Most Efficient Health Care: Countries
( Which
Countries have the best Healthcare ? )
Most Efficient Health Care: Hong Kong
Among advanced economies, the U.S. spends the most on health care on a
relative cost basis with the worst outcome
Bloomberg ranked countries based on the efficiency
of their health-care systems.
Methodology
Each country was ranked on three criteria: life
expectancy (weighted 60%), relative per capita cost of health care (30%); and
absolute per capita cost of health care (10%). Countries were scored on each
criterion and the scores were weighted and summed to obtain their efficiency
scores. Relative cost is health cost per capita as a percentage of GDP per
capita. Absolute cost is total health expenditure, which covers preventive and
curative health services, family planning, nutrition activities and emergency
aid. Included were countries with populations of at least five million, GDP
per capita of at least $5,000 and life expectancy of at least 70 years.
Source(s) World
Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Health Organization, Hong Kong
Department of Health
|
Rank
|
Country
|
Efficiency score
|
Life expectancy
|
Health-care cost as a
% of GDP per capita |
Health-care cost
per capita
|
|
1
|
Hong Kong t
|
92.6
|
83.4
|
3.8%
|
$1,409
|
|
2
|
Singapore t
|
81.9
|
81.9
|
4.4
|
2,286
|
|
3
|
Japan t
|
74.1
|
82.6
|
8.5
|
3,958
|
|
4
|
Israel t
|
68.7
|
81.8
|
7.8
|
2,426
|
|
5
|
Spain t
|
68.3
|
82.3
|
10.4
|
3,027
|
|
6
|
Italy t
|
66.1
|
82.1
|
10.4
|
3,436
|
|
7
|
Australia t
|
66.0
|
81.8
|
8.9
|
5,939
|
|
8
|
South Korea t
|
65.1
|
80.9
|
7.2
|
1,616
|
|
9
|
Switzerland t
|
63.1
|
82.7
|
11.5
|
9,121
|
|
10
|
Sweden t
|
62.6
|
81.8
|
9.6
|
5,331
|
|
11
|
Libya t
|
56.8
|
75.0
|
3.8
|
398
|
|
12
|
United Arab E… t
|
56.6
|
76.7
|
4.1
|
1,640
|
|
13
|
Chile t
|
56.2
|
79.0
|
7.0
|
1,075
|
|
14
|
United Kingdom t
|
55.7
|
80.8
|
9.4
|
3,609
|
|
15
|
Mexico t
|
54.9
|
76.9
|
6.4
|
620
|
|
16
|
Austria t
|
54.4
|
81.0
|
11.2
|
5,280
|
|
17
|
Canada t
|
53.4
|
80.9
|
10.8
|
5,630
|
|
18
|
Malaysia t
|
52.8
|
74.3
|
3.3
|
346
|
|
19
|
France t
|
52.3
|
81.7
|
12.5
|
4,952
|
|
20
|
Ecuador t
|
51.7
|
75.6
|
6.1
|
332
|
|
21
|
Poland t
|
50.6
|
76.7
|
7.1
|
899
|
|
22
|
Thailand t
|
50.2
|
74.1
|
3.7
|
202
|
|
23
|
Finland t
|
49.5
|
80.5
|
9.4
|
4,325
|
|
24
|
Czech Republic t
|
48.9
|
77.9
|
8.1
|
1,507
|
|
25
|
Netherlands t
|
48.5
|
81.2
|
13.0
|
5,995
|
|
26
|
Venezuela t
|
48.3
|
74.3
|
4.3
|
555
|
|
27
|
Portugal t
|
47.2
|
80.7
|
11.4
|
2,311
|
|
28
|
Cuba t
|
46.8
|
79.1
|
11.3
|
606
|
|
29
|
Saudi Arabia t
|
46.0
|
74.1
|
3.6
|
758
|
|
30
|
Germany t
|
45.5
|
80.7
|
11.7
|
4,875
|
|
30
|
Greece t
|
45.5
|
80.7
|
13.0
|
2,864
|
|
32
|
Argentina t
|
45.1
|
75.8
|
7.7
|
892
|
|
33
|
Romania t
|
44.9
|
74.5
|
6.3
|
500
|
|
34
|
Belgium t
|
44.5
|
80.5
|
11.4
|
4,962
|
|
35
|
Peru t
|
43.2
|
74.0
|
4.4
|
289
|
|
36
|
Slovakia t
|
41.1
|
76.0
|
9.1
|
1,534
|
|
37
|
China t
|
38.3
|
73.5
|
4.6
|
278
|
|
38
|
Denmark t
|
38.1
|
79.8
|
11.8
|
6,648
|
|
38
|
Hungary t
|
38.1
|
74.9
|
8.6
|
1,085
|
|
40
|
Algeria t
|
37.2
|
73.1
|
4.2
|
225
|
|
41
|
Bulgaria t
|
37.0
|
74.2
|
7.5
|
522
|
|
42
|
Colombia t
|
36.2
|
73.6
|
5.6
|
432
|
|
43
|
Dominican Rep… t
|
35.3
|
73.4
|
5.2
|
296
|
|
44
|
Turkey t
|
33.4
|
73.9
|
6.5
|
696
|
|
45
|
Iran t
|
31.5
|
73.0
|
5.1
|
346
|
|
46
|
United States t
|
30.8
|
78.6
|
17.2
|
8,608
|
|
47
|
Serbia t
|
27.2
|
74.6
|
12.0
|
622
|
|
48
|
Brazil t
|
17.4
|
73.4
|
9.9
|
1,121
|
|
