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Countries by Poor Health

Complete ranking of 37 countries • % reporting poor health • Updated 2026

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About Poor Health Rankings

Latvia leads all 37 countries in Poor Health with a value of 15.1% reporting poor health, while Colombia ranks last at 1.30% reporting poor health. This represents a 12-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.

What Poor Health Measures

Share of people reporting poor health, from OECD How's Life / Well-Being.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Poor Health across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 1.30% reporting poor health (Colombia) to 15.1% reporting poor health (Latvia) — a 12-fold difference across 37 countries.

Regional Patterns

European countries dominate this ranking, holding 17 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 6.00% reporting poor health to 9.70% reporting poor health. The overall spread from 1.30% reporting poor health to 15.1% reporting poor health reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Latvia and Japan are separated by only 12%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

Europe

Latvia

15.1% reporting poor health

Asia

Japan

13.5% reporting poor health

South America

Chile

6.10% reporting poor health

Oceania

Australia

3.80% reporting poor health

North America

Costa Rica

3.40% reporting poor health

Highest Poor Health

The 5 strongest Poor Health reads.

Latvia15.1% reporting poor healthJapan13.5% reporting poor healthEstonia12.3% reporting poor healthLithuania12.1% reporting poor healthPortugal12.1% reporting poor health

Lowest Poor Health

The 5 lowest Poor Health reads.

Colombia1.30% reporting poor healthNew Zealand2.90% reporting poor healthCanada3.20% reporting poor healthUnited States3.40% reporting poor healthCosta Rica3.40% reporting poor health

Data Note

Rankings are based on the latest available data from OECD How's Life / Well-Being, covering 37 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

1stLatvia15.1% reporting poor health
2ndJapan13.5% reporting poor health
3rdEstonia12.3% reporting poor health
4thLithuania12.1% reporting poor health
5thPortugal12.1% reporting poor health
6thSlovakia11.9% reporting poor health
7thSouth Korea11.3% reporting poor health
8thGermany10.9% reporting poor health
9thPoland9.8% reporting poor health
10thFrance9.7% reporting poor health

Country Ladder

1stLatviaEurope15.1% reporting poor health2ndJapanAsia13.5% reporting poor health3rdEstoniaEurope12.3% reporting poor health4thLithuaniaEurope12.1% reporting poor health5thPortugalEurope12.1% reporting poor health6thSlovakiaEurope11.9% reporting poor health7thSouth KoreaAsia11.3% reporting poor health8thGermanyEurope10.9% reporting poor health9thPolandEurope9.8% reporting poor health10thFranceEurope9.7% reporting poor health11thNorwayEurope9.7% reporting poor health12thHungaryEurope9.6% reporting poor health13thCzechiaEurope9.1% reporting poor health14thIsraelAsia9.1% reporting poor health15thAustriaEurope8.4% reporting poor health16thSloveniaEurope8.4% reporting poor health17thBelgiumEurope8.3% reporting poor health18thUnited KingdomEurope8.3% reporting poor health19thSwedenEurope8.0% reporting poor health20thDenmarkEurope7.7% reporting poor health21stIcelandEurope7.5% reporting poor health22ndSpainEurope7.3% reporting poor health23rdTurkeyEurope7.1% reporting poor health24thGreeceEurope7.0% reporting poor health25thLuxembourgEurope6.2% reporting poor health26thChileSouth America6.1% reporting poor health27thFinlandEurope6.1% reporting poor health28thNetherlandsEurope6.0% reporting poor health29thItalyEurope5.9% reporting poor health30thIrelandEurope4.8% reporting poor health31stSwitzerlandEurope4.4% reporting poor health32ndAustraliaOceania3.8% reporting poor health33rdCosta RicaNorth America3.4% reporting poor health34thUnited StatesNorth America3.4% reporting poor health35thCanadaNorth America3.2% reporting poor health36thNew ZealandOceania2.9% reporting poor health37thColombiaNorth America1.3% reporting poor health
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