Revealed: The Healthiest (and Unhealthiest) Countries in the World, 2024

Lila JonesSpecial Reports Stats GateJanuary 21, 2024

According to a new global health index, some countries are healthier than others based on ten measures. These measures include healthy life expectancy, blood pressure, blood glucose (which indicates diabetes risk), obesity, depression, happiness, alcohol use, tobacco use, inactivity (or lack of exercise), and government spending on healthcare. It then calculated a ratio to assess how close each country is to the best score overall — the worst score is 47.36 (Central African Republic), while the best score is 95.09 (Singapore). Countries with data missing on more than one measure were excluded from the final index, which features 183 countries. The final ranking accounts for over 95 percent of the world’s population.

Singapore has been ranked as the healthiest country, while some war-torn countries in sub-Saharan Africa have been ranked as some of the least healthy countries. However, it’s surprising to note that countries like St. Lucia and Barbados, which are considered idyllic, have also been ranked poorly due to poor diet and lack of exercise.

Global Health Index: The Healthiest (and Unhealthiest) Countries in the World, 2024

Rank	Country	Region	Population	Global Health Index 2024
1	Singapore	Southeastern Asia	5,700,000	95.29
2	Japan	Eastern Asia	126,540,000	95.09
3	South Korea	Eastern Asia	48,180,000	94.26
4	Taiwan	Eastern Asia	23,220,670	94.16
5	Israel	West Asia	7,420,000	94.15
6	Norway	Northern Europe	5,367,580	93.63
7	Iceland	Northern Europe	364,134	93.47
8	Sweden	Northern Europe	10,379,295	93.38
9	Switzerland	Western Europe	8,680,980	93.12
10	Netherlands	Western Europe	17,424,978	92.84
11	Luxembourg	Western Europe	510,000	92.61
12	Germany	Central Europe	82,300,000	92.54
13	Hong Kong	Eastern Asia	7,053,947	92.36
14	Finland	Northern Europe	5,548,000	91.79
15	Denmark	Northern Europe	5,822,863	91.54
16	Italy	Southern Europe	60,550,000	91.53
17	Belgium	Western Europe	10,710,530	91.44
18	Malta	Southern Europe	420,264	91.4
19	France	Western Europe	65,250,000	91.18
20	Austria	Central Europe	8,935,800	90.99
21	Australia	Australasia	25,422,800	90.91
22	Ireland	Western Europe	5,145,255	90.8
23	Slovenia	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	2,030,000	90.47
24	New Zealand	Australasia	4,699,755	90.34
25	Spain	Southern Europe	46,080,000	90
26	Czech Republic	Central Europe	10,524,167	89.99
27	Cyprus	West Asia	1,100,000	89.39
28	Costa Rica	Central America	5,044,197	89.35
29	Canada	North America	40,297,761	89.29
30	United Arab Emirates	West Asia	7,510,000	89.14
31	United Kingdom	Western Europe	66,796,121	88.8
32	Portugal	Southern Europe	10,343,066	88.76
33	Greece	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	11,360,000	88.36
34	Kuwait	West Asia	2,740,000	88.34
35	Chile	South America	18,549,457	88.03
36	Croatia	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	3,871,833	87.92
37	Kazakhstan	Central Asia	16,030,460	87.68
38	Argentina	South America	47,327,407	87.46
39	Bahrain	West Asia	1,260,000	86.83
40	Slovakia	Central Europe	5,449,270	86.64
41	Hungary	Central Europe	9,980,000	86.4
42	Poland	Central Europe	38,280,000	86.19
43	Uruguay	South America	3,370,000	85.9
44	Estonia	Northern Europe	1,331,824	85.79
45	Qatar	West Asia	1,760,000	85.55
46	Seychelles	Eastern Africa	90,000	84.81
47	Malaysia	Southeastern Asia	33,200,000	84.22
48	Belarus	Eastern Europe	9,611,750	83.39
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	3,824,782	83.1
50	Macao (SAR China)	Eastern Asia	540,560	83.1
51	Panama	Central America	3,520,000	83.07
52	Brazil	South America	216,422,446	83.03
53	Iran	West Asia	85,000,000	82.71
54	Latvia	Northern Europe	1,893,223	82.48
55	Turkey	West Asia	72,750,000	82.37
56	Lithuania	Northern Europe	3,320,000	82.28
57	Jordan	West Asia	6,190,000	82.26
58	Moldova	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	3,570,000	82.05
59	Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean	1,340,000	81.75
60	Bulgaria	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	6,519,789	81.47
61	Azerbaijan	West Asia	9,191,720	81.44
62	Turkmenistan	Central Asia	5,040,000	81.09
63	Oman	West Asia	2,780,000	80.95
64	Russia	Eastern Europe	142,960,000	80.18
65	Thailand	Southeastern Asia	69,120,000	79.7
66	United States	North America	339,996,564	79.45
67	Algeria	Northern Africa	43,851,044	79.33
68	Jamaica	Caribbean	2,740,000	78.97
69	Suriname	South America	520,000	78.59
70	Romania	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	19,053,815	78.5
71	Tunisia	Northern Africa	10,480,000	77.98
72	North Macedonia	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	1,836,713	77.55
73	Ukraine	Eastern Europe	45,450,000	77.48
74	Tajikistan	Central Asia	6,880,000	77.31
75	Saudi Arabia	West Asia	27,450,000	77.23
76	Armenia	West Asia	3,091,245	77.09
77	Fiji	Melanesia	860,820	76.89
78	Brunei	Southeastern Asia	408,540	76.88
79	Saint Lucia	Caribbean	170,000	76.02
80	Grenada	Caribbean	100,000	75.77
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Caribbean	110,000	75.36
82	Antigua and Barbuda	Caribbean	90,000	75.17
83	Andorra	Southern Europe	80,740	75.14
84	Dominica	Caribbean	70,000	74.77
85	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Caribbean	50,000	74.68
86	Liechtenstein	Central Europe	40,000	74.62
87	Monaco	Western Europe	40,000	74.48
88	Cuba	Caribbean	10,985,974	74.23
89	Nicaragua	Central America	6,359,689	73.5
90	Albania	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	2,800,138	73.15
91	Serbia	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	7,770,000	72.95
92	Mauritius	Eastern Africa	1,300,000	72.52
93	Paraguay	South America	6,450,000	72.34
94	Lebanon	West Asia	4,230,000	71.56
95	Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	5,333,440	71.31
96	Guyana	South America	850,000	71.18
97	Mexico	North America	129,875,529	70.53
98	Dominican Republic	Caribbean	10,790,744	70.13
99	Colombia	South America	50,290,000	70.09
100	Georgia	Eastern Europe	4,350,225	70.03
101	El Salvador	Central America	6,602,370	69.81
102	Belize	Central America	310,000	69.27
103	Cambodia	Southeastern Asia	14,143,680	68.91
104	Vietnam	Southeastern Asia	94,700,000	68.88
105	Morocco	Northern Africa	31,950,000	68.77
106	Ecuador	South America	17,483,326	68.53
107	Venezuela	South America	30,518,260	68.16
108	Indonesia	Southeastern Asia	275,361,267	67.98
109	Peru	South America	34,352,720	67.95
110	Cape Verde	Western Africa	512,450	67.78
111	Bolivia	South America	12,186,079	66.98
112	South Africa	Southern Africa	62,027,503	66.36
113	Montenegro	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	630,000	66.31
114	Uzbekistan	Central Asia	27,440,000	65.91
115	Sri Lanka	Southern Asia	20,860,000	65.33
116	Libya	Northern Africa	6,360,000	64.86
117	Bangladesh	Southern Asia	165,158,620	64.81
118	Mongolia	Eastern Asia	3,296,866	64.69
119	Egypt	Northern Africa	81,120,000	64.58
120	Syria	West Asia	20,410,000	64.2
121	Myanmar	Southeastern Asia	51,483,949	64.03
122	Philippines	Southeastern Asia	108,667,043	63.93
123	Laos	Southeastern Asia	6,200,000	63.9
124	Honduras	Central America	9,571,352	63.89
125	Sao Tome and Principe	Central Africa	170,000	63.38
126	Guatemala	Central America	17,980,803	63.03
127	Botswana	Southern Africa	2,010,000	63.02
128	Ghana	Western Africa	34,237,620	62.85
129	Iraq	West Asia	31,670,000	62.77
130	Senegal	Western Africa	17,745,000	62.75
131	Malawi	Eastern Africa	17,563,749	62.69
132	Namibia	Southern Africa	2,280,000	62.43
133	Ethiopia	Eastern Africa	126,527,060	61.76
134	Nepal	Southern Asia	28,760,000	61.6
135	Pakistan	Southern Asia	207,684,000	61.47
136	India	Southern Asia	1,210,854,977	61.27
137	Djibouti	Eastern Africa	893,450	60.55
138	Sudan	Northern Africa	33,600,000	60.53
139	Tanzania	Eastern Africa	61,741,120	60.18
140	Comoros	Eastern Africa	730,620	60.02
141	Kenya	Eastern Africa	51,526,000	59.77
142	Burkina Faso	Western Africa	20,505,155	59.52
143	Uganda	Eastern Africa	47,729,952	59.41
144	Burundi	Eastern Africa	13,162,955	58.6
145	Eritrea	Eastern Africa	5,250,000	58.3
146	Yemen	West Asia	24,050,000	57.92
147	Zambia	Eastern Africa	20,216,029	57.68
148	Mauritania	Western Africa	4,594,525	56.75
149	Gambia	Western Africa	1,730,000	56.47
150	Gabon	Central Africa	1,510,000	56.05
151	Zimbabwe	Eastern Africa	16,775,307	55.72
152	Togo	Western Africa	6,030,000	55.48
153	Niger	Western Africa	15,510,000	55.26
154	Mali	Western Africa	19,329,841	55.05
155	Madagascar	Eastern Africa	28,812,195	54.87
156	Congo (Republic)	Central Africa	4,040,000	54.67
157	Benin	Western Africa	13,852,780	54.6
158	Micronesia	Micronesia	110,000	54.47
159	Nauru	Micronesia	10,000	54.18
160	Vanuatu	Melanesia	240,000	54.16
161	Palau Islands	Micronesia	20,000	54.02
162	Palestine	West Asia	4,040,000	53.3
163	Samoa	Polynesia	180,000	52.6
164	San Marino	Southern Europe	30,000	52.05
165	Solomon Islands	Melanesia	540,000	51.33
166	Tonga	Polynesia	100,000	51.27
167	Tuvalu	Polynesia	11,000	51.16
168	Rwanda	Eastern Africa	13,400,541	50.86
169	Haiti	Caribbean	11,470,261	50.77
170	Papua New Guinea	Melanesia	6,860,000	50.57
171	Mozambique	Eastern Africa	34,173,805	50.32
172	Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	Western Africa	29,389,150	50.26
173	Cameroon	Central Africa	30,135,732	49.98
174	Afghanistan	Southern Asia	31,415,280	49.6
175	Congo (Democratic Republic)	Central Africa	111,859,928	49.53
176	Kiribati	Micronesia	101,120	49.12
177	Kosovo	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	2,080,000	48.93
178	Guinea Bissau	Western Africa	1,520,000	48.63
179	Equatorial Guinea	Central Africa	700,000	48.54
180	Nigeria	Western Africa	230,842,743	48.22
181	Angola	Central Africa	35,981,281	47.89
182	Guinea	Western Africa	9,980,000	47.64
183	Liberia	Western Africa	3,990,000	47.53
184	Eswatini	Southern Africa	1,193,560	47.36
185	Maldives	Southern Asia	320,000	47.15
186	Bhutan	Southern Asia	730,440	47.13
187	Timor-Leste	Southeastern Asia	1,343,875	47.07
188	North Korea	Eastern Asia	24,350,000	46.72
189	Bahamas	Caribbean	340,550	46.61
190	Barbados	Caribbean	270,000	46.56
191	China	Eastern Asia	1,341,340,000	46.28
192	Sierra Leone	Western Africa	5,870,000	46.25
193	Somalia	Eastern Africa	9,330,000	46.19
194	Lesotho	Southern Africa	2,280,000	46.02
195	Chad	Central Africa	11,230,000	45.74
196	South Sudan	Eastern Africa	12,118,379	45.43
197	Central African Republic	Central Africa	4,403,540	45.3

Healthiest Countries in the World, 2024

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Lila Jones

Senior News Editor at CEOWORLD Magazine. I'm a veteran correspondent for the CEOWORLD Magazine. During my career, I've been based in New York, Washington, DC, Brussels and London. Over the years I've written about everything from the debt crisis to Brexit and the rise of populism in Europe. I did a stint in London as the CEOWORLD Magazine's Europe News Editor and Deputy World News Editor. In my current post I try to capture life in a changing banking to finance landscape.

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