Health and health system ranking of countries worldwide in 2023 | Statista (2024)

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In 2023, the countries ranked with the best health care systems worldwide were Finland, Belgium, and Japan.

Ranking of health and health systems of countries worldwide in 2023. In 2023, Singapore dominated the ranking of the world's health and health systems, followed by Japan and South Korea.

U.S. Ranks Last Among Seven Countries on Health System Performance Measures.

Health Care System Performance Rankings

The U.S. ranks #11 — last. Exhibit 2 shows the extent to which the U.S. is an outlier: its performance falls well below the average of the other countries and far below the two countries ranked directly above it, Switzerland and Canada.

Health ranking of countries worldwide in 2023, by health index score. In 2023, Singapore ranked first with a health index score of 86.9, followed by Japan and South Korea.

Sierra Leone has the dubious distinction of being the worst country in providing healthcare to its citizens, with a score of 0.00 on the WHO health systems performance index. It is an African coastal country bordered by Guinea and Liberia, and has a population of almost 6 million.

As described in the table above, in the 2020 FREOPP World Index of Healthcare Innovation, five countries earned an Excellent overall rating: Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, the U.S., and Ireland.

The US, Switzerland and Norway are some of the most advanced countries when it comes to the field of medicine, with huge healthcare spending, numerous pharmaceutical companies and sophisticated academia.

Where does the USA rank in healthcare? ›

The United States ranks 11th in the 2022 World Index of Healthcare Innovation, down from 6th in 2021 and 4th in 2020.

People in the US see doctors less often than those in most other countries, which is probably related to the US having a below-average number of practicing physicians, according to the report, and the US is the only country among those studied that doesn't have universal health coverage.

Behaviors such as diet, physical activity, and even how fast we drive all have profound effects. So do the environments that expose us to health risks or discourage healthy living, as well as social determinants of health, such as education, income, and poverty. The United States fares poorly in almost all of these.

Despite spending more money per capita on healthcare than any similarly large and wealthy nation, the United States has a lower life expectancy than peer nations and has seen worsening health outcomes since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, despite higher healthcare spending, America's health outcomes are not any better than those in other developed countries. The United States actually performs worse in some common health metrics like life expectancy, infant mortality, and unmanaged diabetes.

The United States ranks 11th in the 2022 World Index of Healthcare Innovation, down from 6th in 2021 and 4th in 2020.