Public Health Functions — 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.

health security preparedness score
outbreak detection and notification timeliness
population immunisation coverage

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 1

Advanced 24

Established 37

Transitional 52

Foundational 49

Nascent 33

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	🇺🇸United States	Americas	18	Frontier	±1.12
2	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
3	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
4	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
5	🇫🇷France	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
6	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
7	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.71
8	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
9	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
10	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
12	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
14	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.71
15	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	16	Advanced	±0.43
16	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	16	Advanced	±0.00
17	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	16	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.83
19	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
20	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
21	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.00
22	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
23	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
24	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
25	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
26	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	14	Established	±0.43
27	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
28	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
29	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
30	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	14	Established	±0.00
31	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	14	Established	±0.43
32	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.00
33	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
34	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	13	Established	±0.50
35	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	13	Established	±0.43
36	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
37	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
38	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
39	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	13	Established	±0.50
40	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
41	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	13	Established	±0.43
42	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
43	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	13	Established	±0.50
44	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
45	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	13	Established	±0.00
46	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
47	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
48	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
49	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
50	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
51	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
52	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.50
53	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
54	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	12	Established	±0.00
55	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	12	Established	±0.00
56	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
57	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
58	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
59	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
60	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
61	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	12	Established	±0.43
62	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
63	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
64	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
65	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
66	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
67	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
68	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
69	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
70	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.00
71	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.50
72	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
73	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.83
74	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
75	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
76	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
77	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
78	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.50
79	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.43
80	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
81	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.50
82	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.43
83	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
84	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
85	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
86	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.50
87	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.50
88	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.00
89	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
90	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.00
91	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.71
92	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.50
93	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
94	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
95	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
96	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
97	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
98	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.71
99	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
100	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
101	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
102	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
103	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
104	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
105	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
106	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
107	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
108	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
109	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
110	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
111	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
112	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
113	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
114	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.43
115	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
116	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.00
117	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
118	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.50
119	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
120	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.43
121	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
122	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.00
123	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	8	Foundational	±0.50
124	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
125	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
126	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
127	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
128	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
129	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
130	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
131	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
132	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
133	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
134	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
135	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.43
136	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
137	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
138	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
139	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
140	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
141	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.00
142	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
143	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
144	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
145	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
146	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
147	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
148	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
149	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
150	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
151	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
152	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
153	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.43
154	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
155	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
156	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
157	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
158	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
159	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
160	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
161	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
162	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
163	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.00
164	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
165	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
166	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
167	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
168	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
169	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.71
170	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
171	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
172	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
173	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
174	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
175	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
176	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
177	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
178	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
179	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
180	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
181	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
182	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
183	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
184	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.87
185	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
186	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
187	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
188	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
189	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
190	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
191	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
192	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
193	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
194	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
195	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.43
196	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.87
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	1	Inception	±0.50

Others in Health System Capability

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Health & Care Workforce	8.9	1–17	Australia, Canada, Denmark
Service Delivery & Coverage	9.8	2–18	Japan, Singapore