Physical Health & Longevity — 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.

life expectancy at birth
healthy life expectancy
premature mortality from non-communicable disease

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 6

Advanced 27

Established 36

Transitional 49

Foundational 42

Nascent 36

Inception 1

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	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
4	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.00
5	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
6	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
7	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
8	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
9	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	17	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	17	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
16	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
18	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
19	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
20	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
21	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
22	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
23	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
24	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
25	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
26	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
27	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
28	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
29	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	15	Advanced	±0.43
30	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
31	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
32	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
33	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
34	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	14	Established	±0.00
35	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	14	Established	±0.43
36	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
37	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
38	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	14	Established	±0.50
39	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	14	Established	±0.00
40	🇺🇸United States	Americas	14	Established	±0.50
41	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
42	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
43	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
44	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	13	Established	±0.71
45	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
46	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
47	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
48	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
49	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	13	Established	±0.50
50	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
51	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	13	Established	±0.50
52	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
53	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.50
54	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
55	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
56	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
57	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
58	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
59	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
60	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	12	Established	±0.50
61	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
62	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
63	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
64	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	12	Established	±0.50
65	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
66	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
67	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	12	Established	±0.43
68	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
69	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
70	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
71	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.00
72	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
73	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
74	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
75	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
76	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
77	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
78	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
79	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
80	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
81	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.00
82	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
83	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
84	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.50
85	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.00
86	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
87	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
88	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.50
89	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
90	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
91	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
92	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
93	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
94	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.43
95	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
96	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
97	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
98	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
99	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
100	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.50
101	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
102	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.50
103	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
104	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
105	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
106	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
107	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
108	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.50
109	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
110	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.43
111	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
112	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
113	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
114	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
115	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
116	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.00
117	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
118	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
119	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
120	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
121	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
122	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
123	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
124	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
125	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.43
126	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
127	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
128	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
129	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
130	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
131	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
133	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
134	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
135	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
136	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.71
137	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
138	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
139	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.00
140	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
141	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.87
142	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.50
143	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
144	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
145	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
146	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
147	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
148	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
149	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
150	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
151	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
152	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
153	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
154	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
155	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.50
156	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.50
157	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
158	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
159	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
160	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
161	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
162	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
163	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
164	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
165	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
166	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
167	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
168	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
169	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
170	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
171	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
172	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
173	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
174	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
176	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
177	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
178	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.71
179	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
180	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
181	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
182	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.50
183	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
184	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.71
185	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
186	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
187	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
188	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
189	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.83
190	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
191	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
192	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
193	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
194	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
195	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
196	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	2	Inception	±0.43

Others in Population Health

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Mental Health & Wellbeing	7.5	1–17	Australia, Finland, Netherlands
Nutrition & Preventive Health	9.1	1–18	Finland, Sweden