Which Countries Are the Healthiest in 2024?

Visual Capitalist September 29, 2024
Dorothy Neufeld

The health of nations is shaped by many interconnected factors, from healthcare system quality to lifestyle and diet.

Although challenging to quantify, a common metric for assessing a population’s overall health is average life expectancy. Other important indicators include child mortality rates and access to food and sanitation. These factors collectively provide a clearer understanding of what contributes to a nation’s health, which in turn is shown to correlate with GDP, individual spending, labor productivity.

This graphic shows the healthiest countries across the world’s major economies, based on analysis from Ray Dalio’s Great Powers Index 2024.

Ranked: The Healthiest Countries Worldwide

Below, we rank the health of 24 leading nations in 2024. These figures are represented by z-scores, where the...