Which country has the highest Health Care Index (CEOWorld)?

Taiwan has the highest Health Care Index (CEOWorld) in 2025, at 78.72, followed by South Korea (77.7) and Australia (74.11).

Which country has the lowest Health Care Index (CEOWorld)?

El Salvador has the lowest Health Care Index (CEOWorld) in 2025, at 18.6.

What is the median Health Care Index (CEOWorld) across countries?

The median is 38.28 across the 110 countries with data in 2025.

Where does this best healthcare in the world data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: The Legatum Prosperity Index 2023 - Prosperity; Revealed: Countries With The Best Health Care Systems - CEOWorld Magazine; Measuring Overall Health System Performance for 191 Countries - World Health Organization; These Countries Have the Most Well-Developed Public Health Systems - US News & World Report.

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Best Healthcare in the World

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Taiwan has the highest Health Care Index (CEOWorld) in 2025 (78.72), followed by South Korea (77.7) and Australia (74.11). El Salvador has the lowest (18.6).

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Health Care Index (CEOWorld), 2025

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Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 110 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

38.28

Middle half 33.06 – 46.14

Average

40.89

110 countries

Highest

78.72

Taiwan

Lowest

18.6

El Salvador

Biggest changes · 2024 → 2025

110 countries have a value in both years.

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Data

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110 countries · # = rank by Health Care Index (CEOWorld)

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

What correlates with Health Care Index (CEOWorld) (2025)?

Pearson r against 1,689 other country metrics sharing at least 66 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Health Care Index (CEOWorld) tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

Education Score - US NewsMost Technologically Advanced Countries
r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 86
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Global Innovation IndexMost Innovative Countries
r = +0.83 · very strong · n = 102
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Global Innovation Index ScoreGlobal Innovation Index by Country
r = +0.83 · very strong · n = 101
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Advanced EducationSocial Progress Index by Country
r = +0.83 · very strong · n = 105
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ICI ScoreAverage IQ by Country
r = +0.81 · very strong · n = 99
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Global Innovation Index Human Capitol and Research RankMost Innovative CountriesA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.81 · very strong · n = 102
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Health Care Index (CEOWorld) tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

Failed States IndexFailed States
r = −0.76 · very strong · n = 106
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Fragile States Index
r = −0.75 · very strong · n = 107
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Gender Inequality Index ScoreGender Inequality Index by Country
r = −0.74 · very strong · n = 106
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RichAds 2024Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.73 · very strong · n = 99
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Vulnerability Score (lower is better)Countries that Still Have Slavery
r = −0.72 · very strong · n = 106
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Vulnerability ScoreGlobal Slavery Index by Country
r = −0.72 · very strong · n = 106
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Health Care Index (CEOWorld)?: Taiwan has the highest Health Care Index (CEOWorld) in 2025, at 78.72, followed by South Korea (77.7) and Australia (74.11).
Which country has the lowest Health Care Index (CEOWorld)?: El Salvador has the lowest Health Care Index (CEOWorld) in 2025, at 18.6.
What is the median Health Care Index (CEOWorld) across countries?: The median is 38.28 across the 110 countries with data in 2025.
Where does this best healthcare in the world data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: The Legatum Prosperity Index 2023 - Prosperity; Revealed: Countries With The Best Health Care Systems - CEOWorld Magazine; Measuring Overall Health System Performance for 191 Countries - World Health Organization; These Countries Have the Most Well-Developed Public Health Systems - US News & World Report.