Health and wellbeing rankings: the complete guide to 73 live Top 10s

There are 73 live rankings in health and wellbeing on Top10Earth. This guide explains what each one measures, who leads it today and how often it changes. Life expectancy, hospitals, habits and the health of nations, ranked from public health data. The newest snapshot in the category was captured on 2026-11-02. United States tops more of these rankings than anyone else (5 lists), followed by Nigeria (4), Tuvalu (3), Monaco (3) and Somalia (3).

The rankings at a glance

• 73 rankings currently published in health and wellbeing.
• Refresh cadence: 73 weekly.
• Sources: Our World in Data (59 rankings) and World Bank Open Data (14 rankings).
• Snapshots kept: 89 across the category, every one of them still browsable.

Who is number one in health and wellbeing

The current leader of every ranking, with the value that put them there and the capture date:

• Countries drinking the largest share of their alcohol as spirits: North Korea, 96.77 % (Spirits share of alcohol consumption), 2026-11-02.
• Countries spending the largest share of GDP on health: Tuvalu, 27.09 % of GDP (Health expenditure), 2026-11-02.
• Countries spending the most on alcohol and tobacco as a share of expenditure: Croatia, 7.89 % (Alcohol and tobacco spending share), 2026-11-02.
• Countries spending the most on health per person: United States, 13.5k US$ (Health spending per capita), 2026-10-28.
• Countries spending the most on public health as a share of GDP: Tuvalu, 19.72 % of GDP (Government health spending), 2026-11-02.
• Countries where most people agree vaccines are safe: Cambodia, 97 % (Agree vaccines are safe), 2026-11-02.
• Countries where the most people agree vaccines are effective: China, 97 % (Belief that vaccines are effective), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest alcohol consumption per person: Romania, 16.8 litres of pure alcohol per person (Alcohol consumption), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest alcohol-related death rates: Belarus, 23.2 per 100,000 people (Alcohol use disorder death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest birth rate: Central African Republic, 46.19 per 1,000 people (Crude birth rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest bladder cancer death rate: Poland, 4.71 deaths per 100,000 people (Bladder cancer death rate), 2026-10-31.
• Countries with the highest brain cancer death rate: Seychelles, 7.99 deaths per 100,000 people (Brain and nervous system cancer death rate), 2026-11-01.
• Countries with the highest breast cancer death rate: Seychelles, 37.94 deaths per 100,000 people (Breast cancer death rate in women), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest cancer death rate: Mongolia, 177.12 deaths per 100,000 people (Death rate from cancer), 2026-10-29.
• Countries with the highest cardiovascular death rate: Uzbekistan, 594.05 deaths per 100,000 people (Death rate from cardiovascular diseases), 2026-10-29.
• Countries with the highest child overweight rates: Australia, 26.4 % (Overweight among children under 5), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest cocaine-related death rates: United States, 3.21 per 100,000 people (Cocaine use disorder death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest death rates from Alzheimer's and dementias: Monaco, 314.53 per 100,000 people (Dementia death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest death rates from ambient air pollution: Tajikistan, 159 per 100,000 people (Air pollution death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest death rates from diarrhoeal diseases: Somalia, 111.7 per 100,000 people (Diarrhoeal disease death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest death rates from digestive diseases: Moldova, 72.17 per 100,000 people (Digestive disease death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest death rates from falls: Slovenia, 37.41 per 100,000 people (Falls death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest death rates from fires and burns: Lesotho, 10.51 per 100,000 people (Fire and burns death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest death rates from malnutrition: Somalia, 30.64 per 100,000 people (Malnutrition death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest death rates from mental and substance use disorders: United States, 38.09 per 100,000 people (Mental and substance use death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest death rates from natural disasters: Haiti, 20.3 per 100,000 people (Natural disaster death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest death rates from Parkinson's disease: Monaco, 45.17 per 100,000 people (Parkinson's disease death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest death rates from poisoning: Moldova, 4.03 per 100,000 people (Poisoning death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest drowning death rates: Nauru, 15.19 per 100,000 people (Drowning death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest drug-related death rates: United States, 31.75 per 100,000 people (Drug use disorder death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest fertility rate: Chad, 6.03 (Births per woman), 2026-10-28.
• Countries with the highest government health spending as a share of GDP: Tuvalu, 19.72 % of GDP (Domestic general government health expenditure), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest healthy life expectancy at birth: Singapore, 73.65 years (Healthy life expectancy at birth), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest incidence of malaria: Benin, 354.25 per 1,000 people at risk (Incidence of malaria), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest infant mortality rates: South Sudan, 7.19 deaths per 100 live births (Infant mortality rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest life expectancy at birth: Japan, 84.46 years (Life expectancy at birth), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest malaria death rates: Niger, 131.24 per 100,000 people (Malaria death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest maternal death rates: Paraguay, 2.59 per 100,000 people (Maternal death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest maternal mortality ratios: Nigeria, 992.83 per 100,000 live births (Maternal mortality ratio), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest meningitis death rates: Somalia, 29.86 per 100,000 people (Meningitis death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest neonatal mortality rates: South Sudan, 4.02 deaths per 1,000 live births (Neonatal mortality rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest opioid use death rates: United States, 24.73 per 100,000 people (Opioid use death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest out-of-pocket share of health spending: Armenia, 80.47 % of current health expenditure (Out-of-pocket expenditure), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest pancreatic cancer death rates: Hungary, 10.26 per 100,000 people (Pancreatic cancer death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest prevalence of anemia in children: Yemen, 79.5 % (Anemia in children), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest respiratory infection death rates: Paraguay, 301.01 per 100,000 people (Respiratory infection death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest road accident death rates: North Korea, 42.69 per 100,000 people (Road injury death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest share of adults who use tobacco: Timor-Leste, 48.8 % of adults (Current tobacco use), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest share of children with wasting: India, 18.7 % (Child wasting), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest share of overweight children under 5: Australia, 26.4 % of children under 5 (modeled estimate) (Prevalence of overweight children), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest share of people using basic sanitation: Andorra, 100 % of population (People using at least basic sanitation services), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest share of people using safely managed drinking water: Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba, 100 % (Safely managed drinking water), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest share of pregnant women with anemia: Mali, 62.1 % of pregnant women (Anemia among pregnant women), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest share of stunted children under 5: Burundi, 52.8 % (Stunting in children under 5), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest share of wasted children under 5: South Sudan, 22.7 % of children under 5 (Prevalence of wasting), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest stomach cancer death rates: Mongolia, 27.51 deaths per 100,000 people (Stomach cancer death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest tuberculosis death rates: Lesotho, 232.13 per 100,000 people (Tuberculosis death rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest tuberculosis incidence: Kiribati, 945 per 100,000 people (Incidence of tuberculosis), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest tuberculosis treatment success rate: American Samoa, 100 % of new cases (Tuberculosis treatment success rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the highest under-5 child mortality rate: Nigeria, 115.6 per 1,000 live births (Under-5 mortality rate), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the longest life expectancy: Monaco, 86.37 years (Life expectancy), 2026-10-29.
• Countries with the most adults who drank alcohol in the last year: Luxembourg, 84.2 % (Adults who drank alcohol in past year), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the most births attended by skilled health staff: Andorra, 100 % of total (Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total)), 2026-10-29.
• Countries with the most births per year: India, 23.2k thousand births (Births per year), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the most children not vaccinated against DTP3: Nigeria, 2,518.59 thousand children (Children unvaccinated against DTP3), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the most deaths attributable to alcohol (share): Belarus, 23.15 % (Alcohol-attributable fractions, all-cause deaths (%)), 2026-10-29.
• Countries with the most deaths of children under five: Nigeria, 855.68 thousand deaths (Under-five deaths), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the most doctors per 1,000 people: Cuba, 9.54 per 1,000 people (Physicians), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the most hospital beds per 1,000 people: South Korea, 12.81 per 1,000 people (Hospital beds), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the most mental health units in general hospitals: Iceland, 4.54 per 100,000 people (Mental health units in general hospitals), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the most nurses and midwives per 1,000 people: Switzerland, 18.76 per 1,000 people (Nurses and midwives), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the most people without safe drinking water: India, 341.8k thousand people (People without safe drinking water), 2026-11-02.
• Countries with the most wildfire smoke emissions (PM2.5): Indonesia, 5,568.84 thousand tonnes (Annual PM2.5 emissions from wildfires), 2026-10-30.

Rankings to start with

These have the longest snapshot history, so their rank-history charts show the most movement:

• Countries spending the most on health per person (3 snapshots, weekly): #1 United States, #2 Switzerland and #3 Liechtenstein.
• Countries with the highest fertility rate (3 snapshots, weekly): #1 Chad, #2 Somalia, Fed. Rep. and #3 Congo, Dem. Rep..
• Countries with the highest bladder cancer death rate (2 snapshots, weekly): #1 Poland, #2 Croatia and #3 Hungary.
• Countries with the highest brain cancer death rate (2 snapshots, weekly): #1 Seychelles, #2 Montenegro and #3 Croatia.
• Countries with the highest breast cancer death rate (2 snapshots, weekly): #1 Seychelles, #2 Grenada and #3 Antigua and Barbuda.

What moved recently

Rank changes detected in the last 30 days across health and wellbeing:

• Iceland dropped out of the top 10 to #25. (Countries with the longest life expectancy)
• Guernsey dropped out of the top 10 to #20. (Countries with the longest life expectancy)
• France dropped out of the top 10 to #17. (Countries with the longest life expectancy)
• Monaco entered the top 10 at #1. (Countries with the longest life expectancy)
• Gibraltar dropped out of the top 10 to #15. (Countries with the longest life expectancy)
• Switzerland entered the top 10 at #9. (Countries with the longest life expectancy)
• Saint Barthelemy entered the top 10 at #6. (Countries with the longest life expectancy)
• Monaco is the new #1. (Countries with the longest life expectancy)
• Australia fell 6 places to #10. (Countries with the longest life expectancy)
• South Korea entered the top 10 at #5. (Countries with the longest life expectancy)
• Japan entered the top 10 at #4. (Countries with the longest life expectancy)
• San Marino entered the top 10 at #2. (Countries with the longest life expectancy)

Where the data comes from

• Our World in Data, used by 59 rankings. Data from Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) and the sources it cites.
• World Bank Open Data, used by 14 rankings. Source: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).

Every ranking page states its metric definition, the source's own caveats and the capture date, and links to the original dataset. Top10Earth never estimates or edits a value. Each number is fetched from its source on a schedule, hashed, stored and ranked by software, then checked by a quality gate before it is published. If a refresh fails that gate the previous snapshot stays live and a person looks at why. Every past snapshot is kept, which is what makes the rank-history charts on each ranking page possible.

Play health and wellbeing as a quiz

Each ranking has a quiz: three minutes to name the top 10, with forgiving spelling and a shareable result card. Ten new quizzes are picked in every category each day on the quizzes page, and every past day stays playable.

Every health and wellbeing ranking

• Countries drinking the largest share of their alcohol as spirits · Spirits share of alcohol consumption (%) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries spending the largest share of GDP on health · Health expenditure (% of GDP) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries spending the most on alcohol and tobacco as a share of expenditure · Alcohol and tobacco spending share (%) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries spending the most on health per person · Health spending per capita (US$) · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries spending the most on public health as a share of GDP · Government health spending (% of GDP) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries where most people agree vaccines are safe · Agree vaccines are safe (%) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries where the most people agree vaccines are effective · Belief that vaccines are effective (%) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest alcohol consumption per person · Alcohol consumption (litres of pure alcohol per person) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest alcohol-related death rates · Alcohol use disorder death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest birth rate · Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people) · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest bladder cancer death rate · Bladder cancer death rate (deaths per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest brain cancer death rate · Brain and nervous system cancer death rate (deaths per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest breast cancer death rate · Breast cancer death rate in women (deaths per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest cancer death rate · Death rate from cancer (deaths per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest cardiovascular death rate · Death rate from cardiovascular diseases (deaths per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest child overweight rates · Overweight among children under 5 (%) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest cocaine-related death rates · Cocaine use disorder death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest death rates from Alzheimer's and dementias · Dementia death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest death rates from ambient air pollution · Air pollution death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest death rates from diarrhoeal diseases · Diarrhoeal disease death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest death rates from digestive diseases · Digestive disease death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest death rates from falls · Falls death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest death rates from fires and burns · Fire and burns death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest death rates from malnutrition · Malnutrition death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest death rates from mental and substance use disorders · Mental and substance use death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest death rates from natural disasters · Natural disaster death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest death rates from Parkinson's disease · Parkinson's disease death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest death rates from poisoning · Poisoning death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest drowning death rates · Drowning death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest drug-related death rates · Drug use disorder death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest fertility rate · Births per woman · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest government health spending as a share of GDP · Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP) · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest healthy life expectancy at birth · Healthy life expectancy at birth (years) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest incidence of malaria · Incidence of malaria (per 1,000 people at risk) · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest infant mortality rates · Infant mortality rate (deaths per 100 live births) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest life expectancy at birth · Life expectancy at birth (years) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest malaria death rates · Malaria death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest maternal death rates · Maternal death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest maternal mortality ratios · Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest meningitis death rates · Meningitis death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest neonatal mortality rates · Neonatal mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest opioid use death rates · Opioid use death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest out-of-pocket share of health spending · Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure) · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest pancreatic cancer death rates · Pancreatic cancer death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest prevalence of anemia in children · Anemia in children (%) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest respiratory infection death rates · Respiratory infection death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest road accident death rates · Road injury death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest share of adults who use tobacco · Current tobacco use (% of adults) · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest share of children with wasting · Child wasting (%) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest share of overweight children under 5 · Prevalence of overweight children (% of children under 5 (modeled estimate)) · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest share of people using basic sanitation · People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest share of people using safely managed drinking water · Safely managed drinking water (%) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest share of pregnant women with anemia · Anemia among pregnant women (% of pregnant women) · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest share of stunted children under 5 · Stunting in children under 5 (%) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest share of wasted children under 5 · Prevalence of wasting (% of children under 5) · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest stomach cancer death rates · Stomach cancer death rate (deaths per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest tuberculosis death rates · Tuberculosis death rate (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest tuberculosis incidence · Incidence of tuberculosis (per 100,000 people) · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest tuberculosis treatment success rate · Tuberculosis treatment success rate (% of new cases) · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries with the highest under-5 child mortality rate · Under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) · World Bank Open Data · weekly
• Countries with the longest life expectancy · Life expectancy (years) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the most adults who drank alcohol in the last year · Adults who drank alcohol in past year (%) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the most births attended by skilled health staff · Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) (% of total) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the most births per year · Births per year (thousand births) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the most children not vaccinated against DTP3 · Children unvaccinated against DTP3 (thousand children) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the most deaths attributable to alcohol (share) · Alcohol-attributable fractions, all-cause deaths (%) (%) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the most deaths of children under five · Under-five deaths (thousand deaths) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the most doctors per 1,000 people · Physicians (per 1,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the most hospital beds per 1,000 people · Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the most mental health units in general hospitals · Mental health units in general hospitals (per 100,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the most nurses and midwives per 1,000 people · Nurses and midwives (per 1,000 people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the most people without safe drinking water · People without safe drinking water (thousand people) · Our World in Data · weekly
• Countries with the most wildfire smoke emissions (PM2.5) · Annual PM2.5 emissions from wildfires (thousand tonnes) · Our World in Data · weekly

Questions about health and wellbeing rankings

How many health and wellbeing rankings are there?

73 live rankings, each with its own quiz, history chart and methodology notes.

Who leads the most health and wellbeing rankings?

United States, at #1 in 5 rankings as of 2026-11-02.

How often do these rankings update?

73 refresh weekly. A refresh only publishes if it passes the quality gate.

Are the rankings opinions?

No. Each is one metric from one named public source at one time, ranked by software. They are useful comparisons, not advice.