How the US stacks up in healthcare across the world

The top five countries in the world for healthcare are in Asia while the United States ranks 69th, according to an analysis posted on Statista.

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The analysis used scores from the Legatum Prosperity Index, a U.K.-based organization, to evaluate indicators that assess the health and access to services of each country’s population, including health outcomes, health systems, sickness and risk factors, and mortality rates. The index evaluated 195 nations on how well they support their citizens both economically and with regard to social well-being. 

In 2021, the United States was ranked at the top of the Global Health Security index, but fell in the rankings due to the U.S. government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Each country was given a score from zero to 100. The top 10 countries with the best healthcare systems ranged between a score of 82 and 86.9.

Here are the top 70 countries in the world for healthcare:

  1. Singapore
  2. Japan
  3. South Korea
  4. Taiwan
  5. China
  6. Israel
  7. Norway
  8. Iceland
  9. Sweden
  10. Switzerland
  11. Netherlands
  12. Luxembourg
  13. Germany
  14. Hong Kong
  15. Finland
  16. Denmark
  17. Italy
  18. Belgium
  19. Malta
  20. France
  21. Australia
  22. Austria
  23. Ireland
  24. Slovenia
  25. New Zealand
  26. Spain
  27. Cuba
  28. Czechia
  29. Cyprus
  30. Costa Rica
  31. Thailand
  32. Canada
  33. United Arab Emirates
  34. United Kingdom
  35. Uruguay
  36. Colombia
  37. Estonia
  38. Qatar
  39. Seychelles
  40. Portugal
  41. Greece
  42. Malaysia
  43. Kuwait
  44. Vietnam
  45. Slovakia
  46. Hungary
  47. Sri Lanka
  48. Poland
  49. Uzbekistan
  50. Bahrain
  51. Chile
  52. Peru
  53. Croatia
  54. Turkmenistan
  55. Oman
  56. Saudi Arabia
  57. Panama
  58. Iran
  59. Latvia
  60. Argentina
  61. Lithuania
  62. Belarus
  63. Turkey
  64. Trinidad and Tobago
  65. Bulgaria
  66. Albania
  67. Jamaica
  68. Armenia
  69. United States
  70. Algeria
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