View source for World Health Organization ranking of health systems in 2000

{{Short description|Ranking of national health systems}}
The '''[[World Health Organization]] (WHO) ranked the health systems''' of its 191 member states in its [[World Health Report]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.who.int/whr/2000/en/whr00_en.pdf |title='' World Health Report 2000.'' |access-date=2009-08-26 |archive-date=2013-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117071348/http://www.who.int/whr/2000/en/whr00_en.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> 2000. It provided a framework and measurement approach to examine and compare aspects of [[health system]]s around the world.<ref name=whowhr2000>World Health Organization. [http://www.who.int/whr/2000/en/whr00_en.pdf '' World Health Report 2000.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117071348/http://www.who.int/whr/2000/en/whr00_en.pdf |date=2013-01-17 }} Geneva, 2000.</ref> It developed a series of performance indicators to assess the overall level and distribution of [[health]] in the populations, and the responsiveness and financing of [[health care]] services. It was the organization's first ever analysis of the world's health systems.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.who.int/news/item/07-02-2000-world-health-organization-assesses-the-world's-health-systems |title=World Health Organization Assesses the World's Health Systems |date=7 February 2000 |website=[[World Health Organization]] |access-date=2011-06-23 |archive-date=2013-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117085525/http://www.who.int/whr/2000/media_centre/press_release/en/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Ranking==

{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Country
! Attainment of goals / Health / Level (DALE)
! Attainment of goals / Health / Distribution
! Attainment of goals / Health / Overall goal attainment
! Health expenditure per capita in international dollars
! Performance / On level of health
! Performance / Overall health system performance
|-
| {{flagicon|Afghanistan|1997}} [[Healthcare in Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] || 164 || 0 || 183 || 184 || 150 || 173
|-
| {{flag|Albania|1992}} || 102 || 128 || 86 || 149 || 64 || 55
|-
| {{flag|Algeria}} || 44 || 63 || 56 || 24 || 45 || 81
|-
| {{flag|Andorra}} || 10 || 25 || 17 || 23 || 7 || 4
|-
| {{flag|Angola}} || 165 || 178 || 181 || 164 || 165 || 181
|-
| {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} || 48 || 58 || 71 || 56 || 123 || 86
|-
| {{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Healthcare in Argentina|Argentina]] || 39 || 60 || 49 || 34 || 71 || 75
|-
| {{flag|Armenia}} || 41 || 63 || 81 || 102 || 56 || 104
|-
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Healthcare in Australia|Australia]] || 2 || 17 || 12 || 17 || 39 || 32
|-
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Healthcare in Austria|Austria]] || 17 || 8 || 10 || 6 || 15 || 9
|-
| {{flag|Azerbaijan}} || 65 || 99 || 103 || 162 || 60 || 109
|-
| {{flag|Bahamas|1973}} || 109 || 67 || 64 || 22 || 137 || 98
|-
| {{flag|Bahrain|1972}} || 61 || 72 || 58 || 48 || 30 || 42
|-
| {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Healthcare in Bangladesh|Bangladesh]] || 140 || 125 || 131 || 144 || 103 || 88
|-
| {{flag|Barbados}} || 53 || 36 || 38 || 36 || 87 || 46
|-
| {{flag|Belarus|1995}} || 83 || 46 || 53 || 74 || 116 || 72
|-
| {{flag|Belgium}} || 16 || 26 || 13 || 15 || 28 || 21
|-
| {{flag|Belize|1981}} || 94 || 95 || 104 || 88 || 34 || 69
|-
| {{flag|Benin}} || 157 || 132 || 143 || 171 || 136 || 97
|-
| {{flag|Bhutan}} || 138 || 158 || 144 || 135 || 73 || 124
|-
| {{flagicon|Bolivia}} [[Healthcare in Bolivia|Bolivia]] || 133 || 118 || 117 || 101 || 142 || 126
|-
| {{flag|Bosnia-Herzegovina}} || 56 || 79 || 79 || 105 || 70 || 90
|-
| {{flag|Botswana}} || 187 || 146 || 168 || 85 || 188 || 169
|-
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Healthcare in Brazil|Brazil]] || 111 || 108 || 125 || 54 || 78 || 125
|-
| {{flag|Brunei}} || 59 || 42 || 37 || 32 || 76 || 40
|-
| {{flagicon|Bulgaria}} [[Healthcare in Bulgaria|Bulgaria]] || 60 || 53 || 74 || 96 || 92 || 102
|-
| {{flag|Burkina Faso}} || 178 || 137 || 159 || 173 || 162 || 132
|-
| {{flag|Burundi}} || 179 || 154 || 161 || 186 || 171 || 143
|-
| {{flagicon|Cambodia}} [[Healthcare in Cambodia|Cambodia]] || 148 || 150 || 166 || 140 || 157 || 174
|-
| {{flag|Cameroon}} || 156 || 160 || 163 || 131 || 172 || 164
|-
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Healthcare in Canada|Canada]] || 12 || 18 || 7 || 10 || 35 || 30
|-
| {{flagicon|Cape Verde}} [[Healthcare in Cape Verde|Cape Verde]] || 118 || 123 || 126 || 150 || 55 || 113
|-
| {{flag|Central African Republic}} || 175 || 189 || 190 || 178 || 164 || 189
|-
| {{flag|Chad}} || 161 || 175 || 177 || 175 || 161 || 178
|-
| {{flag|Chile}} || 32 || 1 || 33 || 44 || 23 || 33
|-
| {{flagicon|China}} [[Healthcare in China|People's Republic of China]] || 81 || 101 || 132 || 139 || 61 || 144
|-
| {{flagicon|Colombia}} [[Healthcare in Colombia|Colombia]] || 74 || 44 || 41 || 49 || 51 || 22
|-
| {{flagicon|Comoros|1996}} [[Healthcare in Comoros|Comoros]] || 146 || 143 || 137 || 165 || 141 || 118
|-
| {{flag|Congo}} || 150 || 142 || 155 || 122 || 167 || 166
|-
| {{flag|Cook Islands}} || 67 || 92 || 88 || 61 || 95 || 107
|-
| {{flagicon|Costa Rica}} [[Healthcare in Costa Rica|Costa Rica]] || 40 || 45 || 45 || 50 || 25 || 36
|-
| {{flag|Croatia}} || 38 || 33 || 36 || 56 || 57 || 43
|-
| {{flagicon|Cuba}} [[Healthcare in Cuba|Cuba]] || 33 || 41 || 40 || 118 || 36 || 39
|-
| {{flagicon|Cyprus|1960}} [[Healthcare in Cyprus|Cyprus]] || 25 || 31 || 28 || 39 || 22 || 24
|-
| {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} [[Healthcare in the Czech Republic|Czech Republic]] || 35 || 19 || 30 || 40 || 81 || 48
|-
| {{flagicon|Democratic Republic of the Congo|1997}} [[Healthcare in the Democratic Republic of the Congo|Democratic Republic of the Congo]] || 174 || 174 || 179 || 188 || 185 || 188
|-
| {{flag|Denmark}} || 28 || 21 || 20 || 8 || 65 || 34
|-
| {{flag|Djibouti}} || 166 || 169 || 170 || 163 || 163 || 157
|-
| {{flag|Dominica}} || 26 || 35 || 42 || 70 || 59 || 35
|-
| {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || 79 || 97 || 66 || 92 || 42 || 51
|-
| {{flag|Ecuador|1900}} || 93 || 133 || 107 || 97 || 96 || 111
|-
| {{flagicon|Egypt}} [[Healthcare in Egypt|Egypt]] || 115 || 141 || 110 || 115 || 43 || 63
|-
| {{flag|El Salvador}} || 87 || 115 || 122 || 83 || 37 || 115
|-
| {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}} || 152 || 151 || 152 || 129 || 174 || 171
|-
| {{flagicon|Eritrea}} [[Healthcare in Eritrea|Eritrea]] || 169 || 167 || 176 || 187 || 148 || 158
|-
| {{flagicon|Estonia}} [[Healthcare in Estonia|Estonia]] || 69 || 43 || 48 || 60 || 115 || 77
|-
| {{flagicon|Ethiopia|1996}} [[Healthcare in Ethiopia|Ethiopia]] || 182 || 176 || 186 || 189 || 169 || 180
|-
| {{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}} || 104 || 112 || 111 || 81 || 110 || 123
|-
| {{flag|Fiji}} || 106 || 71 || 78 || 87 || 124 || 96
|-
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Healthcare in Finland|Finland]] || 20 || 27 || 22 || 18 || 44 || 31
|-
| {{flagicon|France|1976}} [[Healthcare in France|France]] || 3 || 12 || 6 || 4 || 4 || 1
|-
| {{flag|Gabon}} || 144 || 136 || 141 || 95 || 143 || 139
|-
| {{flag|Gambia}} || 143 || 155 || 153 || 158 || 109 || 146
|-
| {{flagicon|Georgia|1990}} [[Healthcare in Georgia (country)|Georgia]] || 44 || 61 || 76 || 125 || 84 || 114
|-
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Healthcare in Germany|Germany]] || 22 || 20 || 14 || 3 || 41 || 25
|-
| {{flagicon|Ghana}} [[Healthcare in Ghana|Ghana]] || 149 || 149 || 139 || 166 || 158 || 135
|-
| {{flagicon|Greece}} [[Healthcare in Greece|Greece]] || 7 || 6 || 23 || 30 || 11 || 14
|-
| {{flag|Grenada}} || 49 || 82 || 68 || 67 || 49 || 85
|-
| {{flag|Guatemala}} || 129 || 106 || 113 || 130 || 99 || 78
|-
| {{flag|Guinea}} || 167 || 166 || 172 || 159 || 160 || 161
|-
| {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} || 170 || 177 || 180 || 156 || 156 || 176
|-
| {{flag|Guyana}} || 98 || 126 || 116 || 109 || 104 || 128
|-
| {{flagicon|Haiti}} [[Healthcare in Haiti|Haiti]] || 153 || 152 || 145 || 155 || 139 || 138
|-
| {{flag|Honduras|1949}} || 92 || 119 || 129 || 100 || 48 || 131
|-
| {{flag|Hungary}} || 62 || 40 || 43 || 59 || 105 || 66
|-
| {{flagicon|Iceland}} [[Healthcare in Iceland|Iceland]] || 19 || 24 || 16 || 14 || 27 || 15
|-
| {{flagicon|India}} [[Healthcare in India|India]] || 19|| 13|| 121 || 133 || 118 || 112
|-
| {{flagicon|Indonesia}} [[Healthcare in Indonesia|Indonesia]] || 103 || 156 || 106 || 154 || 90 || 92
|-
| {{flagicon|Iran}} [[Healthcare in Iran|Iran]] || 96 || 113 || 114 || 94 || 58 || 93
|-
| {{flagicon|Iraq|1991}} [[Healthcare in Iraq|Iraq]] || 126 || 130 || 124 || 117 || 75 || 103
|-
| {{flagicon|Ireland}} [[Healthcare in the Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] || 27 || 13 || 25 || 25 || 32 || 19
|-
| {{flagicon|Israel}} [[Healthcare in Israel|Israel]] || 23 || 7 || 24 || 19 || 40 || 28
|-
| {{flagicon|Italy|1946}} [[Healthcare in Italy|Italy]] || 6 || 14 || 11 || 11 || 3 || 2
|-
| {{flag|Ivory Coast}} || 155 || 181 || 157 || 153 || 133 || 137
|-
| {{flag|Jamaica}} || 36 || 87 || 69 || 89 || 8 || 53
|-
| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Healthcare in Japan|Japan]] || 1 || 3 || 1 || 13 || 9 || 10
|-
| {{flagicon|Jordan}} [[Healthcare in Jordan|Jordan]] || 101 || 83 || 84 || 98 || 100 || 83
|-
| {{flagicon|Kazakhstan}} [[Healthcare in Kazakhstan|Kazakhstan]] || 122 || 52 || 62 || 112 || 135 || 64
|-
| {{flagicon|Kenya}} [[Healthcare in Kenya|Kenya]] || 162 || 135 || 142 || 152 || 178 || 140
|-
| {{flag|Kiribati}} || 125 || 121 || 123 || 103 || 144 || 142
|-
| {{flag|Kuwait}} || 68 || 54 || 46 || 41 || 68 || 45
|-
| {{flagicon|Kyrgyzstan}} [[Healthcare in Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyzstan]] || 123 || 122 || 135 || 146 || 134 || 151
|-
| {{flagicon|Laos}} [[Healthcare in Laos|Laos]] || 147 || 147 || 154 || 157 || 155 || 165
|-
| {{flag|Latvia}} || 82 || 56 || 67 || 77 || 121 || 105
|-
| {{flag|Lebanon}} || 95 || 88 || 93 || 46 || 97 || 91
|-
| {{flag|Lesotho|1987}} || 171 || 164 || 173 || 123 || 186 || 183
|-
| {{flag|Liberia}} || 181 || 191 || 187 || 181 || 176 || 186
|-
| {{flagicon|Libya|1977}} [[Healthcare in Libya|Libya]] || 107 || 102 || 97 || 84 || 94 || 87
|-
| {{flag|Lithuania|1988}} || 63 || 48 || 52 || 71 || 93 || 73
|-
| {{flag|Luxembourg}} || 18 || 22 || 5 || 5 || 31 || 16
|-
| {{flag|Macedonia}} || 64 || 85 || 89 || 106 || 69 || 89
|-
| {{flag|Madagascar}} || 172 || 168 || 167 || 190 || 173 || 159
|-
| {{flag|Malawi|1964}} || 189 || 187 || 182 || 161 || 187 || 185
|-
| {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Healthcare in Malaysia|Malaysia]] || 89 || 49 || 55 || 93 || 86 || 49
|-
| {{flag|Maldives}} || 130 || 134 || 128 || 76 || 147 || 147
|-
| {{flagicon|Mali}} [[Healthcare in Mali|Mali]] || 183 || 180 || 178 || 179 || 170 || 163
|-
| {{flag|Malta}} || 21 || 38 || 31 || 37 || 2 || 5
|-
| {{flag|Marshall Islands}} || 121 || 120 || 119 || 80 || 140 || 141
|-
| {{flagicon|Mauritania|1959}} [[Healthcare in Mauritania|Mauritania]] || 158 || 163 || 169 || 141 || 151 || 162
|-
| {{flag|Mauritius}} || 78 || 77 || 90 || 69 || 113 || 84
|-
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Healthcare in Mexico|Mexico]] || 55 || 65 || 51 || 55 || 63 || 61
|-
| {{flag|Moldova}} || 88 || 64 || 91 || 108 || 106 || 101
|-
| {{flag|Monaco}} || 9 || 30 || 18 || 12 || 12 || 13
|-
| {{flag|Mongolia|1992}} || 131 || 148 || 136 || 145 || 138 || 145
|-
| {{flagicon|Morocco}} [[Healthcare in Morocco|Morocco]] || 110 || 111 || 94 || 99 || 17 || 29
|-
| {{flag|Mozambique}} || 180 || 190 || 185 || 160 || 168 || 184
|-
| {{flagicon|Myanmar|1974}} [[Health in Myanmar|Myanmar]] || 139 || 162 || 175 || 136 || 129 || 190
|-
| {{flag|Namibia}} || 177 || 173 || 165 || 66 || 189 || 168
|-
| {{flag|Nauru}} || 136 || 51 || 75 || 42 || 166 || 98
|-
| {{flagicon|Nepal}} [[Healthcare in Nepal|Nepal]] || 142 || 161 || 160 || 170 || 98 || 150
|-
| {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Healthcare in the Netherlands|Netherlands]] || 13 || 15 || 8 || 9 || 19 || 17
|-
| {{flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Healthcare in New Zealand|New Zealand]] || 31 || 16 || 26 || 20 || 80 || 41
|-
| {{flag|Nicaragua}} || 117 || 96 || 101 || 104 || 74 || 71
|-
| {{flag|Niger}} || 190 || 184 || 188 || 185 || 177 || 170
|-
| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} [[Healthcare in Nigeria|Nigeria]] || 163 || 188 || 184 || 176 || 175 || 187
|-
| {{flag|Niue}} || 85 || 100 || 102 || 127 || 108 || 121
|-
| {{flagicon|North Korea}} [[Healthcare in North Korea|North Korea]] || 137 || 145 || 149 || 172 || 153 || 167
|-
| {{flag|Norway}} || 15 || 4 || 3 || 16 || 18 || 11
|-
| {{flagicon|Oman}} [[Healthcare in Oman|Oman]] || 72 || 59 || 59 || 62 || 1 || 8
|-
| {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Healthcare in Pakistan|Pakistan]] || 124 || 183 || 133 || 142 || 85 || 122
|-
| {{flag|Palau}} || 112 || 66 || 63 || 47 || 125 || 82
|-
| {{flag|Panama|1925}} || 47 || 93 || 70 || 53 || 67 || 95
|-
| {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || 145 || 157 || 150 || 137 || 146 || 148
|-
| {{flagicon|Paraguay|1990}} [[Healthcare in Paraguay|Paraguay]] || 71 || 57 || 73 || 91 || 52 || 57
|-
| {{flag|Peru}} || 105 || 103 || 115 || 78 || 119 || 129
|-
| {{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Healthcare in the Philippines|Philippines]] || 113 || 50 || 54 || 124 || 126 || 60
|-
| {{flagicon|Poland}} [[Healthcare in Poland|Poland]] || 45 || 5 || 34 || 58 || 89 || 50
|-
| {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Healthcare in Portugal|Portugal]] || 29 || 34 || 32 || 28 || 13 || 12
|-
| {{flagicon|Qatar}} [[Qatar#Healthcare|Qatar]] || 66 || 55 || 47 || 27 || 53 || 44
|-
| {{flagicon|Romania}} [[Healthcare in Romania|Romania]] || 80 || 78 || 72 || 107 || 111 || 99
|-
| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Healthcare in Russia|Russia]] || 91 || 69 || 100 || 75 || 127 || 130
|-
| {{flag|Rwanda|1962}} || 185 || 185 || 171 || 177 || 181 || 172
|-
| {{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} || 86 || 91 || 98 || 51 || 122 || 100
|-
| {{flag|Saint Lucia|1979}} || 54 || 86 || 87 || 86 || 54 || 68
|-
| {{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} || 43 || 89 || 92 || 90 || 38 || 74
|-
| {{flag|Samoa}} || 97 || 81 || 82 || 121 || 131 || 119
|-
| {{flagicon|San Marino|1862}} [[San Marino]] || 11 || 9 || 21 || 21 || 5 || 3
|-
| {{flag|Sao Tome and Principe}} || 132 || 139 || 138 || 167 || 117 || 133
|-
| {{flagicon|Saudi Arabia}} [[Healthcare in Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia]] || 58 || 70 || 61 || 63 || 10 || 26
|-
| {{flagicon|Senegal}} [[Healthcare in Senegal|Senegal]] || 151 || 105 || 118 || 143 || 132 || 59
|-
| {{flag|Seychelles}} || 108 || 73 || 83 || 52 || 83 || 56
|-
| {{flagicon|Sierra Leone}} [[health in Sierra Leone|Sierra Leone]] || 191 || 186 || 191 || 183 || 183 || 191
|-
| {{flagicon|Singapore}} [[Healthcare in Singapore|Singapore]] || 30 || 29 || 27 || 38 || 14 || 6
|-
| {{flag|Slovakia}} || 42 || 39 || 39 || 45 || 88 || 62
|-
| {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Healthcare in Slovenia|Slovenia]] || 34 || 23 || 29 || 29 || 62 || 38
|-
| {{flag|Solomon Islands}} || 127 || 117 || 108 || 134 || 20 || 80
|-
| {{flag|Somalia}} || 173 || 179 || 189 || 191 || 154 || 179
|-
| {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Healthcare in South Africa|South Africa]] || 160 || 128 || 151 || 57 || 182 || 175
|-
| {{flagicon|South Korea|1997}} [[Healthcare in South Korea|South Korea]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf |title=Measuring Overall Health System Performance For 191 Countries |first=Ajay |last=Tandon |first2=Christopher JL |last2=Murray |first3=Jeremy A |last3=Lauer |first4=David B |last4=Evans |work=GPE Discussion Paper Series: No. 30 |publisher=[[World Health Organization]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805022057/http://www.who.int/healthinfo/paper30.pdf |archive-date=2011-08-05 |url-status=live}}</ref> || 51 || 37 || 35 || 31 || 107 || 58
|-
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Healthcare in Spain|Spain]] || 5 || 11 || 19 || 24 || 6 || 7
|-
| {{flagicon|Sri Lanka}} [[Healthcare in Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka]] || 76 || 80 || 80 || 138 || 66 || 76
|-
| {{flagicon|Sudan}} [[Healthcare in Sudan|Sudan]] || 154 || 159 || 148 || 169 || 149 || 134
|-
| {{flag|Suriname}} || 77 || 94 || 105 || 72 || 77 || 110
|-
| {{flag|Swaziland|1968}} || 164 || 140 || 164 || 116 || 184 || 177
|-
| {{flag|Sweden}} || 4 || 28 || 4 || 7 || 21 || 23
|-
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Healthcare in Switzerland|Switzerland]] || 8 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 26 || 20
|-
| {{flagicon|Syria}} [[Healthcare in Syria|Syria]] || 114 || 107 || 112 || 119 || 91 || 108
|-
| {{flagicon|Tajikistan}} [[Healthcare in Tajikistan|Tajikistan]] || 120 || 124 || 127 || 126 || 145 || 154
|-
| {{flagicon|Tanzania}} [[Healthcare in Tanzania|Tanzania]] || 176 || 172 || 158 || 174 || 180 || 156
|-
| {{flagicon|Thailand}} [[Healthcare in Thailand|Thailand]] || 99 || 74 || 57 || 64 || 102 || 47
|-
| {{flag|Togo}} || 159 || 170 || 156 || 180 || 159 || 152
|-
| {{flag|Tonga}} || 75 || 84 || 85 || 73 || 114 || 116
|-
| {{flagicon|Trinidad and Tobago}} [[Healthcare in Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad and Tobago]] || 57 || 75 || 56 || 65 || 79 || 67
|-
| {{flag|Tunisia}} || 90 || 114 || 77 || 79 || 46 || 52
|-
| {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Healthcare in Turkey|Turkey]] || 73 || 109 || 96 || 82 || 33 || 70
|-
| {{flagicon|Turkmenistan|1997}} [[Healthcare in Turkmenistan|Turkmenistan]] || 128 || 131 || 130 || 128 || 152 || 153
|-
| {{flag|Tuvalu}} || 119 || 116 || 120 || 151 || 128 || 136
|-
| {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Healthcare in the United Arab Emirates|United Arab Emirates]] || 50 || 62 || 44 || 35 || 16 || 27
|-
| {{flagicon|Uganda}} [[Healthcare in Uganda|Uganda]] || 186 || 138 || 162 || 168 || 179 || 149
|-
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Healthcare in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] || 14 || 2 || 9 || 26 || 24 || 18
|-
| {{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Healthcare in Ukraine|Ukraine]] || 70 || 47 || 60 || 111 || 101 || 79
|-
| {{flagicon|United States of America}} [[Healthcare in the United States|United States]] || 24 || 32 || 15 || 1 || 72 || 37
|-
| {{flag|Uruguay}} || 37 || 68 || 50 || 33 || 50 || 65
|-
| {{flagicon|Uzbekistan}} [[Healthcare in Uzbekistan|Uzbekistan]] || 100 || 144 || 109 || 120 || 112 || 117
|-
| {{flag|Vanuatu}} || 135 || 127 || 134 || 132 || 120 || 127
|-
| {{flagicon|Venezuela|1954}} [[Healthcare in Venezuela|Venezuela]] || 52 || 76 || 65 || 68 || 29 || 54
|-
| {{flagicon|Vietnam}} [[Healthcare in Vietnam|Vietnam]] || 116 || 104 || 140 || 147 || 130 || 160
|-
| {{flagicon|Yemen}} [[Healthcare in Yemen|Yemen]] || 141 || 165 || 146 || 182 || 82 || 120
|-
| {{flag|FR Yugoslavia}} || 46 || 90 || 95 || 113 || 47 || 106
|-
| {{flag|Zambia}} || 188 || 171 || 174 || 148 || 190 || 182
|-
| {{flag|Zimbabwe}} || 184 || 98 || 147 || 110 || 191 || 155
|}

==Methodology==
The rankings are based on an index of five factors:<ref name="whowhr2000"/>
* '''Health (50%) :''' disability-adjusted [[life expectancy]]
** ''Overall or average'' : 25%
** ''Distribution or equality'' : 25%
* '''Responsiveness (25%) :''' speed of service, protection of privacy, and quality of amenities
** ''Overall or average'' : 12.5%
** ''Distribution or equality'' : 12.5%
* '''Fair financial contribution''' : 25%

==Criticism==

The WHO rankings are claimed to have been subject to many and varied criticisms since its publication.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}} Concerns raised over the five factors considered, data sets used and comparison methodologies have led health bodies and political commentators in most of the countries on the list to question the efficacy of its results and validity of any conclusions drawn. Such criticisms of a broad endeavour by the WHO to rank all the world's healthcare systems must also however be understood in the context of a predisposition to analytical bias commensurate with an individual nation's demographics, socio-economics and politics. In considering such a disparate global spectrum, ranking criteria, methodology, results and conclusions will always be an area for contention.

In over a decade of discussion and controversy over the WHO Ranking of 2000, there is still no consensus about how an objective world health system ranking should be compiled. Indeed, the 2000 results have proved so controversial that the WHO declined to rank countries in their [[World Health Report|World Health Reports since 2000]], but the debate still rages on. With burgeoning and ageing populations, spiralling costs and the recognition by most national governments that constant vigilance and periodic healthcare reform are necessary, the appetite for a means of measuring national performance in broader world contexts is ever increasing and all the more relevant. With this in mind, and in lieu of any further ranking information from the WHO since 2000, there are many analytical bodies now looking at national healthcare delivery in global contexts and publishing their findings. [[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]] finds "the U.S. spends the most on health care on a relative cost basis with the worst outcome"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/visual-data/best-and-worst/most-efficient-health-care-countries|title=Most Efficient Health Care: Countries - bloomberg.com|website=[[Bloomberg News]]|access-date=2017-03-12|archive-date=2014-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906224923/http://www.bloomberg.com/visual-data/best-and-worst/most-efficient-health-care-countries|url-status=live}}</ref> and notes [[Cuba]]ns live longer than Americans, but Americans pay more than fourteen times as much for less effective health care. The [[Commonwealth Fund]] ranked seven developed countries on health care, the US ranked lowest<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.commonwealthfund.org/News/News-Releases/2010/Jun/US-Ranks-Last-Among-Seven-Countries.aspx|title=U.S. Ranks Last Among Seven Countries on Health System Performance Based on Measures of Quality, Efficiency, Access, Equity, and Healthy Lives - June 23, 2010|access-date=March 8, 2014|archive-date=January 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122180211/http://www.commonwealthfund.org/News/News-Releases/2010/Jun/US-Ranks-Last-Among-Seven-Countries.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> ([[Australia|AU]], [[Canada|CA]], [[Germany|DE]], [[Netherlands|NL]], [[New Zealand|NZ]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[United States|US]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.commonwealthfund.org/News/News-Releases/2010/Jun/~/media/Images/Publications/Fund%20Report/2010/jun/MM2010l.gif|title=Overall Rankings - commonwealthfund.org|access-date=2014-03-08|archive-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923205947/http://www.commonwealthfund.org/News/News-Releases/2010/Jun/~/media/Images/Publications/Fund%20Report/2010/jun/MM2010l.gif|url-status=live}}</ref>).

== See also ==
* [[Health systems]] – explains in some depth the concept of healthcare and its delivery on national and international scales
* [[Health systems#International comparisons|International comparisons of health systems]] – a section of the above article specifically about international comparisons
* [[Health systems#See also|Healthcare subjects]] – a list of subjects detailing the complexities behind global healthcare delivery
* [[List of countries by quality of healthcare]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.photius.com/rankings/healthranks.html The World Health Organization's ranking of the world's health systems, by Rank]

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