Health at a Glance compares key indicators for population health and health system performance across OECD Members, Key Partners and accession candidate countries. Analysis draws from the latest comparable official national statistics and other sources. This 2025 edition illustrates differences across countries and over time in terms of health status, non-medical determinants and risk factors, access to and quality of care, health spending and health system resources. The thematic chapter in this edition is on gender and health.
This publication would not have been possible without the contribution of national data correspondents from the countries covered in this report, who provided most of the data and metadata, as well as detailed feedback to a draft of the report. The OECD also recognises the contribution of other international organisations, notably Eurostat and the World Health Organization, for providing data and comments. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the OECD Member countries, the European Union or other international organisations.
Health at a Glance 2025 was prepared by the OECD Health Division under the co‑ordination of Chris James. Chapter 1 was prepared by Chris James, Caroline Penn and Minne Chu; Chapter 2 by Eliana Barrenho, Diana Castelblanco and Chris James; Chapter 3 by Diana Castelblanco, Judit Rauet Tejeda, Anna Perez-Lopez and Emily Hewlett; Chapter 4 by Marion Devaux, Marina Dorfmuller Ciampi, Eva Pildegovica and Elina Suzuki; Chapter 5 by Chris James, Minne Chu, Gaëlle Balestat, Caroline Penn and Caroline Berchet; Chapter 6 by Rie Fujisawa, Katherine de Bienassis, Stella Erker, Kadri-Ann Kallas, David Kelly, Candan Kendir, Angel Gonzalez, Nicolás Larrain, Jongmi Lee and Jay Lee; Chapter 7 by Michael Mueller, Caroline Penn, José Manuel Jerez Pombo, Nikita Ramachandran, Luca Lorenzoni and David Morgan; Chapter 8 by Gaétan Lafortune, Gaëlle Balestat, José Ramalho, Ekin Dagistan, José Manuel Jerez Pombo and David Morgan; Chapter 9 by Dahye Kim, Lisbeth Waagstein, Katarina Vujovic, Marjolijn Moens, David Morgan, Rishub Keelara and Valérie Paris; Chapter 10 by Satoshi Araki, Judit Rauet Tejeda, Soohyun Kim, Christine Le Thi, Ricarda Milstein, Michael Mueller, Agata Rozszczypala and Ana Llena-Nozal. OECD databases used in this publication are managed by Gaëlle Balestat, Marie‑Clémence Canaud, Stella Erker, Rie Fujisawa, José Manuel Jerez Pombo and Michael Mueller.
This publication benefited from comments by the OECD ELS senior management of Francesca Colombo, Frederico Guanais, Mark Pearson and Stefano Scarpetta. Editorial assistance and communication support was provided by Marie‑Clémence Canaud, Lucy Hulett, Charlotte Mapp, Lydia Wanstall and Alastair Wood.