How healthy are people in Germany compared to other countries in the world? And where do people live healthiest? An index uses various indicators to calculate how healthy people are – as well as the overall prosperity in a country.
Each year, the Legatum Prosperity Index analyzes 167 countries around the world. The index evaluates 104 different variables in twelve categories – including health, education, personal freedoms and security. The index is an indicator of prosperity that no longer depends solely on a country’s financial success, but also on a country’s overall quality of life and development.
The 10 healthiest and unhealthiest countries in the world
According to the Legatum Prosperity Index, the following countries are the healthiest in the world. The index takes into account how healthy people are in each country, how good the access to medical facilities is and also what the mortality rate is.
- Singapore
- Japan
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- China
- Israel
- Norway
- Iceland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
Germany is 13th in the health ranking.
According to the index, the unhealthiest countries are as follows: Angola is in 157th place. Ranked 158 Guinea. This is followed by Liberia, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), Sierra Leone, Somalia, Lesotho, Chad, South Sudan and the Central African Republic in last place.
Overall ranking of countries
The overall ranking calculates all twelve categories examined: safety and security, personal freedom, political leadership, social capital, investment environment, business conditions, infrastructure and market access, economic quality, living conditions, health, education and the environment.
If all analyzed areas are considered, according to the Legatum Index, the countries in northern Europe in particular are at the top of the wealthiest countries in the world. The first ten places are occupied by:
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Norway
- Finland
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- Luxembourg
- Iceland
- Germany
- New Zealand
The last ten places in the ranking are occupied by: Burundi, Sudan, Syria, Eritrea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chad, Somalia, Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Yemen and, in last place, South Sudan.
Source used: Legatum Prosperity Index ranking
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