Nutrition & Preventive Health — 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.

adult obesity prevalence
tobacco use prevalence
adult immunisation and screening coverage

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 2

Advanced 20

Established 33

Transitional 48

Foundational 52

Nascent 38

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

Others in Population Health

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Physical Health & Longevity	10.0	2–19	Japan, Singapore
Mental Health & Wellbeing	7.5	1–17	Australia, Finland, Netherlands