* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Healthcare price index, world average = 100, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 165 countries was 67.78 index points. The highest value was in Bermuda: 251.83 index points and the lowest value was in Tajikistan: 15.73 index points. The indicator is available from 2017 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: World Bank International Comparison Program
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Healthcare prices, 2021 Global rank Available data
Bermuda 251.83 1 2017 - 2021
Switzerland 225.24 2 2017 - 2021
Iceland 216.17 3 2017 - 2021
USA 207.91 4 2017 - 2021
Norway 204.04 5 2017 - 2021
Israel 203.77 6 2017 - 2021
Australia 194.03 7 2017 - 2021
Ireland 189.13 8 2017 - 2021
Luxembourg 176.27 9 2017 - 2021
Sweden 172.72 10 2017 - 2021
UK 162.11 11 2017 - 2021
Finland 157.54 12 2017 - 2021
Netherlands 150.69 13 2017 - 2021
Canada 150.47 14 2017 - 2021
Denmark 149.48 15 2017 - 2021
Austria 146.59 16 2017 - 2021
Hong Kong 137.11 17 2017 - 2021
Kuwait 133.36 18 2017 - 2021
Singapore 130.04 19 2017 - 2021
Costa Rica 128.98 20 2017 - 2021
Italy 126.38 21 2017 - 2021
Belgium 123.89 22 2017 - 2021
Spain 122.81 23 2017 - 2021
Germany 117.52 24 2017 - 2021
UA Emirates 114.9 25 2017 - 2021
New Zealand 112.75 26 2017 - 2021
Aruba 111.4 27 2017 - 2021
Cyprus 110.11 28 2017 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 106.72 29 2017 - 2021
Uruguay 105.31 30 2017 - 2021
France 102.73 31 2017 - 2021
Panama 101.85 32 2017 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 97.29 33 2017 - 2021
Japan 97.16 34 2017 - 2021
Slovenia 95.73 35 2017 - 2021
Portugal 92.84 36 2017 - 2021
Malta 92.3 37 2017 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 90.8 38 2017 - 2021
Qatar 88.56 39 2017 - 2021
Greece 88.3 40 2017 - 2021
Mexico 82.96 41 2017 - 2021
South Korea 80.73 42 2017 - 2021
Saint Lucia 80.33 43 2017 - 2021
Estonia 79.31 44 2017 - 2021
South Africa 76.27 45 2017 - 2021
Dominica 75.33 46 2017 - 2021
Bahrain 74.37 47 2017 - 2021
Grenada 74.16 48 2017 - 2021
Oman 72.66 49 2017 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 72.4 50 2017 - 2021
Belize 72.01 51 2017 - 2021
Namibia 70.26 52 2017 - 2021
Latvia 69.88 53 2017 - 2021
Chile 68.9 54 2017 - 2021
Ecuador 68.69 55 2017 - 2021
Brazil 68.63 56 2017 - 2021
Djibouti 66.17 57 2017 - 2021
Honduras 65.91 58 2017 - 2021
Morocco 65.67 59 2017 - 2021
China 63.77 60 2017 - 2021
Gabon 60.73 61 2017 - 2021
Swaziland 59.47 62 2017 - 2021
Chad 58.57 63 2017 - 2021
Guatemala 58.41 64 2021 - 2021
Slovakia 58.02 65 2017 - 2021
Seychelles 56.73 66 2017 - 2021
Jamaica 56.66 67 2017 - 2021
Lithuania 56.34 68 2017 - 2021
Guyana 56.3 69 2017 - 2021
Senegal 55.99 70 2017 - 2021
Zimbabwe 55.72 71 2017 - 2021
Croatia 55.22 72 2017 - 2021
Bolivia 55.11 73 2017 - 2021
Niger 54.64 74 2017 - 2021
El Salvador 54.3 75 2017 - 2021
Cape Verde 54.25 76 2017 - 2021
Jordan 52.94 77 2017 - 2021
Maldives 52.78 78 2017 - 2021
Malawi 52.27 79 2017 - 2021
Lesotho 51.39 80 2017 - 2021
Cameroon 51.38 81 2017 - 2021
Burkina Faso 51.37 82 2017 - 2021
Taiwan 51.37 83 2017 - 2021
Ivory Coast 50.81 84 2017 - 2021
Brunei 50.71 85 2017 - 2021
Paraguay 50.52 86 2017 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 49.9 87 2017 - 2021
Benin 49.62 88 2017 - 2021
Philippines 49.51 89 2017 - 2021
Czechia 49.41 90 2017 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 48.7 91 2017 - 2021
Kenya 48.29 92 2017 - 2021
Fiji 48.19 93 2017 - 2021
Mauritius 47.87 94 2017 - 2021
Iraq 47.71 95 2017 - 2021
Botswana 47.6 96 2017 - 2021
R. of Congo 47.35 97 2017 - 2021
Poland 46.31 98 2017 - 2021
Mali 45.97 99 2017 - 2021
Togo 45.58 100 2017 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 45.05 101 2017 - 2021
Hungary 44.88 102 2017 - 2021
Malaysia 43.76 103 2017 - 2021
Liberia 43.52 104 2017 - 2021
Tunisia 42.89 105 2017 - 2021
Indonesia 42.6 106 2017 - 2021
Comoros 42.25 107 2017 - 2021
DR Congo 42.18 108 2017 - 2021
G.-Bissau 41.97 109 2017 - 2021
Mozambique 41.77 110 2017 - 2021
Peru 41.54 111 2017 - 2021
Argentina 41.3 112 2017 - 2021
Serbia 40.84 113 2017 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 40.01 114 2017 - 2021
Thailand 39.9 115 2017 - 2021
Somalia 39.57 116 2021 - 2021
Tanzania 39.17 117 2017 - 2021
Bulgaria 38.36 118 2017 - 2021
Albania 37.53 119 2017 - 2021
Mauritania 37.23 120 2017 - 2021
Uganda 36.57 121 2017 - 2021
Madagascar 36.1 122 2017 - 2021
Colombia 36.02 123 2017 - 2021
Guinea 35.84 124 2017 - 2021
Montenegro 35.64 125 2017 - 2021
Rwanda 34.11 126 2017 - 2021
North Macedonia 33.79 127 2017 - 2021
Moldova 33.23 128 2017 - 2021
Sierra Leone 32.99 129 2017 - 2021
Nigeria 32.9 130 2017 - 2021
Burundi 32.16 131 2017 - 2021
Russia 32.1 132 2017 - 2021
Ghana 31.73 133 2017 - 2021
Angola 30.61 134 2017 - 2021
Cambodia 30.09 135 2017 - 2021
Zambia 29.94 136 2017 - 2021
Vietnam 29.75 137 2017 - 2021
Algeria 29.73 138 2017 - 2021
Lebanon 29.21 139 2021 - 2021
Nicaragua 28.86 140 2017 - 2021
Georgia 28.45 141 2017 - 2021
Gambia 28.31 142 2017 - 2021
Romania 28.07 143 2017 - 2021
Pakistan 27.98 144 2017 - 2021
Suriname 27.94 145 2017 - 2021
Armenia 27.26 146 2017 - 2021
Bangladesh 26.9 147 2017 - 2021
Turkey 25.69 148 2017 - 2021
Belarus 24.98 149 2017 - 2021
Egypt 24.9 150 2017 - 2021
Kazakhstan 24.26 151 2017 - 2021
Ethiopia 23.6 152 2017 - 2021
India 23.03 153 2017 - 2021
Mongolia 22.66 154 2017 - 2021
Laos 21.7 155 2017 - 2021
Bhutan 21.66 156 2017 - 2021
Azerbaijan 21.05 157 2017 - 2021
Syria 20.23 158 2021 - 2021
Ukraine 19.37 159 2017 - 2021
Uzbekistan 19.14 160 2021 - 2021
Nepal 19.09 161 2017 - 2021
Sri Lanka 18.67 162 2017 - 2021
Sudan 17.84 163 2017 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 17.74 164 2017 - 2021
Tajikistan 15.73 165 2017 - 2021



Definition: A broad-based healthcare cost index that allows comparison between countries. The world average is set at 100 and higher index values indicate higher a healthcare cost.

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123.89
122.81
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66.17
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60.73
59.47
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56.73
56.66
56.34
56.30
55.99
55.72
55.22
55.11
54.64
54.30
54.25
52.94
52.78
52.27
51.39
51.38
51.37
51.37
50.81
50.71
50.52
49.90
49.62
49.51
49.41
48.70
48.29
48.19
47.87
47.71
47.60
47.35
46.31
45.97
45.58
45.05
44.88
43.76
43.52
42.89
42.60
42.25
42.18
41.97
41.77
41.54
41.30
40.84
40.01
39.90
39.57
39.17
38.36
37.53
37.23
36.57
36.10
36.02
35.84
35.64
34.11
33.79
33.23
32.99
32.90
32.16
32.10
31.73
30.61
30.09
29.94
29.75
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29.21
28.86
28.45
28.31
28.07
27.98
27.94
27.26
26.90
25.69
24.98
24.90
24.26
23.60
23.03
22.66
21.70
21.66
21.05
20.23
19.37
19.14
19.09
18.67
17.84
17.74
15.73
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