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Ranked: How Australians rate their own health vs the OECD

Share of the population aged 16+ rating their own health as good or very good, across 33 OECD countries, 2022.

OECD median 67.9%1. New Zealand88%2. Canada85.8%3. United States85.5%4. Australia85%5. Ireland80.8%6. Switzerland80.2%7. Greece77.1%8. Belgium75.3%9. Luxembourg74.4%10. United Kingdom74%11. Norway73.9%12. Israel73.4%13. Italy72.9%14. Netherlands71.3%15. Spain70.1%16. Austria70.1%17. Czechia67.9%18. Slovenia67.7%19. Sweden66.8%20. Turkiye66.7%21. Slovak Republic66.1%22. France65.1%23. Denmark64.8%24. Finland64.3%25. Germany64.1%26. Hungary63%27. Poland62.2%28. Estonia57.7%29. Korea52.4%30. Latvia50.2%31. Portugal49.4%32. Lithuania48.1%33. Japan37.1%

Key takeaways

  • Australia ranks 4th of 33 OECD countries, with 85% of people aged 16+ rating their health as good or very good.
  • New Zealand leads all countries at 88%, followed by Canada at 85.8% and the United States at 85.5%.
  • Japan records the lowest share at 37.1%, with Lithuania (48.1%) and Portugal (49.4%) also at the bottom of the ranking.
  • The OECD median sits at 67.9%, with Czechia the only country at exactly that figure.
  • 16 of the 33 countries fall below the OECD median of 67.9%.