Revealed: Countries With The Best Health Care Systems, 2021

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Revealed: Countries With The Best Health Care Systems, 2021

Sophie IrelandStats GateApril 27, 2021

 

South Korea has the best health care systems in the world, that’s according to the 2021 edition of the CEOWORLD magazine Health Care Index, which ranks 89 countries according to factors that contribute to overall health.

 

Two additional Asian nations were among the top 10 in 2021: Taiwan (second place) and Japan (fifth). As for European countries, they occupy SIX of the top TEN spots in this year’s ranking: Denmark (3rd place) Austria (4th place),  France (7th), Spain (8th),  Belgium (9th), and the United Kingdom 10th place.

 

Of the 89 countries surveyed, South Korea’s healthcare comes in 1st place on the list scoring 78.72 out of 100 on the Health Care Index. At the opposite end of the spectrum, with a score of 33.42, Venezuela top the list of the countries with the worst health care systems for 2021.

The Health Care Index is a statistical analysis of the overall quality of the health care system, including health care infrastructure; health care professionals (doctors, nursing staff, and other health workers) competencies; cost (USD p.a.per capita); quality medicine availability, and government readiness. It also takes into consideration other factors including, environmental, access to clean water, sanitation, government readiness on imposing penalties on risks such as tobacco use, and obesity. The ranking looks at 89 countries around the world on five different health variables. 

 

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Rank	Country	Health Care Index (Overall)	Infrastructure	Professionals	Cost	Medicine Availability	Government Readiness
1	South Korea	78.72	87.16	14.23	83.59	82.3	87.89
2	Taiwan	77.7	79.05	13.06	78.39	78.99	65.09
3	Denmark	74.11	90.75	30.01	82.59	92.06	96.3
4	Austria	71.32	86.18	20.25	78.99	88.23	91.8
5	Japan	70.73	78.77	21.6	74.88	74.18	93.2
6	Australia	67.99	92.58	17.37	96.22	67.51	89.91
7	France	65.38	77.86	13.24	71.82	55.1	81.38
8	Spain	64.66	86.28	34.25	75.81	83.82	96.8
9	Belgium	64.63	72.48	24.51	68.68	64.78	94.9
10	United Kingdom	61.73	88.63	14.66	75.61	90.25	88.41
11	Netherlands	60.16	79.09	13.56	69.93	67.29	85.03
12	Finland	59.6	77.76	13.41	68.97	59.65	84.59
13	Thailand	59.52	98.7	29.05	94.99	98.74	96.1
14	Czech Republic	57.96	76.39	14.96	67.47	71.33	88.86
15	Norway	56.71	79.73	21.24	68.59	75.73	92.6
16	New Zealand	54.86	86.58	16.55	71.23	73.86	89.51
17	Germany	52.3	78.93	13.6	66.04	60.94	85.68
18	Switzerland	52.25	77.77	16.4	65.42	69.68	89.49
19	India	52.1	74.2	17.84	63.51	97.84	89.98
20	United Arab Emirates	51.99	68.21	14.95	60.36	55.08	88.74

 

 

Guess where is SG ranked? 

 

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