List of countries by quality of healthcare

This is a list of countries by quality of healthcare as published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Outcome of cancer care

Major cancers

The 5-year observed survival rate refers to the percentage of patients who live at least five years after being diagnosed with cancer. Many of these patients live much longer than five years after diagnosis.

5-year survival rate is measured from the time of diagnosis, it is not the same as Life expectancy. More aggressive screening methods will cause 5-year survival rate to increase because people are diagnosed earlier, this does not mean they live longer. This phenomenon is called Lead-Time Bias.

Colon cancer 5-year survival rate Rank Country Survival rate 2005–2009 Survival rate 2010–2014 1  Cyprus 67.6% 72.1% 2  Korea 68.1% 71.8% 3  Israel 71.4% 71.7% 4  Australia 68.1% 70.7% 5  Iceland 64% 68.2% 6  Belgium 65% 67.9% 7  Japan 66.8% 67.8% 8  Switzerland 65.1% 67.3% 9  Canada 64.9% 67% 10  Norway 62.8% 64.9% 11  Sweden 64.2% 64.9% 12  Finland 63.2% 64.9% 13  United States 65.5% 64.9% 14  Germany 64.9% 64.8% 15  Italy 64.3% 64.2% 16  New Zealand 62.8% 64% 17  France 63.6% 63.7% 18  Austria 63.5% 63.7% 19  Spain 61% 63.3% 20  Netherlands 60.9% 63.1% 21  Slovenia 56.2% 61.9% 22  Singapore 60.3% 61.7% 23  Denmark 56.5% 61.6% 24  Portugal 61.1% 60.9% 25  Ireland 58.4% 60.5% 26  Costa Rica 55.1% 60.1% 27  United Kingdom 56.5% 60% 28  Estonia 53.8% 58.4% 29  China 55.6% 57.6% 30  Malta 52.9% 57.5% 31  Lithuania 51.1% 56.9% 32  Czechia 52% 56.1% 33  Türkiye 52.7% 55.2% 34  Poland 51.1% 52.9% 35  Bulgaria 48.5% 52.4% 36  Romania 53.5% 52.2% 37  Slovakia 51.2% 51.8% 38  Croatia 49.5% 51.1% 39  Latvia 43.8% 48.8% 40  Brazil 50.6% 48.3% 41  Russia 42.4% 44.9% 42  Chile 47.1% 43.9% 43  India 33.8% 38.9% 44  Colombia 41.3% 34.5% 45  South Africa 31.9% 12.3%

Rectal cancer 5-year survival rate Rank Country Survival rate 2005–2009 Survival rate 2010–2014 1  Cyprus 78.3% 75.9% 2  Korea 68.1% 71.1% 3  Australia 68.6% 71% 4  Norway 65.8% 68.3% 5  Israel 67.3% 67.8% 6  Switzerland 65.6% 67.3% 7  Canada 65.2% 67.1% 8  Belgium 65.3% 66.6% 9  New Zealand 63.3% 66% 10  Netherlands 63.1% 65.3% 11  Japan 64% 64.8% 12  Denmark 59.8% 64.8% 13  Sweden 63% 64.7% 14  Finland 63.8% 64.4% 15  Austria 63.5% 64.2% 16  United States 64.5% 64.1% 17  Iceland 66.3% 63% 18  United Kingdom 58.7% 62.5% 19  Germany 62.2% 62.3% 20  Ireland 57.1% 61.7% 21  Italy 61.1% 61.3% 22  France 60.7% 60.9% 23  Singapore 59% 60.5% 24  Slovenia 57% 60.3% 25  Portugal 59.8% 59.6% 26  Spain 58.7% 59.5% 27  Romania 44.8% 58.4% 28  China 52.5% 56.9% 29  Malta 53.8% 56.1% 30  Estonia 50.5% 54.8% 31  Costa Rica 50.2% 53.9% 32  Lithuania 48.8% 52.7% 33  Türkiye 49.3% 52.6% 34  Czechia 47.9% 52.3% 35  Latvia 42.5% 49.5% 36  Slovakia 47.5% 48.6% 37  Poland 47.6% 48.4% 38  Croatia 47.1% 48.2% 39  Bulgaria 42.1% 45.9% 40  Brazil 45.5% 42.6% 41  Russia 38.9% 41.9% 42  Colombia 37.2% 38% 43  Chile 39.5% 32.7% 44  India 33.6% 30% 45  South Africa 19.9% 9.1%

Lung cancer 5-year survival rate Rank Country Survival rate 2005–2009 Survival rate 2010–2014 1  Japan 29.3% 32.9% 2  Israel 23.8% 26.6% 3  Korea 19.9% 25.1% 4  Canada 18.6% 21.3% 5  United States 19.4% 21.2% 6  Switzerland 17.3% 20.4% 7  Iceland 16% 20.2% 8  Costa Rica 22% 20.1% 9  China 17.7% 19.8% 10  Austria 18% 19.7% 11  Sweden 16.6% 19.5% 12  Australia 17.1% 19.4% 13  Cyprus 18.2% 18.7% 14  Germany 16.9% 18.3% 15  Latvia 17.1% 18.3% 16  Belgium 17% 18.2% 17  Norway 15.4% 18.1% 18  Ireland 13.5% 17.5% 19  Netherlands 15.7% 17.3% 20  France 16.2% 17.3% 21  Estonia 14.3% 16.9% 22  Denmark 12.3% 16.6% 23  Italy 15.5% 15.9% 24  Portugal 14.1% 15.7% 25  Singapore 13% 15.5% 26  New Zealand 12.4% 15.3% 27  South Africa 16.7% 15% 28  Malta 11.4% 14.9% 29  Türkiye 12.7% 14.9% 30  Slovenia 12.7% 14.8% 31  Poland 14.1% 14.4% 32  Russia 13.9% 13.7% 33  Spain 12.5% 13.5% 34  United Kingdom 10.1% 13.3% 35  Finland 12.1% 13% 36  Slovakia 10.5% 11.2% 37  Romania 7.8% 11.1% 38  Czechia 9.8% 10.6% 39  Croatia 10.6% 10% 40  Lithuania 8.8% 9.9% 41  Colombia 10.5% 8.7% 42  Brazil 8.5% 8.1% 43  Bulgaria 7% 7.7% 44  Chile 6.3% 4.6% 45  India 3.5% 3.7%

Stomach cancer 5-year survival rate Rank Country Survival rate 2005–2009 Survival rate 2010–2014 1  Korea 61.1% 68.9% 2  Japan 57.6% 60.3% 3  Costa Rica 38.4% 40.6% 4  Belgium 35.8% 37.5% 5  China 33.2% 35.9% 6  Cyprus 28.1% 35.6% 7  Austria 34.2% 35.4% 8  Germany 31.4% 33.5% 9  United States 30.1% 33.1% 10  Israel 29.8% 32.3% 11  Switzerland 31.4% 32.2% 12  Portugal 32.4% 32.2% 13  Australia 29.8% 31.8% 14  Italy 31.1% 30.5% 15  Singapore 27.1% 30.3% 16  Canada 26.2% 29.5% 17  Estonia 24.2% 29.2% 18  Slovenia 25.8% 28.8% 19  Iceland 30.3% 28.1% 20  Ireland 22.2% 27.6% 21  Spain 26.5% 27.2% 22  Lithuania 24.9% 27% 23  France 27.1% 26.7% 24  Norway 25.2% 26.2% 25  Romania 19.3% 26% 26  New Zealand 24.8% 25.7% 27  Finland 25.1% 25.7% 28  South Africa 25% 25.6% 29  Latvia 24% 25.1% 30  Netherlands 22.9% 25% 31  Sweden 23.6% 24.8% 32  Türkiye 21.4% 24.6% 33  Malta 24.8% 23.8% 34  Slovakia 20.9% 21.1% 35  Russia 20.2% 21% 36  Poland 19.9% 20.9% 37  United Kingdom 19.2% 20.7% 38  Czechia 19.3% 20.6% 39  Brazil 24.3% 20.5% 40  Croatia 18.9% 20% 41  Denmark 15.4% 19.9% 42  Colombia 17.7% 17.1% 43  Chile 16.3% 16.7% 44  Bulgaria 13.9% 16% 45  India 9.8% 8.9%

Childhood (0-14) acute lymphoblastic leukaemia 5-year survival rate Rank Country Survival rate 2005–2009 Survival rate 2010–2014 1  Malta 93.8% ... 2  Finland 88.1% 95.2% 3  Denmark 93.1% 94% 4  Canada 92% 93% 5  Iceland ... 92.4% 6  United Kingdom 91.4% 92.2% 7  New Zealand 91.2% 91.4% 8  Germany 92.1% 91.1% 9  Belgium 90.5% 90.8% 10  Australia 90.3% 90.7% 11  Netherlands 89.8% 90.4% 12  Switzerland 89.2% 90.3% 13  Portugal 84.1% 89.8% 14  United States 88.1% 89.5% 15  Sweden 87.1% 89% 16  Singapore 90.4% 88.6% 17  France 90% 88.6% 18  Ireland 87.1% 88.3% 19  Czechia 90.3% 88.2% 20  Israel 86.7% 87.9% 21  Italy 89.2% 87.8% 22  Estonia 85.4% 87.7% 23  Japan 83.7% 87.6% 24  Slovakia 80.7% 87% 25  Poland 84.4% 86.9% 26  Cyprus 85.2% 86.6% 27  Croatia 86.7% 85.2% 28  Spain 80% 84.7% 29  Korea 78.6% 84.4% 30  Greece 84.8% 84.2% 31  Latvia 80.5% 84.1% 32  Norway 84.9% 83% 33  Türkiye 78.7% 80.9% 34  Costa Rica 87.4% 80% 35  Bulgaria 74.8% 78.3% 36  Russia 74.2% 76.9% 37  Lithuania 67.7% 74.7% 38  India 75.5% 69.9% 39  Colombia 57.3% 68.9% 40  Brazil 69.2% 66.6% 41  Chile 67.4% 63.9% 42  China 53.5% 57.7% 43  Romania ... 53.9% 44  Mexico 52.5% 52.7%

Female specific cancers

Breast cancer 5-year survival rate Rank Country Survival rate 2005–2009 Survival rate 2010–2014 1  Cyprus 92.0% 92.8% 2  United States 89.8% 90.2% 3  Australia 88.5% 89.5% 4  Japan 88.9% 89.4% 5  Iceland 85.8% 89.1% 6  Sweden 87.9% 88.8% 7  Canada 87.4% 88.6% 8  Finland 87.7% 88.5% 9  Israel 87.8% 88.0% 10  Portugal 86.1% 87.6% 10  New Zealand 86.1% 87.6% 12  Norway 86.7% 87.2% 12  Malta 84.8% 86.9% 14  France 87.2% 86.7% 14  Costa Rica 86.4% 86.7% 16  Netherlands 85.8% 86.6% 17  South Korea 84.0% 86.6% 18  Belgium 85.3% 86.4% 19  Switzerland 86.4% 86.2% 20  Denmark 84.0% 86.1% 21  Italy 85.9% 86.0% 22  Germany 85.6% 86.0% 23  United Kingdom 83.8% 85.6% 24  Spain 84.6% 85.3% 25  Austria 83.9% 84.8% 26  Slovenia 82.5% 83.5% 27  China 80.4% 83.2% 28  Turkey 80.6% 82.1% 29  Ireland 81.4% 82.0% 30  Czech Republic 79.1% 81.4 31  Singapore 80.3% 80.3% 32  Croatia 78.2.0% 78.6% 33  Bulgaria 75.9% 78.3% 34  Estonia 75.4% 78.1% 35  Latvia 73.3% 76.9% 36  Poland 74.7% 76.5% 37  Slovakia 76.6% 75.5% 38  Chile 73.5% 75.5% 39  Brazil 77.1% 74.9% 40  Romania 74.8% 74.8% 41  Lithuania 71.3% 73.5% 42  Colombia 79.1% 72.1% 43  Russia 67.7% 70.8% 44  India 59.1% 66.1% 45  South Africa 32.0% 40.1%

Cervical cancer 5-year survival rate Rank Country Survival rate 2005–2009 Survival rate 2010–2014 1  Iceland 87.6% 80.1% 2  Costa Rica 78.3% 78% 3  Korea 77% 77.3% 4  Cyprus 66.9% 73.3% 5  Norway 70.5% 73.2% 6  Japan 69.2% 71.4% 7  Switzerland 69.4% 71.4% 8  Denmark 66.7% 69.5% 9  Sweden 67.7% 68.3% 10  China 63% 67.6% 11  Netherlands 65.5% 67.5% 12  Finland 65.2% 67.4% 13  New Zealand 64.4% 67.4% 14  Canada 67% 67.3% 15  Italy 67.7% 66.8% 16  Israel 65.9% 66.6% 17  Estonia 66.9% 66.5% 18  Australia 67.5% 66.4% 19  Portugal 65.3% 66.2% 20  Slovenia 67.1% 65.5% 21  Belgium 65.7% 65.4% 22  Romania 61.7% 65.3% 23  Germany 65.7% 65.2% 24  France 62.1% 65% 25  Spain 64.8% 64.6% 26  Austria 66% 63.9% 27  United Kingdom 61.9% 63.8% 28  Ireland 58.7% 63.6% 29  Singapore 63.3% 63.4% 30  Croatia 64.3% 63.2% 31  United States 63.1% 62.4% 32  Czechia 62.7% 61% 33  Türkiye 59.2% 60.7% 34  Slovakia 58.9% 60.5% 35  Brazil 62.6% 59.9% 36  Lithuania 59.1% 59.2% 37  India 51.6% 59% 38  Russia 58% 57.7% 39  Malta 65.1% 57.4% 40  Chile 57.2% 56.7% 41  Poland 54.4% 55.1% 42  Bulgaria 53.2% 54.8% 43  Latvia 55.6% 53.9% 44  Colombia 55.4% 49.4% 45  South Africa 40.2% 37.1%

Outcome of cardiovascular disease care

Heart attack 30 day in-hospital mortality per 100 hospital discharges Rank Country Death rate Period 1  Denmark 2.9 2012 2  Australia 4.4 2012 3  New Zealand 4.5 2011 4  Norway 4.5 2011 5  Sweden 4.5 2011 6  Poland 5.2 2011 7  United States 5.5 2010 8  Canada 5.7 2011 9  Iceland 5.7 2011 10  Italy 5.8 2011 11  Switzerland 5.9 2010 12  France 6.2 2010 13  Czech Republic 6.8 2011 14  Ireland 6.8 2011 15  Netherlands 6.8 2010 16  Finland 7.0 2011 17  Slovakia 7.0 2011 18  Israel 7.1 2010 19  Belgium 7.6 2009 20  Slovenia 7.6 2011 21  Austria 7.7 2011 22  United Kingdom 7.8 2011 23  Portugal 8.4 2011 24  Spain 8.5 2011 25  Luxembourg 8.8 2011 26  Germany 8.9 2011 27  South Korea 8.9 2011 28  Turkey 10.7 2012 29  Chile 10.8 2010 30  Japan 12.2 2011 31  Singapore 12.5 2011 32  Hungary 13.9 2009 33  Latvia 14.8 2009 34  Mexico 27.2 2011

Hemorrhagic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality per 100 hospital discharges Rank Country Death rate Period 1  Japan 11.8 2011 2  South Korea 13.1 2011 3  Finland 13.7 2011 4  Austria 14.4 2011 5  Norway 15.3 2011 6  Sweden 15.8 2011 7  Switzerland 16.5 2010 8  Iceland 16.7 2011 9  Denmark 17.9 2012 10  Germany 17.5 2011 11  Luxembourg 18.3 2011 12  Italy 19.9 2011 13  Singapore 22.0 2011 14  Australia 21.8 2012 15  Canada 22.2 2011 16  United States 22.3 2010 17  Portugal 23.8 2011 18  France 24.0 2010 19  Chile 24.4 2010 20  Czech Republic 24.5 2011 21  Israel 24.7 2010 22  New Zealand 25.2 2011 23  Netherlands 25.9 2010 24  Spain 26.4 2011 25  Slovakia 28.0 2011 26  Slovenia 28.7 2011 27  United Kingdom 29.6 2011 28  Mexico 29.7 2011 29  Belgium 30.5 2011 30  Turkey 32.0 2012 31  Latvia 32.5 2009 32  Hungary 40.5 2009

Ischemic stroke 30 day in-hospital mortality per 100 hospital discharges Rank Country Death rate Period 1  Japan 3.0 2011 2  South Korea 3.4 2011 3  Denmark 3.5 2012 4  United States 4.3 2010 5  Norway 5.3 2011 6  Finland 5.4 2011 7  Austria 6.0 2011 8  Israel 6.3 2010 9  Sweden 6.4 2011 10  Italy 6.5 2011 11  Germany 6.7 2011 12  Switzerland 7.0 2010 13  Iceland 7.4 2011 14  Netherlands 7.5 2010 15  Singapore 7.8 2011 16  France 8.5 2010 16  New Zealand 8.5 2011 18  Belgium 9.2 2009 19  Australia 9.4 2012 20  Czech Republic 9.5 2011 21  Hungary 9.6 2009 22  Canada 9.7 2012 23  Ireland 9.9 2011 24  Spain 10.2 2011 25  United Kingdom 10.4 2011 26  Portugal 10.5 2011 27  Luxembourg 10.7 2011 28  Slovakia 11.0 2011 29  Chile 11.6 2010 30  Turkey 11.8 2012 31  Slovenia 12.8 2011 32  Latvia 19.0 2009 33  Mexico 19.6 2011

See also

• List of countries by hospital beds
• List of countries by life expectancy*
• World Health Organization ranking of health systems in 2000

External links

• http://www.businessinsider.com/best-healthcare-systems-in-the-world-2012-6?op=1
• Statista Data (2021)
• World Population Review