According to the findings of a survey by IPSOS, satisfaction with national health systema varies widely between countries. Respondents from Saudia Arabia and Singapore are the most satisfied with their country's health system. This statistic shows the level of satisfaction with national health systems worldwide as of 2019, by country.

Since 2020 there has been a decrease in the general satisfaction of Europeans with their own country's healthcare system, and in 2024 only 56 percent of Europeans expressed being generally satisfied. This statistic depicts the percentage of Europeans generally satisfied with their countries' healthcare systems from 2020 to 2024.

In a survey conducted in 2021, 82 percent of Singaporeans stated to be satisfied with their country's public healthcare. In contrast, the satisfaction rate with public healthcare in the Philippines amounted to 29 percent that year. Across APAC, the average satisfaction rate stood at 61 percent.

According to a survey conducted in a selection of Latin American countries in 2024, Argentina was by far the country with the highest share of satisfied health patients, with 48 percent of respondents assessing healthcare quality as good or very good, whereas only 16 percent of respondents in Peru claimed to receive good healthcare. Hospitals in Latin America Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in São Paulo, Brazil was considered the hospital with the highest care quality in Latin America in 2022. The first three leading hospitals in hosting patients were also located in Brazil, ranking high along other healthcare facilities in Argentina, Colombia and Chile. In 2024, Brazil was the country with the highest number of hospitals in the region, with approximately 6,500 establishments, followed by Mexico and Colombia. Hospital equipment in Latin America As of 2023, more than 80 percent of hospitals in Latin America were equipped with electrocardiogram (EKG) machines. That year, ultrasound machines could be found in 71 percent of hospitals, while a fourth of these establishments in the region had computed tomography (CT) scanners. In that year, Brazil had the most ultrasound machines installed in hospitals in Latin America, with over 13,000, followed by Mexico and Argentina.

Respondents in all countries surveyed report satisfaction with healthcare practitioners in their country, regarding the response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This statistic shows the percentage of adults in select countries who reported "good" or "very good" regarding how hospitals, doctors, and nurses have handled the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a survey conducted between March and May 2020.

In 2023, Singapore dominated the ranking of the world's health and health systems, followed by Japan and South Korea. The health index score is calculated by evaluating various indicators that assess the health of the population, and access to the services required to sustain good health, including health outcomes, health systems, sickness and risk factors, and mortality rates. The health and health system index score of the top ten countries with the best healthcare system in the world ranged between 82 and 86.9, measured on a scale of zero to 100.

Global Health Security Index  Numerous health and health system indexes have been developed to assess various attributes and aspects of a nation's healthcare system. One such measure is the Global Health Security (GHS) index. This index evaluates the ability of 195 nations to identify, assess, and mitigate biological hazards in addition to political and socioeconomic concerns, the quality of their healthcare systems, and their compliance with international finance and standards. In 2021, the United States was ranked at the top of the GHS index, but due to multiple reasons, the U.S. government failed to effectively manage the COVID-19 pandemic. The GHS Index evaluates capability and identifies preparation gaps; nevertheless, it cannot predict a nation's resource allocation in case of a public health emergency.

Universal Health Coverage Index  Another health index that is used globally by the members of the United Nations (UN) is the universal health care (UHC) service coverage index. The UHC index monitors the country's progress related to the sustainable developmental goal (SDG) number three. The UHC service coverage index tracks 14 indicators related to reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, service capacity, and access to care. The main target of universal health coverage is to ensure that no one is denied access to essential medical services due to financial hardships. In 2021, the UHC index scores ranged from as low as 21 to a high score of 91 across 194 countries. 

As of 2023, 58 percent of U.S. adults were satisfied with their total healthcare cost, while 41 percent were dissatisfied. This is also much higher than the share of U.S. adults satisfied with the total health care costs in the country. This statistic illustrates the satisfaction and dissatisfaction with the total cost of healthcare U.S. adults had to pay themselves from 2002 to 2023.

Among the four countries, insights on the government performance on enhancing basic healthcare services ranged extensively, with a declining trend in more recent years. Citizens of Botswana were most satisfied with their governments' performance, with roughly two out of three people reporting their contentment. Moreover, more than half of the Basotho believed that their government was not doing "very well" or "fairly well", while Angolans satisfaction was the lowest with only 24 percent seeing their government doing well on improving the medical care services.

In a survey of practicing physicians in various countries worldwide, around half of U.S. physicians felt fairly compensated, while just one in five physicians in the UK said so. While the average compensation of surveyed physicians play a large part. Cost of living, working conditions, work-life balance and many more factors also influence whether physicians feel they are compensated fairly or not.

In Colombia, the trust in the healthcare among people surveyed was recorded to be 50 percent which was one of the lower levels. Additionally, there were three countries which showed a predominant level of distrust - under 50 percent - including South Africa, Argentina, and Russia. This statistic illustrates the level of trust people have in their healthcare system in 2022, by country.

According to a nationwide survey conducted in 2023, the level of satisfaction with health services in Turkey showed fluctuations from 2003 to 2023. The lowest percentage of people satisfied with health services in the country was recorded in 2003 at 39.5 percent. This value peaked in 2011 at 76 percent. As of 2023, about two-thirds of the Turkish people were satisfied with health services, whereas 18 percent were not.

This statistic depicts the countries with the highest grade of dissatisfaction with the availability of quality healthcare as of 2013. In Senegal, 78 percent were not satisfied with the availability of healthcare in their country/region. Countries in West Africa suffering from the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak are among the most dissatisfied in the world with the quality of healthcare available to them.

In 2023, Norway ranked first with a health index score of 83, followed by Iceland and Sweden. The health index score is calculated by evaluating various indicators that assess the health of the population, and access to the services required to sustain good health, including health outcomes, health systems, sickness and risk factors, and mortality rates. The statistic shows the health and health systems ranking of European countries in 2023, by their health index score.

In 2023, the majority of Hungarians were rather or very satisfied with the quality of private healthcare services in their country. However, 13 percent of the respondents were not satisfied at all.

In 2022, practice satisfaction among primary care physicians varied significantly from one country to another. According to this survey conducted in 2022, physicians in Switzerland were mostly satisfied with their medical practice. That year, nearly 58 percent of Swiss doctors stated to be satisfied with their practice. On the other hand, physicians in the United Kingdom were the least satisfied among surveyed countries.

According to a study about the performance of the healthcare service in Italy, Emilia Romagna was the region with the highest standard of healthcare in 2023. The evaluation, expressed as scores on a scale from one to ten, was based mainly on three KPIs: efficacy, efficiency, and appropriateness of the healthcare supply. The average score for Italy was 5.7, with all southern regions scoring below the national average.
Healthcare satisfaction In 2022, the share of individuals who were 'very much and quite' satisfied with the sanitary facilities in hospitals across the country totaled almost 82 percent. Specifically, over 89 percent were satisfied with the medical care in Italian hospitals. Both these figures were lower than the ones observed in 2020 and 2021.
State of health Italy is one of the healthiest countries in the world and enjoys one of the highest life expectancies worldwide. In 2022, most of its population reported to be in good health, with over 41 million people, while people with at least one chronic disease totaled 23.7 million. The region Trentino-South Tyrol reported the highest healthy life expectancy at birth across Italy in 2021, with 65.8 years.

According to a 2024 survey, respondents from Switzerland had the most trust in their health system, with 61 percent of individuals trusting it to give them the best treatment. On the other hand, only nine percent of respondents in Hungary believed that they were provided with the best healthcare treatment.

According to a survey conducted in Mexico in 2024, only 36 percent of respondents said they trusted their country's healthcare system to provide the best health treatment. Moreover, 76 percent of interviewees stated that many people cannot afford good healthcare, while seven in every ten said waiting times to get an appointment with doctors are too long. Healthcare coverage Healthcare coverage in Mexico varies widely, with a significant portion of the population relying on public health insurance. A 2021 national survey found that over half of Mexico’s citizens were covered by public health programs not affiliated with social security institutions or private insurances, while 38 percent were insured through the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS). According to the survey, less than one percent of the population was covered by private health insurance. Access disparities across regions A lack of access to health services in Mexico affects over a third of the population despite the availability of social security coverage and public healthcare programs. In 2022, 39.1 percent of Mexicans were considered vulnerable due to insufficient healthcare access, a significant increase from 15.5 percent in 2016. This problem is not evenly distributed across the country, with Chiapas facing the highest vulnerability rate at 66.1 percent, while Baja California Sur had the lowest at 17.3 percent.

In 2023, roughly 87.9 percent of the Italians with at least one hospitalization in the three months preceding the interview reported to be very much and quite satisfied with the medical care in hospitals in the country. This statistic records differences in this percentage according to age group and gender of the individuals who were hospitalized. This statistic displays the share of individuals who were satisfied with medical care in hospitals in Italy in 2023, by age and gender.

The current healthcare spending ranking is led by the United States with 5 trillion U.S. dollars, while China is following with 1.1 trillion U.S. dollars. In contrast, Gambia is at the bottom of the ranking with 83.51 million U.S. dollars, showing a difference of 5 trillion U.S. dollars to the United States. According to Worldbank health spending includes expenditures with regards to healthcare services and goods. The spending refers to current spending of both governments and consumers.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).