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Health

24 World Bank indicators, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Africa, Kosovo. Each tile carries the annual series and the latest known value for each country, sorted from highest to lowest. Hover a chart to read a given year, open a tile for the full page.

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24of 24 for these countries
Countries compared
8United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, South Africa, Kosovo
Period covered
1960 - 2024the widest in this category
Annual values
4,245on this page, all series

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24 indicators

Health spending / GDPSH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · %
20002024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States16.69%2023
  • United Kingdom11.13%2024
  • Netherlands10.01%2024
  • Spain9.22%2023
  • South Africa8.91%2023
  • Italy8.44%2024
  • China5.94%2023
Health spending / capitaSH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · $
20002024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States13,473 $2023
  • Netherlands6,845.14 $2024
  • United Kingdom5,860.24 $2024
  • Italy3,397.69 $2024
  • Spain3,106.62 $2023
  • China763.38 $2023
  • South Africa536.59 $2023
Hospital beds / 1,000SH.MED.BEDS.ZS
19602023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China5.632023
  • Italy3.062022
  • Spain2.912023
  • United States2.682022
  • United Kingdom2.422022
  • Netherlands2.422022
  • South Africa2.252010
Physicians / 1,000SH.MED.PHYS.ZS
19602023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain4.292022
  • Italy4.192022
  • Netherlands3.882022
  • United States3.682022
  • United Kingdom3.32023
  • China3.112022
  • South Africa0.792022
Nurses / 1,000SH.MED.NUMW.P3
19902023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States13.382022
  • Netherlands11.672022
  • United Kingdom9.552023
  • Italy6.762022
  • Spain6.412022
  • South Africa6.392022
  • China3.672022
Safe drinking waterSH.H2O.SMDW.ZS · %
20002024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands99.96%2024
  • United Kingdom99.82%2024
  • Spain99.46%2024
  • United States97.57%2024
  • Italy96.76%2024
  • South Africa68.01%2024
Basic sanitationSH.STA.BASS.ZS · %
20002024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain99.92%2024
  • Italy99.88%2024
  • United States99.62%2024
  • United Kingdom99.1%2024
  • Netherlands97.66%2024
  • China97.27%2024
  • South Africa77.38%2024
HIV incidenceSH.HIV.INCD.ZS · %
19902024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa5.2%2024
  • Italy0.15%2024
  • Spain0.14%2024
  • United Kingdom0.1%2023
  • Netherlands0.1%2023
TB incidenceSH.TBS.INCD · /100k
20002024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa389 /100k2024
  • China49 /100k2024
  • United Kingdom9.7 /100k2024
  • Spain7.9 /100k2024
  • Italy5 /100k2024
  • Netherlands4.7 /100k2024
  • United States3.2 /100k2024
Smoking (male)SH.PRV.SMOK.MA · %
20002024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China44.2%2024
  • South Africa39%2024
  • Spain28.9%2024
  • Italy25.6%2024
  • Netherlands23%2024
  • United States20%2024
  • United Kingdom14.6%2024
Smoking (female)SH.PRV.SMOK.FE · %
20002024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain26.2%2024
  • Italy19.3%2024
  • Netherlands18%2024
  • United States11.6%2024
  • United Kingdom11%2024
  • South Africa8.5%2024
  • China1.5%2024
Alcohol consumptionSH.ALC.PCAP.LI · L
20002020

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United Kingdom10.73 L2020
  • United States9.9 L2020
  • Spain9.16 L2020
  • Netherlands8.71 L2020
  • South Africa7.13 L2020
  • Italy6.97 L2020
  • China4.58 L2020
Maternal mortalitySH.STA.MMRT · /100k
19852023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa118 /100k2023
  • United States17 /100k2023
  • China16 /100k2023
  • United Kingdom8 /100k2023
  • Italy6 /100k2023
  • Netherlands4 /100k2023
  • Spain3 /100k2023
Measles immunizationSH.IMM.MEAS · %
19802024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Spain97%2024
  • Italy95%2024
  • China95%2024
  • United States92%2024
  • United Kingdom89%2024
  • Netherlands89%2024
  • South Africa76%2024
DPT immunizationSH.IMM.IDPT · %
19802024

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • China97%2024
  • Italy94%2024
  • Spain94%2024
  • United States94%2024
  • United Kingdom92%2024
  • Netherlands91%2024
  • South Africa74%2024
Suicide rateSH.STA.SUIC.P5 · /100k
20002021

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa22.3 /100k2021
  • United States15.63 /100k2021
  • Netherlands11.5 /100k2021
  • United Kingdom9.55 /100k2021
  • China8.95 /100k2021
  • Spain8.72 /100k2021
  • Italy6.99 /100k2021
Road traffic deathsSH.STA.TRAF.P5 · /100k
20002019

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa22.2 /100k2019
  • China17.4 /100k2019
  • United States12.7 /100k2019
  • Italy5.3 /100k2019
  • Netherlands4 /100k2019
  • Spain3.9 /100k2019
  • United Kingdom3.2 /100k2019
Adult overweightSH.STA.OWAD.ZS · %
19902022

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • United States72.43%2022
  • United Kingdom61.42%2022
  • South Africa55.05%2022
  • Spain49.9%2022
  • Italy49.15%2022
  • Netherlands45.93%2022
  • China37.46%2022
UndernourishmentSN.ITK.DEFC.ZS · %
20012023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • South Africa10%2023
  • United Kingdom2.5%2023
  • Italy2.5%2023
  • Spain2.5%2023
  • Netherlands2.5%2023
  • United States2.5%2023
  • China2.5%2023

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