Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of health systems factors for countries

Health service delivery

Number of inpatient beds per 10,000 population^a

159

26.25

1

143

23.98

Health workforce

Number of health workers per 10,000 population^a

34

54.39

5.7

151.9

45.89

Annual number of graduates (doctors) of health professions educational institutions per 100,000 population^b

36

14.61

3.3

56

8.73

Annual number of graduates (nurses) of health professions educational institutions per 100,000 population^b

34

45.02

14

101

24.88

Doctor population ratio (per 10,000 pop)^c

185

17.78

0.008

85.5

17.15

Nursing and midwifery personnel (per 10,000 pop)^d

185

42.75

0.6

201.609

43.19

Health information

Civil registration coverage of births (%)

170

84.16

2.7

100

23.85

Civil registration coverage of cause of death (%)

116

83.35

0

100

24.82

Ill defined causes in cause of death registration (%)

91

12.75

1.68

46

9.55

Essential medicines^e

Median availability of selected generic medicines in public health facilities (2007–13)

39

56.13

0

100

28.69

Median availability of selected generic medicines in private health facilities

42

64.17

2.8

100

25.18

Health financing

Current health expenditure (as % of GDP) (2017)^f

181

6.63

1.2

17.1

2.85

Domestic general government health expenditure as % of GDP (2017)^g

183

14

0.4

89.4

20.12

General government expenditure on health as a proportion of general government expenditure^h

135

11.43

1.4

26.9

5.09

Out-of-pocket payments for health (% of current expenditure on health)ⁱ

184

31.22

0.1

80.95

19.22

Global health security indicators (all scores out of 100)^j

Prevention of emergence or release of pathogens

191

34.6

1.9

83.1

17.07

Early detection and reporting for epidemics of potential international concern

191

42.06

2.7

98.2

23.98

Rapid response to and mitigation of the spread of an epidemic

191

38.68

16

91.9

15.24

Sufficient and robust health system to treat the sick and protect health workers

191

26.67

0.3

73.8

17.27

Commitment to improving national capacity, financing and adherence to norms

191

47.97

23.3

85.3

12.76

Overall risk environment and country vulnerability to biological threats

191

54.65

6.2

87.9

17.14

Overall score- global health security

191

40.17

16.2

83.5

14.79

Socio demographic factors

Female literacy rate

81

92.27

55

100

10.71

Proportion of people aged 60 years or more

104

30.56

0.18

100

28.55

Proportion of people below poverty line

87

19.96

0.06

61.9

12.02

Governance

Voice and accountability

137

0.19

− 2.2

1.73

0.98

Political stability

139

0.12

− 3

1.61

0.98

Government effectiveness

137

0.21

− 2.24

2.23

0.99

Regulatory quality

137

0.18

− 2.34

2.21

1

Rule of law

137

0.2

− 2.33

2.05

1

Control of corruption

137

0.18

− 1.8

2.21

1.02