Overall health perception of adults by country worldwide 2023

In 2023, a survey of adults from 39 countries worldwide found respondents in Indonesia were most likely to report being very healthy/healthy while those in Nigeria and Poland were least likely to report being healthy. This statistic shows the overall health perception of adults worldwide, by country.

Percentage of adults worldwide who stated they were healthy as of 2023, by country

Characteristic	Very healthy/healthy	Somewhat unhealthy/unhealthy
Indonesia	95.6%	4.2%
Vietnam	93.4%	6.6%
Mexico	93%	6.5%
Paraguay	89.2%	10.8%
India	88.8%	10.8%
Laos	87.4%	12.6%
Iran	86.3%	13.2%
Malaysia	86.3%	13.6%
France	84.4%	13.9%
Pakistan	83.3%	16.1%
Sweden	83.3%	16.2%
Italy	81.8%	17.6%
South Korea	79.7%	19.8%
Philippines	78.1%	21%
Turkey	76%	23.7%
Greece	75.4%	24.2%
United States	75.4%	23.2%
Canada	75.2%	24.1%
Spain	74.7%	23.8%
Total	74%	25.2%
Brazil	74%	24.6%
Ecuador	72.8%	26.9%
Argentina	72.2%	25.5%
Germany	72.2%	27.5%
Belgium	71.3%	27.4%
Netherlands	70.8%	27.4%
United Kingdom	69.7%	29.3%
Croatia	68.4%	30.1%
Japan	68%	28.3%
Serbia	67.6%	31.1%
Slovenia	67.6%	31.7%
Côte d'Ivoire	67.4%	32.4%
Ireland	67.2%	32.3%
Palestinian Territories	65%	34.2%
Hong Kong	64.4%	35.2%
Peru	62.9%	36.7%
Finland	58.2%	41.5%
Chile	56.4%	42.4%
Poland	54.5%	43.8%
Nigeria	50.3%	49.7%

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Release date

September 2024

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

October to December, 2023

Number of respondents

33,866 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Respondents from 39 countries

Supplementary notes

Original question: "How do you consider your overall health in general?"
The source does not provide any information regarding missing percentage points to 100 percent.

Release date represents the date figures were accessed.

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