Countries With the Lowest Health Scores

Every country with a figure for health score, ranked from lowest to highest. The top three are Tuvalu (-1.82), Naoero (-0.998) and Papua New Guinea (-0.954). The middle country of the 193 has 0.0532.

What this measures

Health score, in typical gaps (standard deviations). Source: PlaceStats. For this measure, higher is better.

The average of 23 measures from 2 publishers. Each measure is first put on a common scale: 0 is the average country in an average year, and 1 is a typical gap between countries (a standard deviation). Each is turned so that higher is better. Measures are averaged within each publisher first, so a publisher with many measures does not count for more. Members: Anaemia in women, HIV prevalence, Under-5 mortality, Premature NCD mortality, Basic water access, DTP3 immunisation, Physicians, Tobacco use, Basic sanitation, Skilled birth attendance, Maternal mortality, Child stunting, Suicide rate, Road traffic deaths, Tuberculosis incidence, Out-of-pocket health spending, Undernourishment, Food insecurity, Adolescent fertility, Infant mortality, Life expectancy, Adult obesity, Health coverage index.

A standard deviation is a typical gap between places.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2021–2024. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

More on health score

• Countries With the Highest Health Scores
• Health score by country: trend over time and what it goes with

Related rankings

• Countries With the Lowest Life Expectancy
• Countries With the Lowest Infant Mortality
• Countries With the Lowest Under-5 Mortality
• Countries With the Lowest Health Spending
• Countries With the Lowest Suicide Rates
• Countries With the Lowest Hospital Beds
• Countries With the Lowest Basic Water Access
• Countries With the Lowest Basic Sanitation

A ranking describes countries, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All country rankings.