The health system as such: how much a country spends, how many physicians, nurses and hospital beds it has, and how far service and vaccination coverage reaches. Some indicators come both as rates and in absolute numbers — the World Bank publishes physicians per thousand people while WHO publishes the same data as headcounts, and together they answer different questions.
All current health spending — government and private — as a percent of GDP.
2000–2024 Health expenditure per capitaHow much is spent on health per person a year, in US dollars.
1960–2023 Physicians per 1,000 peopleThe number of physicians per 1,000 people.
1960–2023 Hospital beds per 1,000 peopleThe number of hospital beds per 1,000 people — the capacity of inpatient care.
1980–2024 DPT immunization coverageThe share of children aged 12–23 months who have received three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus.
2000–2024 Government health expenditure (% of GDP)How much the state spends on health relative to the size of the economy.
2000–2024 Health share of government spendingWhat part of all government spending a country directs to health.
2000–2024 Government health expenditure per capitaHow many dollars a year the state spends on the health of one person.
2000–2024 Out-of-pocket health expenditureWhat share of medical spending people pay out of their own pocket at the point of care.
1971–2024 Physicians, totalHow many physicians work in a country — in absolute numbers, from 1971 onward.
1971–2024 Nurses and midwives, totalHow many nurses and midwives work in a country — usually three times as many as physicians.
1990–2023 Nurses and midwives per 1,000 peopleHow many nurses and midwives there are per 1,000 people.
1990–2024 Dentists per 10,000 peopleProvision of dentists — the only category of doctors WHO counts separately.
1971–2024 Number of pharmacistsHow many pharmacists work in a country — the availability of medicines depends on them.
2000–2023 Universal health coverage indexA composite estimate of how far the population is supplied with the medical care it needs. A scale from 0 to 100.
1980–2024 Measles immunizationWhat part of children aged 12–23 months are vaccinated against measles. Herd immunity requires 95%.