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International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity, by type of IHR capacity — Policy, Legal and normative Instruments to implement IHR

Compare international health regulations (ihr) capacity, by type of ihr capacity — policy, legal and normative instruments to implement ihr across 192 countries using official UN SDG Global Database observations for 2024.

Source: United Nations SDG Global Database192 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
55.1%
Median: 50.0%
Countries Covered
192
with available data
Highest
Cuba
100.0%
Lowest
Antigua and Barbuda
20.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Cuba100.0%
2Denmark100.0%
3El Salvador100.0%
4South Korea100.0%
5Kuwait100.0%
By Region
Oceania100.0%(2 countries)
Asia72.0%(25 countries)
Europe67.2%(32 countries)
North America57.5%(4 countries)
South America57.1%(7 countries)
Key Findings
  • 192 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
  • United Arab Emirates has the highest published value (100 %).
  • Afghanistan has the lowest published value (20 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (20.0%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 55.1%)

Oceania (2)
Asia (25)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Other (113)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

International Health Regulations (IHR) capacity, by type of IHR capacity (%).

Values use UN SDG series SH_IHR_CAPS, release 2026.Q2.G.01, one fixed 2024 reference year, unit Percentage, and the fixed selection IHR Capacity: Policy, Legal and normative Instruments to implement IHR; Reporting Type: Global. Aggregates, missing/non-finite values, other dimensions, other attributes, and non-ISO geographies are excluded; MapTheory does not impute missing countries.

Methodology

UN SDG series SH_IHR_CAPS; year 2024; unit PERCENT; dimensions {"IHR Capacity": "SPAR2-C01", "Reporting Type": "G"}; attributes {"Nature": "C", "Units": "PERCENT"} Official UN SDG metadata for indicator 3.d.1.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Cuba100.0%
2Denmark100.0%
3El Salvador100.0%
4South Korea100.0%
5Kuwait100.0%
6Lithuania100.0%
7New Zealand100.0%
8Norway100.0%
9Portugal100.0%
10Russian Federation100.0%
11Saudi Arabia100.0%
12Singapore100.0%
13Switzerland100.0%
14United Arab Emirates100.0%
15Albania100.0%
16Australia100.0%
17Bahrain100.0%
18Cape Verde90.0%
19People's Republic of China90.0%
20Finland90.0%
21Germany90.0%
22Liechtenstein90.0%
23Poland90.0%
24Sweden90.0%
25Thailand90.0%
26Egypt90.0%
27Bulgaria80.0%
28Cambodia80.0%
29Ethiopia80.0%
30France80.0%
31Iceland80.0%
32Indonesia80.0%
33Islamic Republic of Iran80.0%
34Jamaica80.0%
35Japan80.0%
36Kazakhstan80.0%
37Lebanon80.0%
38Malta80.0%
39Netherlands80.0%
40Qatar80.0%
41Serbia80.0%
42United Kingdom80.0%
43Venezuela80.0%
44Canada70.0%
45Chile70.0%
46Estonia70.0%
47India70.0%
48Jordan70.0%
49North Korea70.0%
50Malaysia70.0%
51Panama70.0%
52Trinidad and Tobago70.0%
53Tunisia70.0%
54Turkmenistan70.0%
55Ukraine70.0%
56United States of America70.0%
57Uruguay70.0%
58Algeria70.0%
59Argentina70.0%
60Belarus60.0%
61Colombia60.0%
62Dominican Republic60.0%
63Ecuador60.0%
64Iraq60.0%
65Lao People's Democratic Republic60.0%
66Mexico60.0%
67Mongolia60.0%
68Montenegro60.0%
69Morocco60.0%
70Mozambique60.0%
71Nepal60.0%
72Nigeria60.0%
73Micronesia, Federated States of60.0%
74Palau60.0%
75Papua New Guinea60.0%
76Philippines60.0%
77Timor-Leste60.0%
78Saint Kitts and Nevis60.0%
79Saint Lucia60.0%
80Sao Tome and Principe60.0%
81Sierra Leone60.0%
82Vietnam60.0%
83Slovenia60.0%
84Zimbabwe60.0%
85Suriname60.0%
86Syrian Arab Republic60.0%
87Türkiye60.0%
88Uganda60.0%
89Uzbekistan60.0%
90Azerbaijan60.0%
91Bangladesh60.0%
92Armenia60.0%
93Barbados60.0%
94Sri Lanka50.0%
95Cyprus50.0%
96Czech Republic50.0%
97Greece50.0%
98Grenada50.0%
99Hungary50.0%
100Israel50.0%
101Kyrgyzstan50.0%
102Latvia50.0%
103Malawi50.0%
104Maldives50.0%
105Moldova, Republic of50.0%
106Nauru50.0%
107Marshall Islands50.0%
108Romania50.0%
109Seychelles50.0%
110Slovakia50.0%
111Spain50.0%
112Tonga50.0%
113Tuvalu50.0%
114The Republic of North Macedonia50.0%
115Zambia50.0%
116Bhutan50.0%
117Bolivia50.0%
118Brazil50.0%
119Brunei Darussalam50.0%
120Burundi40.0%
121Comoros40.0%
122Democratic Republic of the Congo40.0%
123Dominica40.0%
124Eritrea40.0%
125Georgia40.0%
126Republic of The Gambia40.0%
127Kiribati40.0%
128Guinea40.0%
129Guyana40.0%
130Haiti40.0%
131Honduras40.0%
132Ireland40.0%
133Madagascar40.0%
134Oman40.0%
135Nicaragua40.0%
136Pakistan40.0%
137Sudan40.0%
138Eswatini40.0%
139Angola40.0%
140Austria40.0%
141Bahamas40.0%
142Belgium40.0%
143Botswana40.0%
144Belize40.0%
145Myanmar30.0%
146Republic of the Congo30.0%
147Costa Rica30.0%
148Croatia30.0%
149Benin30.0%
150Fiji30.0%
151Djibouti30.0%
152Guatemala30.0%
153Italy30.0%
154Cote d'Ivoire30.0%
155Liberia30.0%
156Luxembourg30.0%
157Monaco30.0%
158Vanuatu30.0%
159Niger30.0%
160Paraguay30.0%
161Guinea-Bissau30.0%
162Senegal30.0%
163South Africa30.0%
164South Sudan30.0%
165Tajikistan30.0%
166Togo30.0%
167United Republic of Tanzania30.0%
168Burkina Faso30.0%
169Samoa30.0%
170Yemen30.0%
171Andorra30.0%
172Solomon Islands30.0%
173Cameroon20.0%
174Central African Republic20.0%
175Chad20.0%
176Equatorial Guinea20.0%
177Gabon20.0%
178Ghana20.0%
179Kenya20.0%
180Lesotho20.0%
181Libya20.0%
182Mali20.0%
183Mauritania20.0%
184Mauritius20.0%
185Namibia20.0%
186Peru20.0%
187Rwanda20.0%
188Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20.0%
189San Marino20.0%
190Somalia20.0%
191Afghanistan20.0%
192Antigua and Barbuda20.0%
Showing 192 of 192 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2024).

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