Topic · World Bank · WHO · OECD
Health
Life expectancy, mortality rates, disease prevalence, and healthcare access.
- 7
- Indicators
- 217
- Countries with data
Health · wide shelf
7 health indicators across the wider shelf; Tuvalu currently leads health expenditure (% of gdp).
- 7
- health indicators
- #1
- Tuvalu · Health Expenditure (% of GDP)
- wide
- shelf vs other topics
Each indicator below shows the current top five; open any one for the full world ranking with the data year for every country.
High-income share among 217 countries with health data
World Bank income-group counts among countries that have at least one ranking row for an indicator in this topic. Segments sum to 217 - coverage shape, not a living-standard ranking.
Reading Health
Health is one of the wider shelves here (7 indicators). The extra cards are complementary dimensions, not duplicates - patterns that hold across several measures beat any lone top-five row.
Health is a wide shelf: 7 indicators including Health Expenditure (% of GDP), Infant Mortality Rate, Life Expectancy at Birth, Maternal Mortality Ratio, and more, sourced from World Bank Open Data. Life expectancy, mortality rates, disease prevalence, and healthcare access. Tuvalu currently leads health expenditure (% of gdp) at 27.1%.
Wide topics reward set-reading. A country that looks strong on one health card can sit mid-pack on another; the preview tables only show the current top five - open the full ranking for the rest of the 217-country list.
Reporting cycles differ by agency (World Bank Open Data). When a country is absent from a card it is unpublished for that measure, not zeroed. Country profiles collect every health indicator for one place in a single view.
Source: World Bank Open Data
Nearby shelves by indicator count
Closest topic widths to this 7-indicator shelf (not a fixed roster).
- Demographics · 7 indicators
- Education · 6 indicators
- Social · 6 indicators
Health Expenditure (% of GDP)
% of GDP| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 27.1% |
| 2 | Nauru | 18.2% |
| 3 | United States | 16.7% |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 15.0% |
| 5 | Marshall Islands | 13.4% |
Infant Mortality Rate
per 1,000 live births| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Sudan | 71.9 |
| 2 | Nigeria | 69.8 |
| 3 | Niger | 65.6 |
| 4 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 65.4 |
| 5 | Liberia | 63.2 |
Life Expectancy at Birth
years| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 86.5 |
| 2 | San Marino | 85.8 |
| 3 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 85.4 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 84.6 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 84.4 |
Maternal Mortality Ratio
per 100,000 live births| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 993 |
| 2 | Chad | 748 |
| 3 | Central African Republic | 692 |
| 4 | South Sudan | 692 |
| 5 | Liberia | 628 |
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
per 1,000| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 9.5 |
| 2 | Monaco | 8.6 |
| 3 | Seychelles | 6.6 |
| 4 | Greece | 6.6 |
| 5 | Portugal | 5.9 |
Stunting Prevalence (under 5)
% of children| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 52.8% |
| 2 | Eritrea | 52.5% |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 49.5% |
| 4 | Yemen, Rep. | 48.5% |
| 5 | Niger | 47.7% |
Under-5 Mortality Rate
per 1,000 live births| # | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 115.6 |
| 2 | Niger | 110.7 |
| 3 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 101.1 |
| 4 | Chad | 97.3 |
| 5 | South Sudan | 96.7 |
Next read: Demographics (7 indicators) · full health expenditure (% of gdp) ranking . Reporting years differ by country and indicator; unavailable values are omitted rather than estimated.
What to do with these Health indicators
A single shelf rarely tells the whole story -- use it as a starting point, not a verdict.
- Open the full health expenditure (% of gdp) ranking to see every country, not just the top rows shown here. Health Expenditure (% of GDP) ranking
- Put any two countries side by side across every tracked indicator. Compare countries
- Browse the demographics shelf (7 indicators) for the next adjacent topic. Demographics
Reporting years differ by country and indicator; unavailable values are omitted rather than estimated.
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