Unhealthiest Country in the World 2024

The Legatum Prosperity Index tracks each country's level of propserity across twelve composite categories, one of which is overall health (shown here). Higher numbers indicate worse average health.
The Bloomberg Global Health Index evaluates each country across a range of indicators, ranging from pollution levels and availability of clean water to access to quality health care. Higher scores are preferable.
The Global Health Security (GHS) Index measures a country's ability to respond to a widespread health threat (such as the COVID-19 pandemic). Higher scores are preferable.

197 countries

Country	Legatum Prosperity Index 2023	Bloomberg Global Health Index 2021	Global Health Security Index 2021
India	125		42.8
China	5	62.52	47.5
United States	69	73.02	75.9
Indonesia	98		50.4
Pakistan	124		30.4
Nigeria	157		38
Brazil	57		51.2
Bangladesh	106		35.5
Russia	68		49.1
Ethiopia	122		37.8
Mexico	86	62.09	57
Japan	2	91.38	60.5
Egypt	107		28
Philippines	109		45.7
DR Congo	154		26.1
Vietnam	92		42.9
Iran	58		36.5
Turkey	59	62.81	50
Germany	13	83.06	65.5
Thailand	69		68.2
United Kingdom	34	84.28	67.2
Tanzania	128		31.3
France	20	86.94	61.9
South Africa	102		45.8
Italy	17	91.59	51.9
Kenya	131		38.8
Myanmar	109		38.3
Colombia	89		53.2
South Korea	3	85.41	65.4
Sudan	127		28.3
Uganda	133		36.5
Spain	26	92.75	60.9
Algeria	70		26.2
Iraq	115		24
Argentina	56	61.19	54.4
Afghanistan	153		28.8
Yemen	136		16.1
Canada	32		69.8
Poland	48	70.25	55.7
Morocco	95		33.6
Angola	158		29.1
Ukraine	74		38.9
Uzbekistan	103		39
Malaysia	42		56.4
Mozambique	150		30.4
Ghana	115		34.3
Peru	99		54.9
Saudi Arabia	75		44.9
Madagascar	145		30.4
Ivory Coast	151		31.2
Nepal	123		34
Cameroon	152	85.7	28.6
Venezuela	97		20.9
Niger	143		28.7
Australia	21	89.75	71.1
North Korea			16.1
Syria	109		16.7
Mali	144		29
Burkina Faso	132		29.8
Taiwan	4
Sri Lanka	104		34.1
Malawi	121		28.5
Zambia	137		26.5
Kazakhstan	53		46.1
Chad	165		23.9
Chile	51	73.21	56.2
Romania	72		45.7
Somalia	163		16
Senegal	117		32.8
Guatemala	113		29.1
Netherlands	11	85.86	64.7
Ecuador	97		50.8
Cambodia	92		31.1
Zimbabwe	141		32.4
Guinea	159		26.8
Benin	147		25.4
Rwanda	147		33.1
Burundi	134		22.1
Bolivia	101		29.9
Tunisia	73		31.5
South Sudan	166
Haiti	148		30.4
Belgium	18	80.46	59.3
Jordan	61		42.8
Dominican Republic	88		34.5
United Arab Emirates	33	67.14	39.6
Cuba	77	74.66	30.5
Honduras	111		26.2
Czech Republic	28	77.59	52.8
Sweden	9	90.24	64.9
Tajikistan	75		29.3
Papua New Guinea	149		25
Portugal	40	83.1	54.7
Azerbaijan	65		34.7
Greece	41	82.29	51.5
Hungary	46	64.43	54.4
Togo	142		27.8
Israel	6	88.15	47.2
Austria	21	86.3	56.9
Belarus	43		43.9
Switzerland	10	90.93	58.8
Sierra Leone	162		32.7
Laos	111		34.8
Turkmenistan	66		31.9
Hong Kong	14
Libya	105		25.3
Kyrgyzstan	84		42.4
Paraguay	82		40.3
Nicaragua	78		36.3
Bulgaria	65		59.9
Serbia	80	60.99	45
El Salvador	90		40.8
Republic of the Congo	146		26.3
Denmark	16	82.69	64.4
Singapore	1	89.29	57.4
Lebanon	83	70.53	33.4
Finland	15	85.89	70.9
Liberia	160		35.7
Norway	7	89.09	60.2
Slovakia	45		54.4
Central African Republic	167		18.6
Oman	67	64.07	39.1
Ireland	23	84.06	55.3
New Zealand	25		62.5
Mauritania	138		26.2
Costa Rica	30	73.21	40.8
Kuwait	42		36.8
Panama	57	64.01	53.5
Croatia	53	73.36	48.8
Georgia	90		52.6
Eritrea	135		21.4
Mongolia	107		41
Uruguay	35	65.66	40.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	49	69.66	35.4
Qatar	38	71.97	48.7
Moldova	62		41
Namibia	122		30.3
Armenia	76		61.8
Lithuania	61		59.5
Jamaica	71		31.8
Albania	80	68.04	45
Gambia	139		28.7
Gabon	140		21.8
Botswana	114		33.6
Lesotho	164		30.9
Guinea Bissau	155
Slovenia	24	82.72	67.8
Equatorial Guinea	156		17.4
Latvia	59		61.9
North Macedonia	74		42.2
Bahrain	45	72.31	36.6
Trinidad and Tobago	64		36.8
Timor Leste			27.8
Estonia	37	73.32	55.5
Cyprus	29	83.58	41.9
Mauritius	81		39.7
Eswatini	161		29.3
Djibouti	126		25.2
Fiji			25.8
Comoros	130		24.9
Guyana	85		30.8
Solomon Islands			23.3
Bhutan			39.8
Luxembourg	12	87.39	48.4
Montenegro	103	69.69	44.1
Suriname	72		35
Malta	19	81.7	40.2
Maldives		70.95	32
Cape Verde	100
Brunei		67.96	43.5
Belize	91		29.7
Bahamas			30.1
Iceland	8	91.44	48.5
Vanuatu			25.9
Barbados			34.9
Sao Tome and Principe	112		26.6
Samoa			28.8
Saint Lucia			34.7
Kiribati			26.2
Seychelles	39		31.8
Grenada			26.7
Micronesia			28.5
Tonga			26.4
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines			33.5
Antigua and Barbuda			30
Andorra			34.7
Dominica			26.4
Saint Kitts and Nevis			31.7
Liechtenstein			46.4
Monaco			33.3
Marshall Islands			24.6
San Marino			32.9
Palau			25.5
Cook Islands			23.9
Nauru			18
Tuvalu			20
Niue			20.1

What is the unhealthiest country in the world?

According to the Legatum Prosperity Index, the unhealthiest country in the world is Central African Republic, with an LP Index score of 167.

Unhealthiest Country in the World 2024

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