HEALTH & HEALTHCARE
Compare world health rankings on country maps
How long do people live, how many years are healthy, and what healthcare resources are available? Compare outcomes, health-system measures and risks including smoking, obesity, nutrition and suicide mortality.
01 / HOW TO READ
Separate outcomes, resources and risks
Life expectancy describes an outcome, physician density and spending describe parts of a health system, and risk measures capture different behaviors or conditions. A rank is not a diagnosis; check age groups, reference years and methods on each page.
02 / CHOOSE A RANKING
Health ranking maps
Open a theme to compare countries on a ten-level heat map and check the complete ranking, country values, reference years and sources.
Life expectancy
Life expectancy summarizes age-specific mortality at birth and reflects health, living conditions and wider social conditions.
View the life expectancy ranking mapHealthy life expectancy
This estimates years lived without major health limitations, rather than total years of life.
View the healthy life expectancy ranking mapPhysicians per 1,000 people
This is the number of physicians per 1,000 people and does not by itself show access, distribution or quality of care.
View the physicians per 1,000 people ranking mapSmoking rate
This is the share of adults currently using tobacco; survey definitions and years may differ.
View the smoking rate ranking mapHealth expenditure (% of GDP)
This is current health spending as a share of GDP; it excludes capital spending and does not by itself measure access or quality.
View the health expenditure (% of gdp) ranking mapOut-of-pocket share of health spending
This is the household out-of-pocket share of current health spending; financing systems and covered services differ.
View the out-of-pocket share of health spending ranking mapAdult obesity rate
This is the estimated share of adults aged 18+ with BMI of at least 30; BMI is a population-screening measure, not an individual diagnosis.
View the adult obesity rate ranking mapAlcohol consumption per person
This estimates recorded and unrecorded pure alcohol consumed per person aged 15+ and adjusts for tourist consumption.
View the alcohol consumption per person ranking mapChild stunting rate
This is the share of children under five whose height-for-age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO reference median.
View the child stunting rate ranking mapSuicide mortality rate
This is the crude annual suicide mortality rate per 100,000 people; higher is not a positive rank and reporting quality can differ.
View the suicide mortality rate ranking map03 / KEEP EXPLORING