Bolivia
90
Bosnia-Herzegovina
169
Botswana
125
Brazil
40
Brunei
102
Bulgaria
132
Burkina Faso
143
Burundi
174
Cambodia
164
Cameroon
30
Canada
113
Cape Verde
189
Central African Republic
178
Chad
33
Chile
144
China
22
Colombia
118
Comoros
166
Congo
107
Cook Islands
36
Costa Rica
43
Croatia
39
Cuba
24
Cyprus
48
Czech Republic
188
Democratic Republic of the Congo
34
Denmark
157
Djibouti
35
Dominica
51
Dominican Republic
111
Ecuador
63
Egypt
115
El Salvador
171
Equatorial Guinea
158
Eritrea
77
Estonia
180
Ethiopia
96
Fiji
31
Finland
1
France
139
Gabon
146
Gambia
114
Georgia
25
Germany
135
Ghana
14
Greece
85
Grenada
78
Guatemala
161
Guinea
176
Guinea-Bissau
128
Guyana
138
Haiti
131
Honduras
66
Hungary
15
Iceland
112
India
92
Indonesia
93
Iran
103
Iraq
19
Ireland
28
Israel
2
Italy
137
Ivory Coast
53
Jamaica
10
Japan
83
Jordan
64
Kazakhstan
140
Kenya
142
Kiribati
45
Kuwait
151
Kyrgystan
165
Laos
105
Latvia
91
Lebanon
183
Lesotho
186
Liberia
87
Libya
73
Lithuania
16
Luxembourg
89
Macedonia
159
Madagascar
185
Malawi
49
Malaysia
147
Maldives
163
Mali
5
Malta
141
Marshall Islands
162
Mauritania
84
Mauritius
61
Mexico
123
Micronesia
101
Moldova
13
Monaco
145
Mongolia
29
Morocco
184
Mozambique
190
Myanmar
168
Namibia
98
Nauru
150
Nepal
17
Netherlands
41
New Zealand
71
Nicaragua
170
Niger
187
Nigeria
121
Niue
167
North Korea
11
Norway
8
Oman
122
Pakistan
82
Palau
95
Panama
148
Papua New Guinea
57
Paraguay
129
Peru
60
Philippines
50
Poland
12
Portugal
44
Qatar
99
Romania
130
Russia
172
Rwanda
100
Saint Kitts and Nevis
74
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
68
SaintLucia
119
Samoa
3
San Marino
133
Sao Tome and Principe
26
Saudi Arabia
59
Senegal
56
Seychelles
6
Singapore
62
Slovakia
38
Slovenia
80
Solomon Islands
179
Somalia
175
SouthAfrica
58
SouthKorea
7
Spain
76
Sri Lanka
134
Sudan
110
Suriname
177
Swaziland
23
Sweden
20
Switzerland
108
Syria
154
Tajikistan
156
Tanzania
47
Thailand
152
Togo
116
Tonga
67
Trinidad and Tobago
52
Tunisia
70
Turkey
153
Turkmenistan
136
Tuvalu
149
Uganda
79
Ukraine
27
United Arab Emirates
18
United Kingdom
37
United States of America
65
Uruguay
117
Uzbekistan
127
Vanuatu
54
Venezuela
160
Vietnam
120
Yemen
106
Yugoslavia
182
Zambia
155
Zimbabwe
Note: Not everyone agrees with the above performance ranking. We're always suspicious of the "rankings" released by international organizations. They always seem to throw in something about "fairness" or "inequality" to make sure that the USA ranks below more collectivist-minded nations. This WHO study is no different. Here is a quote from their report that explains their overall performance rating:
"In designing the framework for health system performance, WHO broke new methodological ground, employing a technique not previously used for health systems. It compares each country's system to what the experts estimate to be the upper limit of what can be done with the level of resources available in that country. It also measures what each country's system has accomplished in comparison with those of other countries."
"WHO's assessment system was based on five indicators: overall level of population health; health inequalities (or disparities) within the population; overall level of health system responsiveness (a combination of patient satisfaction and how well the system acts); distribution of responsiveness within the population (how well people of varying economic status find that they are served by the health system); and the distribution of the health system's financial burden within the population (who pays the costs)."
The majority of these indicators are measures of "fairness", not total health care quality. A country can have the most highly trained doctors, advanced medical technology, and the cleanest most comfortable hospitals...but still rank below a society where the shaman-physicians give the same voodoo medicine to the tribal chief as they do to his subjects.
After 2000, the WHO no longer produced these rankings. They say it was because of the complexity of the task.
If you have experience with a hospital outside of your home country use the form below to compare it with hospitals at home. Please note that all addresses are held confidential.
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