Health system composite index in North America
North America: Health system composite index was 0.6467 standard deviations from the yearly mean in 2024. ▼ Falling
Health system composite index in North America, 1980–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in standard deviations from the yearly mean.
Analysis
North America recorded 0.6467 standard deviations from the yearly mean for health system composite index in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health system composite index in North America peaked at 1.59 standard deviations from the yearly mean in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.5279 standard deviations from the yearly mean, in 2019.
That places North America 5th out of 45 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Health system composite index in North America, year by year
| Year | standard deviations from the yearly mean | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1.45 standard deviations from the yearly mean | — |
| 1981 | 1.59 standard deviations from the yearly mean | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 1.58 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 1.44 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -8.6% |
| 1984 | 1.38 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -4.1% |
| 1985 | 1.27 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -7.8% |
| 1986 | 1.21 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -4.8% |
| 1987 | 0.9903 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -18.3% |
| 1988 | 1.29 standard deviations from the yearly mean | +30.2% |
| 1989 | 1.13 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -12.7% |
| 1990 | 0.9843 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -12.6% |
| 1991 | 0.9033 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 0.8019 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -11.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7961 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.9024 standard deviations from the yearly mean | +13.4% |
| 1995 | 0.8352 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 0.8879 standard deviations from the yearly mean | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 0.8808 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 0.8763 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8804 standard deviations from the yearly mean | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.8277 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -6.0% |
| 2001 | 0.8022 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 0.798 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.8357 standard deviations from the yearly mean | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8195 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7691 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 0.7449 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.7424 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.717 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 0.612 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -14.6% |
| 2010 | 0.6846 standard deviations from the yearly mean | +11.9% |
| 2011 | 0.6552 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6228 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 0.648 standard deviations from the yearly mean | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 0.6518 standard deviations from the yearly mean | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.6421 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6265 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5878 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 0.6178 standard deviations from the yearly mean | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 0.5279 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -14.5% |
| 2020 | 0.5994 standard deviations from the yearly mean | +13.5% |
| 2021 | 0.6575 standard deviations from the yearly mean | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 0.6051 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -8.0% |
| 2023 | 0.6522 standard deviations from the yearly mean | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 0.6467 standard deviations from the yearly mean | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.33 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 0.9903 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 1.59 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8748 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 0.7961 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 0.9843 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7669 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 0.612 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 0.8357 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6265 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 0.5279 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 0.6846 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6322 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 0.5994 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 0.6575 standard deviations from the yearly mean | 5 |
Countries ranked near North America
- 2 Andorra 1.23 standard deviations from the yearly mean compare
- 3 Luxembourg 1.19 standard deviations from the yearly mean compare
- 4 Switzerland 1.17 standard deviations from the yearly mean compare
- 5 Spain 1.17 standard deviations from the yearly mean compare
- 6 Israel 1.16 standard deviations from the yearly mean compare
- 7 South Korea 1.15 standard deviations from the yearly mean compare
- 8 United Arab Emirates 1.15 standard deviations from the yearly mean compare
More health data for North America
- Population ages 25-29, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per capita 0.034 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 65-69, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65-69, male, per capita 0.0282 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, annual growth rate 3.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, per capita 0.0253 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate 0.2392 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, male, annual growth rate 3.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65-69, male, annual growth rate 1.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is health system composite index in North America?
- Health system composite index in North America was 0.6467 standard deviations from the yearly mean in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest health system composite index recorded in North America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.59 standard deviations from the yearly mean in 1981.
- What is the lowest health system composite index recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5279 standard deviations from the yearly mean in 2019.
- How does North America rank for health system composite index?
- North America ranks 5th out of 45 groups with data for 2024.
- Is health system composite index rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North America data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Health system composite index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
An equal-weighted index of 4 indicators: Life expectancy at birth, total; Physicians per 1000 people; Hospital beds per 1000 people; Immunization, measles. Each is standardised against that year's spread across all reporting countries before averaging, so a score of 0 is the average country and +1 is one standard deviation above it.
Equal-weighted mean of the standardised inputs below.
Computed from
- Life expectancy at birth, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
- Medical doctors per 1,000 people World Health Organization (Global Health Workforce Statistics), OECD, and country data, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people World Health Organization (WHO) data, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Immunization, measles World Health Organization (WHO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
An equal-weighted index of 4 indicators: Life expectancy at birth, total; Physicians per 1000 people; Hospital beds per 1000 people; Immunization, measles. Each is standardised against that year's spread across all reporting countries before averaging, so a score of 0 is the average country and +1 is one standard deviation above it.