Game World!: Which country has the best healthcare?

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