Country rankings
Unhealthiest Country in the World
Taiwan has the highest Global Health Index in 2025 (97.59), followed by Singapore (97.43) and Israel (97.1). Central African Republic has the lowest (46.23).
195 of 235 countries
Global Health Index, 2025
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 195 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
69.85
Middle half 58.33 – 84.27
Average
71.49
195 countries
Highest
97.59
Taiwan
Lowest
46.23
Central African Republic
Biggest changes · 2024 → 2025
195 countries have a value in both years.
Improved most
Declined most
Data
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198 countries · # = rank by Global Health Index
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Taiwan | 97.59 | — | — |
| 2 |  Singapore | 97.43 | 57.4 | 89.29 |
| 3 |  Israel | 97.1 | 47.2 | 88.15 |
| 4 |  Japan | 97.07 | 60.5 | 91.38 |
| 5 |  Switzerland | 97.06 | 58.8 | 90.93 |
| 6 |  Norway | 95.88 | 60.2 | 89.09 |
| 7 |  Sweden | 95.41 | 64.9 | 90.24 |
| 8 |  South Korea | 95.34 | 65.4 | 85.41 |
| 9 |  Andorra | 95.21 | 34.7 | — |
| 10 |  Iceland | 95.08 | 48.5 | 91.44 |
| 11 |  Luxembourg | 94.83 | 48.4 | 87.39 |
| 12 |  Netherlands | 93.84 | 64.7 | 85.86 |
| 13 |  Finland | 93.4 | 70.9 | 85.89 |
| 14 |  Germany | 92.36 | 65.5 | 83.06 |
| 15 |  Denmark | 92.3 | 64.4 | 82.69 |
| 16 |  Belgium | 91.88 | 59.3 | 80.46 |
| 17 |  Hong Kong | 91.81 | — | — |
| 18 |  France | 91.72 | 61.9 | 86.94 |
| 19 |  Austria | 91.36 | 56.9 | 86.3 |
| 20 |  New Zealand | 91.28 | 62.5 | — |
| 21 |  Italy | 91.1 | 51.9 | 91.59 |
| 22 |  Spain | 90.85 | 60.9 | 92.75 |
| 23 |  Malta | 90.66 | 40.2 | 81.7 |
| 24 |  Czechia | 90.46 | 52.8 | 77.59 |
| 25 |  Costa Rica | 90.29 | 40.8 | 73.21 |
| 26 |  United Arab Emirates | 90.12 | 39.6 | 67.14 |
| 27 |  Kuwait | 90.07 | 36.8 | — |
| 28 |  Slovenia | 90.02 | 67.8 | 82.72 |
| 29 |  Greece | 89.92 | 51.5 | 82.29 |
| 30 |  Ireland | 89.83 | 55.3 | 84.06 |
| 31 |  Croatia | 88.88 | 48.8 | 73.36 |
| 32 |  Australia | 88.56 | 71.1 | 89.75 |
| 33 |  Bahrain | 88.02 | 36.6 | 72.31 |
| 34 |  Portugal | 87.73 | 54.7 | 83.1 |
| 35 |  Slovakia | 87.55 | 54.4 | — |
| 36 |  United Kingdom | 87.34 | 67.2 | 84.28 |
| 37 |  Cyprus | 86.98 | 41.9 | 83.58 |
| 38 |  Hungary | 86.85 | 54.4 | 64.43 |
| 39 |  Estonia | 86.72 | 55.5 | 73.32 |
| 40 |  Canada | 86.49 | 69.8 | — |
| 41 |  Qatar | 86.4 | 48.7 | 71.97 |
| 42 |  Macau | 85.86 | — | — |
| 43 |  Chile | 85.2 | 56.2 | 73.21 |
| 44 |  Latvia | 85.17 | 61.9 | — |
| 45 |  Lithuania | 84.96 | 59.5 | — |
| 46 |  North Macedonia | 84.95 | 42.2 | — |
| 47 |  Saudi Arabia | 84.78 | 44.9 | — |
| 48 |  Poland | 84.29 | 55.7 | 70.25 |
| 49 |  Brunei | 84.28 | 43.5 | 67.96 |
| 50 |  Liechtenstein | 84.26 | 46.4 | — |
| 51 |  Monaco | 84 | 33.3 | — |
| 52 |  Russia | 83.59 | 49.1 | — |
| 53 |  Bulgaria | 83.31 | 59.9 | — |
| 54 |  Moldova | 83.3 | 41.0 | — |
| 55 |  Kazakhstan | 82.76 | 46.1 | — |
| 56 |  Uruguay | 82.72 | 40.3 | 65.66 |
| 57 |  Azerbaijan | 82.67 | 34.7 | — |
| 58 |  Argentina | 81.97 | 54.4 | 61.19 |
| 59 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 81.77 | 35.4 | 69.66 |
| 60 |  Oman | 81.54 | 39.1 | 64.07 |
| 61 |  United States | 81.49 | 75.9 | 73.02 |
| 62 |  Romania | 81.22 | 45.7 | — |
| 63 |  Jamaica | 81.21 | 31.8 | — |
| 64 |  Thailand | 80.8 | 68.2 | — |
| 65 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 80.72 | 36.8 | — |
| 66 |  Jordan | 80.7 | 42.8 | — |
| 67 |  Turkey | 80.34 | 50.0 | 62.81 |
| 68 |  Tunisia | 79.96 | 31.5 | — |
| 69 |  Saint Lucia | 79.95 | 34.7 | — |
| 70 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 79.91 | 33.5 | — |
| 71 |  India | 79.12 | 42.8 | — |
| 72 |  Seychelles | 78.77 | 31.8 | — |
| 73 |  Turkmenistan | 78.31 | 31.9 | — |
| 74 |  Algeria | 78.28 | 26.2 | — |
| 75 |  Malaysia | 77.73 | 56.4 | — |
| 76 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 77.11 | 30.0 | — |
| 77 |  Brazil | 76.95 | 51.2 | — |
| 78 |  Panama | 76.75 | 53.5 | 64.01 |
| 79 |  Belarus | 76.68 | 43.9 | — |
| 80 |  Grenada | 76.31 | 26.7 | — |
| 81 |  Ukraine | 75.15 | 38.9 | — |
| 82 |  Suriname | 74.85 | 35.0 | — |
| 83 |  Tajikistan | 74.79 | 29.3 | — |
| 84 |  China | 74.57 | 47.5 | 62.52 |
| 85 |  Armenia | 74.17 | 61.8 | — |
| 86 |  Fiji | 74.14 | 25.8 | — |
| 87 |  Dominica | 74.02 | 26.4 | — |
| 88 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 73.55 | 31.7 | — |
| 89 |  Cuba | 73.04 | 30.5 | 74.66 |
| 90 |  Nicaragua | 71.89 | 36.3 | — |
| 91 |  Albania | 71.84 | 45.0 | 68.04 |
| 92 |  Serbia | 71.33 | 45.0 | 60.99 |
| 93 |  Mauritius | 71.02 | 39.7 | — |
| 94 |  Paraguay | 70.81 | 40.3 | — |
| 95 |  Lebanon | 70.79 | 33.4 | 70.53 |
| 96 |  Kyrgyzstan | 70.23 | 42.4 | — |
| 97 |  Guyana | 70.2 | 30.8 | — |
| 98 |  Mexico | 69.85 | 57.0 | 62.09 |
| 99 |  Dominican Republic | 69.77 | 34.5 | — |
| 100 |  Colombia | 69.38 | 53.2 | — |
| 101 |  Georgia | 69.37 | 52.6 | — |
| 102 |  El Salvador | 69.33 | 40.8 | — |
| 103 |  Belize | 69.26 | 29.7 | — |
| 104 |  Cambodia | 69.12 | 31.1 | — |
| 105 |  Vietnam | 69.05 | 42.9 | — |
| 106 |  Morocco | 69 | 33.6 | — |
| 107 |  Ecuador | 68.88 | 50.8 | — |
| 108 |  Venezuela | 68.86 | 20.9 | — |
| 109 |  Indonesia | 68.84 | 50.4 | — |
| 110 |  Peru | 68.74 | 54.9 | — |
| 111 |  Cape Verde | 68.37 | 34.1 | — |
| 112 |  Bolivia | 68.16 | 29.9 | — |
| 113 |  South Africa | 68.15 | 45.8 | — |
| 114 |  Montenegro | 67.91 | 44.1 | 69.69 |
| 115 |  Uzbekistan | 67.42 | 39.0 | — |
| 116 |  Libya | 67.29 | 25.3 | — |
| 117 |  Mongolia | 67.2 | 41.0 | — |
| 118 |  Philippines | 67.16 | 45.7 | — |
| 119 |  Iraq | 66.88 | 24.0 | — |
| 120 |  Barbados | 66.86 | 34.9 | — |
| 121 |  Iran | 66.52 | 36.5 | — |
| 122 |  Laos | 66.44 | 34.8 | — |
| 123 |  Honduras | 66.34 | 26.2 | — |
| 124 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 66.21 | 26.6 | — |
| 125 |  Guatemala | 66.01 | 29.1 | — |
| 126 |  Botswana | 65.95 | 33.6 | — |
| 127 |  Ghana | 65.64 | 34.3 | — |
| 128 |  Senegal | 65.14 | 32.8 | — |
| 129 |  Malawi | 65.11 | 28.5 | — |
| 130 |  Namibia | 64.92 | 30.3 | — |
| 131 |  Ethiopia | 64.68 | 37.8 | — |
| 132 |  Djibouti | 64.39 | 25.2 | — |
| 133 |  Sudan | 64.15 | 28.3 | — |
| 134 |  Tanzania | 63.55 | 31.3 | — |
| 135 |  Comoros | 63.53 | 24.9 | — |
| 136 |  Kenya | 63.38 | 38.8 | — |
| 137 |  Burkina Faso | 62.92 | 29.8 | — |
| 138 |  Uganda | 62.21 | 36.5 | — |
| 139 |  Burundi | 61.81 | 22.1 | — |
| 140 |  Eritrea | 61.4 | 21.4 | — |
| 141 |  Yemen | 60.47 | 16.1 | — |
| 142 |  Zambia | 60.32 | 26.5 | — |
| 143 |  Mauritania | 60.07 | 26.2 | — |
| 144 |  Gambia | 59.93 | 28.7 | — |
| 145 |  Gabon | 59 | 21.8 | — |
| 146 |  Zimbabwe | 58.67 | 32.4 | — |
| 147 |  Togo | 57.98 | 27.8 | — |
| 148 |  Niger | 57.84 | 28.7 | — |
| 149 |  Mali | 57.74 | 29.0 | — |
| 150 |  Madagascar | 57.61 | 30.4 | — |
| 151 |  Republic of the Congo | 56.64 | 26.3 | — |
| 152 |  Benin | 56.08 | 25.4 | — |
| 153 |  Micronesia | 55.93 | 28.5 | — |
| 154 |  Nauru | 55.5 | 18.0 | — |
| 155 |  Vanuatu | 55.43 | 25.9 | — |
| 156 |  Palau | 55.22 | 25.5 | — |
| 157 |  Bahamas | 55 | 30.1 | — |
| 158 |  Sri Lanka | 54.55 | 34.1 | — |
| 159 |  Bhutan | 54.54 | 39.8 | — |
| 160 |  Egypt | 54.28 | 28.0 | — |
| 161 |  Nepal | 54.11 | 34.0 | — |
| 162 |  Samoa | 54 | 28.8 | — |
| 163 |  San Marino | 53.91 | 32.9 | — |
| 164 |  Solomon Islands | 53.88 | 23.3 | — |
| 165 |  Tonga | 53.65 | 26.4 | — |
| 166 |  Tuvalu | 53.52 | 20.0 | — |
| 167 |  Rwanda | 53.25 | 33.1 | — |
| 168 |  Haiti | 52.88 | 30.4 | — |
| 169 |  Papua New Guinea | 52.55 | 25.0 | — |
| 170 |  Mozambique | 52.46 | 30.4 | — |
| 171 |  Ivory Coast | 52.43 | 31.2 | — |
| 172 |  Cameroon | 52.32 | 28.6 | 85.7 |
| 173 |  Nigeria | 52.08 | 38.0 | — |
| 174 |  Angola | 52.07 | 29.1 | — |
| 175 |  Bangladesh | 51.65 | 35.5 | — |
| 176 |  Syria | 51.54 | 16.7 | — |
| 177 |  Myanmar | 51.37 | 38.3 | — |
| 178 |  Guinea | 51.26 | 26.8 | — |
| 179 |  Liberia | 51.13 | 35.7 | — |
| 180 |  Afghanistan | 50.78 | 28.8 | — |
| 181 |  Maldives | 49.82 | 32.0 | 70.95 |
| 182 |  Pakistan | 49.6 | 30.4 | — |
| 183 |  DR Congo | 49.41 | 26.1 | — |
| 184 |  Kiribati | 49.31 | 26.2 | — |
| 185 |  Equatorial Guinea | 48.15 | 17.4 | — |
| 186 |  Eswatini | 48.03 | 29.3 | — |
| 187 |  Palestine | 47.94 | — | — |
| 188 |  Timor-Leste | 47.49 | 27.8 | — |
| 189 |  North Korea | 47.46 | 16.1 | — |
| 190 |  Sierra Leone | 47.38 | 32.7 | — |
| 191 |  Somalia | 47.06 | 16.0 | — |
| 192 |  Lesotho | 46.86 | 30.9 | — |
| 193 |  Chad | 46.82 | 23.9 | — |
| 194 |  South Sudan | 46.65 | — | — |
| 195 |  Central African Republic | 46.23 | 18.6 | — |
| — |  Marshall Islands | — | 24.6 | — |
| — |  Cook Islands | — | 23.9 | — |
| — |  Niue | — | 20.1 | — |
What correlates with Global Health Index (2025)?
Pearson r against 1,415 other country metrics sharing at least 117 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 Global Health Index tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
- LP Living ConditionsLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.92 · very strong · n = 166
- Legatum Prosperity RankLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.90 · very strong · n = 166
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- LP Infrastructure & Market AccessLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the bestPlotr = −0.88 · very strong · n = 166
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Global Health Index tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Global Health Index?
- Taiwan has the highest Global Health Index in 2025, at 97.59, followed by Singapore (97.43) and Israel (97.1).
- Which country has the lowest Global Health Index?
- Central African Republic has the lowest Global Health Index in 2025, at 46.23.
- What is the median Global Health Index across countries?
- The median is 69.85 across the 195 countries with data in 2025.
- Where does this unhealthiest country in the world data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Country Ranking View of Index Results - Global Health Security Index; Legatum Prosperity Index 2023; Bloomberg’s Global Health Index For 2020 - World Health; Happiness and Well-Being Indices - Global Wellness Institute.