Revealed: Countries With The Best Health Care Systems, 2021
Sophie Ireland Sophie Ireland Stats Gate April 27, 2021

CEOWORLD magazine
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.

Countries With The Best Health Care Systems, 2021
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
21 Israel 50.15 73.53 13.84 62.22 74.19 87.72
22 Portugal 49.58 98.3 14.25 75.25 83.54 87.95
23 Canada 48.64 62.39 16.89 55.73 52.91 89.75
24 Singapore 48.54 82.67 13.35 66.15 81.98 81.63
25 Ecuador 48.27 69.37 45.24 59.16 66.11 98.2
26 Greece 48.13 96.87 19.39 86.79 98.21 91.2
27 Argentina 47.15 78.03 20.31 63.08 75.19 92.1
28 Sweden 46.24 70.06 25.05 58.53 62.6 95.1
29 Mexico 45.84 75.2 21.56 60.99 66.54 92.7
30 United States 45.62 84.18 13.1 65.52 76.28 76.21
31 Lithuania 45.3 83.43 14.65 64.98 85.77 88.38
32 Estonia 45.3 71.12 42.86 58.62 64.48 97.8
33 Qatar 45.29 67.54 51.28 56.77 60.69 98.5
34 Malaysia 45.1 64.17 15.05 54.94 52.11 88.89
35 Colombia 44.72 78.39 19.88 62.1 74.03 91.7
36 Hong Kong 44.55 98.1 14.71 66.02 64.34 88.47
37 Italy 44.43 83.38 23.66 87.03 98.43 94.3
38 Philippines 43.06 85.38 13.2 64.9 72.19 80.68
39 Uruguay 42.99 64.37 41.72 54.02 55.79 97.5
40 Sri Lanka 42.92 71.54 16.25 57.69 53.28 89.48
41 Iceland 42.5 65.97 13.64 54.61 47.94 85.9
42 Croatia 42.31 88.12 14.15 72.84 91.25 87.87
43 Jordan 41.99 76.84 25.14 59.97 74.42 95.4
44 Chile 41.97 74.88 19.47 58.95 69.12 91.5
45 Lebanon 41.63 71.55 16.67 57.07 65.42 89.54
46 China 41.4 69.67 15.42 55.99 65.36 89.31
47 Slovenia 39.85 89.83 14.41 65.29 87.57 87.98
48 Latvia 39.65 75.65 13.89 58.23 65.85 87.81
49 Hungary 39.37 73.88 14.71 57.18 74.7 88.48
50 Costa Rica 39.03 68.39 18.75 54.18 65.81 90.86
51 Poland 39.02 67.54 13.18 53.73 47.83 78.63
52 Indonesia 38.95 76.14 13.81 58.14 62.74 87.58
53 South Africa 38.65 91.58 20.88 65.96 94.29 92.3
54 Slovakia 38.48 72.36 21.82 55.97 67.42 93.5
55 Saudi Arabia 38.43 66.73 13.73 53.04 50.02 86.72
56 Panama 38.13 90.55 31.24 79.67 97.21 96.6
57 Belarus 37.94 70.93 17.12 54.96 64.1 89.78
58 Russia 37.76 64.76 21.83 51.7 57.85 93.8
59 Tunisia 37.71 74.99 13 56.95 63.39 62.18
60 Macedonia 37.16 70.83 18.39 54.54 73.01 90.84
61 Nepal 37.08 71.76 14.07 54.98 73.65 87.85
62 Peru 36.74 74.26 47.16 56.1 80.07 98.4
63 Brazil 36.31 69.21 14.77 53.29 52.97 88.62
64 Puerto Rico 36.26 64.57 24.43 50.87 59.31 94.6
65 Turkey 35.96 97.4 14.43 68.59 92.72 88.32
66 Vietnam 35.85 45.46 12.81 40.81 43.32 60.14
67 Bulgaria 35.64 77.18 17.35 57.08 72.25 89.84
68 Algeria 35.61 72.04 19.72 54.41 71.68 91.6
69 Romania 35.32 75.31 14.86 55.96 64.15 88.65
70 Kenya 35.16 69.92 16.86 53.1 51.23 89.62
71 Kuwait 35.09 89.14 15.32 70.55 89.2 88.98
72 Dominican Republic 34.97 66.12 21.08 51.05 62.85 92.5
73 Nigeria 34.78 96.34 16 66.82 82.83 89.38
74 Albania 34.78 67.9 36.44 51.87 63.47 97.2
75 Bosnia And Herzegovina 34.63 70.82 12.91 53.3 59.3 60.88
76 Cyprus 34.61 72.31 13.46 54.06 58.37 85.01
77 Serbia 34.37 69.88 16.19 52.7 66.16 89.42
78 Iran 34.28 73.69 14.92 54.62 59.64 88.71
79 Georgia 33.84 70.73 22.76 52.88 64.43 93.9
80 Ireland 33.65 75.32 13.87 55.16 58.24 87.74
81 Ukraine 33.38 68.87 14.33 51.69 53.55 87.97
82 Kazakhstan 33.22 49.97 12.8 41.87 52.56 59.08
83 Morocco 33.01 67.36 15.17 50.73 63.2 88.91
84 Egypt 32.94 69.5 28.16 51.81 62.68 95.7
85 Bangladesh 32.89 70.58 22.84 52.34 68.18 94.2
86 Azerbaijan 32.88 77.8 13.76 56.06 59.35 87.38
87 Iraq 32.55 73.74 14.59 53.81 57.45 88.36
88 Pakistan 32.52 73.36 18.25 53.59 58.14 90.81
89 Venezuela 32.42 71.39 17.16 52.53 53.7 89.84