Health & Care Workforce — National Capability Index

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

physicians and nurses per 1,000 population
care workers per 100 people aged over 65
health workforce vacancy rate

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 0

Advanced 24

Established 31

Transitional 44

Foundational 48

Nascent 46

Inception 4

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
2	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.50
3	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
4	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
5	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
6	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
7	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.71
9	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
14	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.00
15	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.50
16	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇺🇸United States	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.00
18	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
20	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
21	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
22	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
23	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
24	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
25	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
26	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
27	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
28	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
29	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.00
30	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
31	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
32	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	13	Established	±0.71
33	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
34	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
35	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
36	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	13	Established	±0.50
37	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
38	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
39	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
40	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
41	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
42	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
43	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
44	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
45	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	12	Established	±0.50
46	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
47	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
48	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
49	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
50	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
51	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
52	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
53	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
54	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
55	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
56	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	11	Transitional	±1.73
57	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
58	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
59	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
60	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
61	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
62	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
63	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
64	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	11	Transitional	±1.64
65	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
66	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
67	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
68	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
69	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	11	Transitional	±1.64
70	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
71	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.50
72	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
73	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
74	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
75	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
76	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
77	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	10	Transitional	±1.92
78	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
79	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
80	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
81	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
82	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
83	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
84	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
85	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
86	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
87	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
88	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
89	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
90	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
91	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
92	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
93	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
94	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
95	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
96	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.50
97	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.83
98	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
99	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.71
100	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
101	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
102	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
103	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
104	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
105	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
106	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.50
107	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.83
108	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
109	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
110	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
111	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
112	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
113	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
114	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
115	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
116	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
117	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
118	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
119	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
120	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
121	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
122	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
123	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
124	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
125	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
126	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
127	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
128	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
129	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
130	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
131	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
132	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
133	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
134	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
135	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
136	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
137	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
138	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.00
139	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
140	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
141	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
142	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
143	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
144	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
145	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
146	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
147	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
148	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
149	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
150	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
151	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
152	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
153	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
154	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
155	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
156	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
157	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
158	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
159	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
160	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
161	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
162	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
163	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
164	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
165	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
166	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
167	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
168	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
169	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
170	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
171	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.50
173	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
174	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
175	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
176	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
177	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
178	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
179	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
180	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
181	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
182	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
183	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
184	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
185	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
186	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
187	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
188	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
189	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
190	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
191	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
192	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
193	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.50
194	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
195	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	1	Inception	±0.43

Others in Health System Capability

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Service Delivery & Coverage	9.8	2–18	Japan, Singapore
Public Health Functions	9.6	1–18	United States