Indexes/Healthcare

Healthcare Index

Quality, access and cost of care for a resident who is paying privately or through a local scheme.

Median: 45
Mean: 49
Top decile from: 82
Highest: 95

What this index measures

High · scored 0–100

01
Clinical outcomes and specialist depth
02
Waiting times and access for new residents
03
Private cover cost

Island and microstate jurisdictions often score in the 60s and 70s not for quality but for depth — complex care means a flight.

How the score is weighted

Each input is normalised to 0–100 across all 209 jurisdictions, then combined at the weights below. Weights sum to 100 and are held constant across every jurisdiction in an edition, so scores stay comparable.

High in the composite

Clinical outcomes35% of the score
Treatable mortality, life expectancy, outcome benchmarks.
Access for new residents25% of the score
Enrolment rules and waiting times.
Specialist depth22% of the score
Whether complex care is available locally.
Private cover cost18% of the score
Annual premium for comparable cover.

Who leads it

The ten highest scores on this signal, with their overall standing beside them — the gap between the two columns is the trade-off.

01
Switzerland
Europe
95ovr 72
02
Japan
Asia
95ovr 65
03
Singapore
Asia
92ovr 73
04
France
Europe
92ovr 65
05
Liechtenstein
Europe
90ovr 69
06
Germany
Europe
90ovr 68
07
Monaco
Europe
88ovr 72
08
Iceland
Europe
88ovr 70
09
Netherlands
Europe
88ovr 67
10
Austria
Europe
88ovr 67

Distribution · top 60 scoresrange 15–95

How regions compare

Average score per region against its best case. A wide gap means the region is worth searching; a narrow one means the whole region behaves the same way.

Europe
71 / 95
Middle East
53 / 88
Asia
49 / 95
Americas
48 / 82
Oceania
39 / 85
Africa
31 / 62

Full ranking

#	Jurisdiction	Region	Healthcare	Overall
001	Switzerland	Europe	95	72
002	Japan	Asia	95	65
003	Singapore	Asia	92	73
004	France	Europe	92	65
005	Liechtenstein	Europe	90	69
006	Germany	Europe	90	68
007	Monaco	Europe	88	72
008	Iceland	Europe	88	70
009	Netherlands	Europe	88	67
010	Austria	Europe	88	67
011	Norway	Europe	88	66
012	South Korea	Asia	88	65
013	Belgium	Europe	88	64
014	Israel	Middle East	88	62
015	Denmark	Europe	86	65
016	Spain	Europe	85	72
017	Australia	Oceania	85	70
018	Luxembourg	Europe	85	67
019	Sweden	Europe	85	66
020	Finland	Europe	84	68
021	Andorra	Europe	82	75
022	New Zealand	Oceania	82	73
023	Jersey	Europe	82	73
024	Guernsey	Europe	82	73
025	Taiwan	Asia	82	67
026	Canada	Americas	82	66
027	Italy	Europe	82	66
028	Hong Kong	Asia	82	60
029	Portugal	Europe	80	75
030	Isle of Man	Europe	80	73
031	United Kingdom	Europe	80	62
032	Gibraltar	Europe	78	76
033	San Marino	Europe	78	73
034	Ireland	Europe	78	66
035	Macau	Asia	78	62
036	Bermuda	Americas	75	73
037	Slovenia	Europe	75	68
038	Cayman Islands	Americas	72	77
039	Malta	Europe	72	72
040	Greece	Europe	72	67
041	Czech Republic	Europe	72	67
042	Estonia	Europe	70	75
043	Cyprus	Europe	68	75
044	Croatia	Europe	68	67
045	Malaysia	Asia	68	66
046	Chile	Americas	68	65
047	Brunei	Asia	68	64
048	Poland	Europe	68	64
049	Slovakia	Europe	68	64
050	Qatar	Middle East	68	59
051	Kuwait	Middle East	68	56
052	Lithuania	Europe	65	68
053	Hungary	Europe	65	61
054	Thailand	Asia	65	60
055	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	65	59
056	Latvia	Europe	62	69
057	Mauritius	Africa	62	67
058	Uruguay	Americas	62	66
059	Oman	Middle East	62	63
060	Turkey	Asia	62	60
061	Bahrain	Middle East	62	60
062	Argentina	Americas	62	58
063	Panama	Americas	60	68
064	Costa Rica	Americas	60	66
065	Vatican City	Europe	60	64
066	Romania	Europe	58	63
067	UAE	Middle East	58	59
068	Brazil	Americas	58	58
069	USA	Americas	58	53
070	British Virgin Islands	Americas	55	74
071	Bahamas	Americas	55	69
072	Barbados	Americas	55	65
073	Mexico	Americas	55	61
074	Colombia	Americas	55	61
075	Jordan	Middle East	55	54
076	Russia	Europe	55	48
077	China	Asia	55	46
078	Georgia	Europe	52	69
079	Serbia	Europe	52	64
080	Seychelles	Africa	52	62
081	Tunisia	Africa	52	59
082	South Africa	Africa	52	57
083	Belarus	Europe	52	50
084	Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	50	70
085	Montenegro	Europe	50	70
086	Bulgaria	Europe	50	66
087	St Kitts and Nevis	Americas	48	71
088	North Macedonia	Europe	48	61
089	Morocco	Africa	48	59
090	Kazakhstan	Asia	48	57
091	Armenia	Asia	48	57
092	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	48	57
093	Peru	Americas	48	56
094	Vietnam	Asia	48	56
095	Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	48	53
096	Cuba	Americas	48	50
097	Lebanon	Middle East	48	42
098	Iran	Middle East	48	38
099	Grenada	Americas	45	70
100	St Lucia	Americas	45	69
101	Maldives	Asia	45	62
102	Albania	Europe	45	62
103	Dominican Republic	Americas	45	55
104	Ecuador	Americas	45	55
105	Sri Lanka	Asia	45	53
106	Azerbaijan	Asia	45	51
107	Algeria	Africa	45	47
108	Dominica	Americas	42	68
109	Cape Verde	Africa	42	61
110	St Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	42	59
111	Fiji	Oceania	42	58
112	Cook Islands	Oceania	42	58
113	Indonesia	Asia	42	57
114	Moldova	Europe	42	55
115	India	Asia	42	54
116	Kosovo	Europe	42	54
117	Jamaica	Americas	42	52
118	Mongolia	Asia	42	50
119	Egypt	Africa	42	49
120	Ukraine	Europe	42	39
121	Botswana	Africa	38	58
122	Belize	Americas	38	58
123	Ghana	Africa	38	57
124	Namibia	Africa	38	56
125	Rwanda	Africa	38	55
126	Niue	Oceania	38	55
127	Senegal	Africa	38	54
128	Kenya	Africa	38	52
129	Philippines	Asia	38	52
130	Bhutan	Asia	38	52
131	Bolivia	Americas	38	50
132	Uzbekistan	Asia	38	49
133	Paraguay	Americas	35	62
134	Samoa	Oceania	35	55
135	Tonga	Oceania	35	55
136	Guatemala	Americas	35	51
137	Cambodia	Asia	35	51
138	El Salvador	Americas	35	50
139	Guyana	Americas	35	50
140	Suriname	Americas	35	50
141	Ivory Coast	Africa	35	49
142	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	35	49
143	Gabon	Africa	35	46
144	Iraq	Middle East	35	34
145	Palestine	Middle East	35	30
146	Vanuatu	Oceania	32	64
147	Palau	Oceania	32	53
148	Tanzania	Africa	32	52
149	Zambia	Africa	32	49
150	Nicaragua	Americas	32	49
151	Nepal	Asia	32	49
152	Laos	Asia	32	48
153	Honduras	Americas	32	46
154	Nigeria	Africa	32	44
155	Cameroon	Africa	32	44
156	Zimbabwe	Africa	32	43
157	Turkmenistan	Asia	32	41
158	Myanmar	Asia	32	32
159	Marshall Islands	Oceania	30	51
160	Sao Tome & Principe	Africa	30	50
161	Micronesia	Oceania	30	50
162	Eswatini	Africa	30	47
163	Uganda	Africa	30	47
164	Tajikistan	Asia	30	44
165	Pakistan	Asia	30	43
166	Tuvalu	Oceania	28	50
167	Benin	Africa	28	48
168	Gambia	Africa	28	48
169	Malawi	Africa	28	48
170	Madagascar	Africa	28	48
171	Solomon Islands	Oceania	28	48
172	Kiribati	Oceania	28	48
173	Nauru	Oceania	28	48
174	Togo	Africa	28	46
175	Djibouti	Africa	28	46
176	Mozambique	Africa	28	46
177	Bangladesh	Asia	28	45
178	Lesotho	Africa	28	44
179	Angola	Africa	28	43
180	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	28	43
181	Ethiopia	Africa	28	42
182	Congo	Africa	28	41
183	Burkina Faso	Africa	28	40
184	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	28	39
185	Libya	Africa	28	28
186	Timor-Leste	Asia	25	48
187	Sierra Leone	Africa	25	46
188	Comoros	Africa	25	46
189	Guinea	Africa	25	42
190	Mauritania	Africa	25	42
191	Mali	Africa	25	36
192	Venezuela	Americas	25	35
193	Syria	Middle East	25	27
194	Liberia	Africa	22	44
195	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	22	40
196	Burundi	Africa	22	40
197	Niger	Africa	22	36
198	Chad	Africa	22	34
199	Eritrea	Africa	22	34
200	DR Congo	Africa	22	34
201	Yemen	Middle East	22	26
202	Haiti	Americas	20	32
203	Western Sahara	Africa	20	31
204	North Korea	Asia	20	31
205	Sudan	Africa	20	26
206	Central African Republic	Africa	18	29
207	South Sudan	Africa	15	26
208	Somalia	Africa	15	26
209	Afghanistan	Asia	15	24

At the other end

The five lowest scores on this signal: Afghanistan (15), Somalia (15), South Sudan (15), Central African Republic (18), Sudan (20). A weak score here is not disqualifying on its own — read it against the composite.

Where this comes from

Each input is normalised to a 0–100 scale and weighted into the score above. We cite the underlying publication rather than the aggregator wherever one exists.

Edition 2026.1 · reviewed quarterly

01Global Health Observatory
World Health Organization
Outcomes, life expectancy and health system capacity indicators.
02Universal Health Coverage service index
World Bank
Access and coverage for residents.
03Health Care Index
Numbeo
Perceived waiting times, specialist depth and private cost.