Healthiest Countries

What makes a country healthy? – This question is quite ambiguous. For example, let’s take the word “healthy”. When we hear this word we automatically connect it to a person, animal or in other words referring to living beings. With humans, “healthy” refers to the general condition of a person's mind and body, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain, but what is the meaning of the word “healthy” when it refers to a country? – Well, the answer is not that hard to figure out, it refers to the country’s life expectancy statistics, and we can say without a doubt that a healthy country is a country with high life expectancy rates. The life expectancy rates defer in every country, which is quite logical. They depend mostly on the healthcare systems of the target country, and that’s why the healthcare systems are struggling to improve their quality day by day. Despite this, the life expectancy rates depend on other influential factors such as the suicide rates, terrorist attacks and environmental calamities.

Have you ever asked yourself what are the healthiest countries in the world, have you ever even considered about this subject? – I know I have, and with some research I discovered some interesting facts that captured my attention. One of those facts is that a developed country like France found its place at the bottom of the list of healthiest countries. This was an interesting fact because when you think of France, its “health” is the last thing that comes to mind.