SDG Country Profiles Sustainable Development Goals, country by country
Sustainable Development Goal 3

Goal 3 of 17

Good Health and Well-being

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

70.0 world score, 2022
75.4 median country score, 2023
69.7 average across the countries assessed
166 countries assessed on this goal

World score since 2000

The world aggregate for this goal only.

Regional averages

Unweighted mean across the countries of each region assessed on this goal, 2023.

How the 166 scores are spread

  • 0 0
  • 2 10
  • 3 20
  • 12 30
  • 20 40
  • 14 50
  • 17 60
  • 33 70
  • 36 80
  • 29 90

Biggest gains on this goal

Change in goal score, 2015–2022.

  1. 1 Nepal 50.0 → 59.6 +9.6
  2. 2 Ukraine 66.7 → 75.4 +8.7
  3. 3 South Africa 48.4 → 57.0 +8.6
  4. 4 Guinea 23.9 → 32.3 +8.4
  5. 5 Malawi 41.3 → 49.7 +8.4

Largest falls on this goal

Where the score is lower than it was in 2015.

  1. 1 Venezuela, RB 67.4 → 62.8 -4.6
  2. 2 Lebanon 78.1 → 74.3 -3.8
  3. 3 Suriname 72.3 → 70.2 -2.1
  4. 4 Algeria 79.4 → 77.3 -2.1
  5. 5 Mauritius 77.2 → 75.2 -2.0

Every country on Goal 3

2023 scores, highest first. Ties share a rank.

RankCountryRegionScore
1 Norway OECD 97.1
2 Sweden OECD 96.9
3 Luxembourg OECD 96.5
4 Iceland OECD 96.4
5 Israel OECD 96.3
6 Switzerland OECD 96.0
7 Netherlands OECD 95.7
8 Denmark OECD 95.4
9 Finland OECD 95.4
10 Australia OECD 95.2
11 Japan OECD 94.6
12 Ireland OECD 94.4
13 Singapore East & South Asia 94.4
14 Spain OECD 94.2
15 Canada OECD 93.9
16 Italy OECD 93.9
17 Belgium OECD 93.4
18 France OECD 93.2
19 United Kingdom OECD 93.1
20 Germany OECD 93.0
21 Korea, Rep. OECD 92.8
22 New Zealand OECD 92.5
23 Austria OECD 92.5
24 Slovenia OECD 92.4
25 Portugal OECD 92.1
26 Malta Eastern Europe & Central Asia 91.2
27 Cyprus Eastern Europe & Central Asia 91.1
28 Greece OECD 90.3
29 Czechia OECD 90.2
30 Estonia OECD 89.5
31 United States OECD 88.7
32 Qatar Middle East & North Africa 88.7
33 Chile OECD 88.4
34 Costa Rica OECD 88.3
35 Slovak Republic OECD 87.8
36 Kuwait Middle East & North Africa 86.9
37 Maldives East & South Asia 86.9
38 Bahrain Middle East & North Africa 86.8
39 Croatia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 86.4
40 United Arab Emirates Middle East & North Africa 86.2
41 Lithuania OECD 86.1
42 Brunei Darussalam East & South Asia 85.6
43 Poland OECD 85.2
44 Uruguay Latin America & the Caribbean 84.7
45 Türkiye OECD 84.6
46 Cuba Latin America & the Caribbean 84.6
47 Latvia OECD 84.3
48 Hungary OECD 83.6
49 Belarus Eastern Europe & Central Asia 83.6
50 Oman Middle East & North Africa 83.5
51 China East & South Asia 83.4
52 Colombia OECD 82.7
53 Barbados Latin America & the Caribbean 82.5
54 Serbia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 82.5
55 Trinidad and Tobago Latin America & the Caribbean 81.9
56 Albania Eastern Europe & Central Asia 81.9
57 Argentina Latin America & the Caribbean 81.0
58 Peru Latin America & the Caribbean 80.8
59 Saudi Arabia Middle East & North Africa 80.7
60 Bahamas, The Latin America & the Caribbean 80.7
61 Romania Eastern Europe & Central Asia 80.6
62 Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East & North Africa 80.6
63 El Salvador Latin America & the Caribbean 80.3
64 Russian Federation Eastern Europe & Central Asia 80.3
65 Malaysia East & South Asia 80.1
66 Kazakhstan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 80.0
67 Mexico OECD 79.7
68 Thailand East & South Asia 79.7
69 Bulgaria Eastern Europe & Central Asia 79.3
70 Panama Latin America & the Caribbean 78.9
71 Tunisia Middle East & North Africa 78.9
72 Sri Lanka East & South Asia 78.5
73 Ecuador Latin America & the Caribbean 78.4
74 Jamaica Latin America & the Caribbean 78.2
75 Brazil Latin America & the Caribbean 77.7
76 Algeria Middle East & North Africa 77.3
77 Uzbekistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 77.2
78 Armenia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 77.0
79 North Macedonia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 76.9
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina Eastern Europe & Central Asia 76.9
81 Moldova Eastern Europe & Central Asia 76.6
82 Montenegro Eastern Europe & Central Asia 75.7
83 Cabo Verde Sub-Saharan Africa 75.5
84 Ukraine Eastern Europe & Central Asia 75.4
85 Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa 75.2
86 Georgia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 75.1
87 Kyrgyz Republic Eastern Europe & Central Asia 74.9
88 Nicaragua Latin America & the Caribbean 74.8
89 Jordan Middle East & North Africa 74.4
90 Lebanon Middle East & North Africa 74.3
91 Belize Latin America & the Caribbean 74.3
92 Bhutan East & South Asia 73.5
93 Morocco Middle East & North Africa 73.1
94 Azerbaijan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 72.9
95 Paraguay Latin America & the Caribbean 72.0
96 Fiji Oceania 71.2
97 Suriname Latin America & the Caribbean 70.2
98 Honduras Latin America & the Caribbean 70.2
99 Vietnam East & South Asia 69.9
100 Turkmenistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 69.4
101 Egypt, Arab Rep. Middle East & North Africa 69.4
102 Guatemala Latin America & the Caribbean 68.5
103 Tajikistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 67.2
104 Bolivia Latin America & the Caribbean 66.8
105 Dominican Republic Latin America & the Caribbean 66.6
106 Guyana Latin America & the Caribbean 65.5
107 Indonesia East & South Asia 64.8
108 India East & South Asia 64.8
109 Mongolia East & South Asia 64.0
110 Sao Tome and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa 63.6
111 Venezuela, RB Latin America & the Caribbean 62.8
112 Cambodia East & South Asia 62.0
113 Iraq Middle East & North Africa 61.3
114 Syrian Arab Republic Middle East & North Africa 61.3
115 Bangladesh East & South Asia 60.5
116 Nepal East & South Asia 59.6
117 Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa 59.0
118 Philippines East & South Asia 58.2
119 Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa 57.8
120 South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 57.0
121 Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa 55.3
122 Lao PDR East & South Asia 53.6
123 Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa 52.8
124 Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 51.9
125 Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa 51.8
126 Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa 51.3
127 Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa 51.0
128 Djibouti Sub-Saharan Africa 50.9
129 Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa 50.5
130 Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa 49.9
131 Myanmar East & South Asia 49.8
132 Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa 49.7
133 Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa 49.3
134 Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa 48.6
135 Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa 48.5
136 Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa 46.6
137 Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa 46.5
138 Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa 46.2
139 Togo Sub-Saharan Africa 45.7
140 Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 45.6
141 Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa 45.6
142 Pakistan East & South Asia 45.2
143 Yemen, Rep. Middle East & North Africa 44.5
144 Papua New Guinea Oceania 43.2
145 Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa 43.1
146 Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 42.0
147 Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa 41.9
148 Haiti Latin America & the Caribbean 40.7
149 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 40.7
150 Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa 39.8
151 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 37.6
152 Afghanistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 37.5
153 Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa 36.6
154 Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa 36.2
155 Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa 35.7
156 Angola Sub-Saharan Africa 35.2
157 Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 34.2
158 Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa 32.9
159 Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa 32.8
160 Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 32.3
161 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 31.7
162 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 27.1
163 Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa 24.3
164 South Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 23.9
165 Somalia Sub-Saharan Africa 17.9
166 Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa 13.0