5 Most Advanced Countries in Medicine

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1. South Korea

Health Care Index: 78.72

Citations Per Paper: 6.32

Legatum-Prosperity Health Score: 252.18

South Korea is the most advanced country in the world in terms of medicine based on our averaging out of credible reports. Its leading institutes in research and schooling in the field of medicine include Yonsei University, Seoul National University and Korea University. 

On the corporate front, there are companies like Yuhan Corp, LG Chem Ltd and GC Biopharma Corp, among others. The share of the country’s GDP for the healthcare sector was 8.16% in 2019. According to Korea Biomedical Review, the country ranks 10th with regard to the number of published medical papers. 

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