This statistic depicts the 20 healthiest countries globally as of 2019. According to the data, Spain is the healthiest country with a health grade of 92.75, followed by Italy, Iceland, and Japan.

According to a study in 2023, Oman was ranked as having the worst medicine availability and affordability in the world, scoring ***** out of 100. Other countries which also scored particularly poorly were South Africa, El Salvador, and Honduras. This statistic represents the ranking of the countries with the worst medicine availability and affordability worldwide in 2023.

According to a study from 2024, Oman was ranked as having the worst medical infrastructure and professionals in the world, scoring ***** out of 100. South Africa ranked only slightly higher for medical infrastructure. This statistic represents the ranking of countries with the worst medical infrastructure and professionals worldwide in 2024, by index score.

The average for 2024 based on 175 countries was 5.42 index points. The highest value was in Iran: 10 index points and the lowest value was in Iceland: 0.2 index points. The indicator is available from 2007 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In 2023, Singapore ranked first with a health index score of ****, followed by Japan and South Korea. The health index measures the extent to which people are healthy and have access to the necessary services to maintain good health, including health outcomes, health systems, illness and risk factors, and mortality rates. The statistic shows the health and health systems ranking of countries worldwide in 2023, by their health index score.

The average for 2019 based on 141 countries was 4.07 points. The highest value was in Singapore: 6.5 points and the lowest value was in Chad: 1.9 points. The indicator is available from 2006 to 2019. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

29 percent of respondents in the UK used fitness apps in the course of 2017 while fitness trackers, such as fitness wristbands, were used by 20 percent of the consumers during the same period.

Which is the healthiest country in the world?

Spain was the healthiest country in the world in 2019. The Southern European country had a health grade of 92.75 out of 100, followed by Italy, Iceland and Japan. United Kingdom ranked number 19th.

Life expectancy around the world

Life expectancy can be termed as one of the key metrics for assessing general public’s health. Different factors come into play here, but one is, that people who are born in developed countries generally tend to have a higher life expectancy than their counterparts from the lesser developed nations. This may be due to various reasons, including better health facilities, proper diet and environment.

In 2019, both males and females born in China were expected to live the longest compared to any other country around the globe, with a life expectancy of 88 for women and 82 for men. San Marino, Japan and Liechtenstein were other countries with high life expectancies.

The twenty countries with the worst human rights and rule of law index scores are located in Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. On a scale from zero to ten, zero being the best human rights and rule of law conditions, Iran had the maximum index score of **, followed by Burma and China. On the contrary, Norway was the best country for human rights and rule of law.

Trends in Covid total deaths per million. The latest data for over 100 countries around the world.

In 2023, North Korea was the worst country according to the Human Rights Index, followed by Afghanistan, Eritrea, and Turkmenistan. On the contrary, Estonia, New Zealand, and Sweden were the top-3 countries for human rights protection.

This dataset provides values for PRODUCTIVITY reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Niger is the country with the least access to sanitation services worldwide. In 2022, some ** percent of Nigerien population still defecated in the open. This was followed by neighboring country Chad, where about ** percent of the people defecated in the open. That year, **** percent of the world's population only had access to open defecation sanitation services.

From the selected regions, the ranking by number of hospitals is led by China with 37,627 hospitals and is followed by the Nigeria (23,640 hospitals). In contrast, the ranking is trailed by Seychelles with one hospitals, recording a difference of 37,626 hospitals to China. Depicted is the number of hospitals in the country or region at hand. As the OECD states, the rules according to which an institution can be registered as a hospital vary across countries.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).

Comparing the 148 selected regions regarding the average number of hospital beds available per 1,000 people , South Korea is leading the ranking (12.98 beds) and is followed by Japan with 12.5 beds. At the other end of the spectrum is Burkina Faso with 0.18 beds, indicating a difference of 12.8 beds to South Korea. Depicted is the number of hospital beds per capita in the country or region at hand. As defined by World Bank this includes inpatient beds in general, specialized, public and private hospitals as well as rehabilitation centers.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).

The smoking prevalence in Spain was forecast to continuously decrease between 2024 and 2029 by in total 1.7 percentage points. After the eighth consecutive decreasing year, the smoking prevalence is estimated to reach 25.11 percent and therefore a new minimum in 2029. Shown is the estimated share of the adult population (15 years or older) in a given region or country, that smoke on a daily basis. According to the WHO and World bank, smoking refers to the use of cigarettes, pipes or other types of tobacco.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).

In 2022, Iran was the country with the lowest degree of freedom to trade internationally, scoring **** out of 10. Angola and Zimbabwe followed, with scores of **** and **** respectively. Out of the ** lowest scores, Tanzania had the highest at ****.

In 2021, Mexico was the Latin American country with the highest overall Global Health Security (GHS) Index score, with 57 points out of a total of 100. In comparison, the United States, the best-rated country worldwide, had a score of 75.9. The Global Health Security Index measures a country's readiness to prevent, detect and respond to biological threats.

Based on a comparison of coronavirus deaths in 210 countries relative to their population, Peru had the most losses to COVID-19 up until July 13, 2022. As of the same date, the virus had infected over 557.8 million people worldwide, and the number of deaths had totaled more than 6.3 million. Note, however, that COVID-19 test rates can vary per country. Additionally, big differences show up between countries when combining the number of deaths against confirmed COVID-19 cases. The source seemingly does not differentiate between "the Wuhan strain" (2019-nCOV) of COVID-19, "the Kent mutation" (B.1.1.7) that appeared in the UK in late 2020, the 2021 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) from India or the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) from South Africa.

The difficulties of death figures

This table aims to provide a complete picture on the topic, but it very much relies on data that has become more difficult to compare. As the coronavirus pandemic developed across the world, countries already used different methods to count fatalities, and they sometimes changed them during the course of the pandemic. On April 16, for example, the Chinese city of Wuhan added a 50 percent increase in their death figures to account for community deaths. These deaths occurred outside of hospitals and went unaccounted for so far. The state of New York did something similar two days before, revising their figures with 3,700 new deaths as they started to include “assumed” coronavirus victims. The United Kingdom started counting deaths in care homes and private households on April 29, adjusting their number with about 5,000 new deaths (which were corrected lowered again by the same amount on August 18). This makes an already difficult comparison even more difficult. Belgium, for example, counts suspected coronavirus deaths in their figures, whereas other countries have not done that (yet). This means two things. First, it could have a big impact on both current as well as future figures. On April 16 already, UK health experts stated that if their numbers were corrected for community deaths like in Wuhan, the UK number would change from 205 to “above 300”. This is exactly what happened two weeks later. Second, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly which countries already have “revised” numbers (like Belgium, Wuhan or New York) and which ones do not. One work-around could be to look at (freely accessible) timelines that track the reported daily increase of deaths in certain countries. Several of these are available on our platform, such as for Belgium, Italy and Sweden. A sudden large increase might be an indicator that the domestic sources changed their methodology.

Where are these numbers coming from?

The numbers shown here were collected by Johns Hopkins University, a source that manually checks the data with domestic health authorities. For the majority of countries, this is from national authorities. In some cases, like China, the United States, Canada or Australia, city reports or other various state authorities were consulted. In this statistic, these separately reported numbers were put together. For more information or other freely accessible content, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

The share of the population with overweight in Spain was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 1.5 percentage points. After the fifteenth consecutive increasing year, the overweight population share is estimated to reach 73.3 percent and therefore a new peak in 2029. Notably, the share of the population with overweight of was continuously increasing over the past years.Overweight is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of more than 25.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).

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).