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Life expectancy, mortality, healthcare and public-health measures.
Health data is unusually sensitive to definitions, reporting delays and differences in surveillance. Mortality, life expectancy, disease prevalence and service coverage may come from registrations, surveys or modeled estimates. The assets below are selected to keep those source details visible rather than presenting a number without context.
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Tax revenue is defined as compulsory transfers to the central government for public purposes. Public expenditure on health care is defined as all the recurrent and capital spending from government, external borrowing and grants, and social health insurance funds. Both variables are measured in current international $, which adjusts for price differences between countries.
Eurostat dataset hlth_sha11_hf; Health care expenditure by financing scheme; updated 2026-09-16T23:00:00+0200.
Eurostat dataset ilc_hch01; Persons with financial burden of health care by level of difficulty, type of health care, household composition and risk of poverty threshold; updated 2026-06-08T23:00:00+0200.
Eurostat dataset ilc_hch21; Persons with financial burden of health care by sex, age, level of disability (activity limitation), type of health care and level of difficulty; updated 2026-05-06T23:00:00+0200.
Share of men (% of adult population), who are underweight, healthy/normal, overweight or obese based on body mass index (BMI). Body Mass Index (BMI) is a person's weight divided by their height squared. The WHO define a BMI <=18.5 as underweight; 18.6 to 25.0 as normal/healthy; 25.1 to 30 as overweight; and >30.0 as obese.
This is a composite measure based on thirteen policy response indicators including school closures, workplace closures, travel bans, testing policy, contact tracing, face coverings, and vaccine policy rescaled to a value from 0 to 100 (100 = strictest). If policies vary at the subnational level, the index is shown as the response level of the strictest sub-region.
Share of women (% of adult population), who are underweight, healthy/normal, overweight or obese based on body mass index (BMI). Body Mass Index (BMI) is a person's weight divided by their height squared. The WHO define a BMI <=18.5 as underweight; 18.6 to 25.0 as normal/healthy; 25.1 to 30 as overweight; and >30.0 as obese.
Increased risk of developing an illicit drug dependency or abuse disorder in individuals with a given mental health disorder, relative to those without. A value of 3.9 for PTSD, for example, would indicate that individuals with PTSD are 3.9 times as likely to develop drug dependency relative to those without.
Fish stocks are measured by their biomass: the number of individuals multiplied by their mass. Here it's measured as the biomass of a fish stock divided by the biomass at its maximum sustainable yield – the level at which we can catch the maximum amount of fish without a decline in fish populations. A value of one maximises fish catch without decreasing fish populations.
The estimated average level of non-high-density lipoprotein (non-HDL) cholesterol, commonly known as "bad cholesterol". Healthy levels are considered to be under 4mmol/L. Elevated levels of non-HDL cholesterol are a risk factor for chronic complications, including cardiovascular disease, and premature death.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of key dimensions of human development: a long and healthy life, being knowledgeable, and a decent standard of living. It is shown against mean male height in adults by year of birth.
Annual average concentration of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the air. These are small particles that are 2.5 micrometers or less in diameter and can cause health problems in humans exposed to high concentrations. This data excludes natural sources of PM2.5, such as dust and sea salt, to focus on human-caused pollution.
