World’s Richest Countries Aren’t Always the Healthiest, Study Shows

World’s Richest Countries Aren’t Always the Healthiest, Study Shows

Flags of different countries around the world. Credit: american_rugbier / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 A new global study led by the University of Surrey has found that the healthiest countries are not always the richest, challenging assumptions that national wealth guarantees better health. Despite their economic power, nations like the United States and Canada are falling behind in global health benchmarks, while smaller economies such as …

The world’s healthiest countries aren’t the richest