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World’s Best Hospitals 2025 By Alexis Kayser Healthcare Editor Published on Feb 26, 2025 Few decisions carry more weight than selecting a hospital for yourself or a loved one. This choice is often made while feeling unwell or after a stressful diagnosis—making it all the more difficult. That's why ready information about where world-class medical care is available can make all the difference in ensuring the best possible outcomes. According to global data platform Statista, the number of hospitals worldwide is projected to reach 215,977 by 2026. With an overwhelming number of hospitals to choose from, most available resources fail to provide a full overview of the options. To close the gap and help prospective patients find the best care possible, Newsweek and Statista are proud to present the World's Best Hospitals 2025, which shares the top hospitals worldwide, as well as ranked by country, to provide choices that are tailored for your needs. This year's ranking lists the best hospitals in 30 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States. These countries were selected based on multiple comparability factors, such as standard of living, life expectancy, population size, number of hospitals and data availability. The ranking is based on an extensive evaluation process, including an online survey of thousands of medical experts (doctors, hospital managers and health care professionals), patient experience data, hospital quality metrics and a PROMs Implementation Survey. Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are defined as standardized, validated questionnaires completed by patients to measure their perception of their functional well-being and quality of life. Over 2,400 hospitals were ranked this year, but the list also highlights the top 250 hospitals worldwide. Among these standouts are Mayo Clinic - Rochester, Cleveland Clinic, Toronto General - University Health Network, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset. Having reliable and accessible data is essential when selecting a hospital for treatment. We hope this list is a trusted resource for patients, families and health care leaders seeking insights into the world's top medical institutions. Alexis Kayser, Healthcare Editor Is your hospital not featured in the ranking? Discover the new Global Hospital Rating by Newsweek and Statista. United States of America Rank Hospital Score City State Footnote PROMs survey Performed "above average" for CMS Infection Prevention measures * Patient Experience Award ** 1 Mayo Clinic - Rochester 97.54% Rochester Minnesota
2 Cleveland Clinic 90.36% Cleveland Ohio
3 The Johns Hopkins Hospital 89.93% Baltimore Maryland
4 Massachusetts General Hospital 89.90% Boston Massachusetts
5 Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center 89.59% Los Angeles California
6 Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital 88.62% Stanford California
7 The Mount Sinai Hospital 88.49% New York New York
8 Brigham and Women's Hospital 87.80% Boston Massachusetts
9 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 87.73% Los Angeles California 10 Northwestern Memorial Hospital 87.70% Chicago Illinois
11 UCSF Medical Center 87.64% San Francisco California
12 University of Michigan Health 86.91% Ann Arbor Michigan
13 Mayo Clinic - Jacksonville 86.87% Jacksonville Florida
14 Duke University Hospital 86.79% Durham North Carolina
15 Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 86.76% Philadelphia Pennsylvania
16 Mayo Clinic Hospital - Phoenix 86.75% Phoenix Arizona
17 Houston Methodist Hospital 84.63% Houston Texas 18 New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell 84.18% New York New York 19 NYU Langone Hospitals - Tisch Hospital 83.47% New York New York 20 Rush University Medical Center 82.10% Chicago Illinois
21 Vanderbilt University Medical Center 81.24% Nashville Tennessee
22 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 81.11% Boston Massachusetts 23 UCLA Health - Santa Monica Medical Center 78.91% Santa Monica California
24 University of Chicago Medical Center 78.27% Chicago Illinois 25 Barnes-Jewish Hospital 77.20% St. Louis Missouri
26 Emory University Hospital 76.95% Atlanta Georgia 27 UW Health - University Hospital 76.00% Madison Wisconsin 28 Yale New Haven Hospital 75.54% New Haven Connecticut 29 Keck Hospital of USC 74.85% Los Angeles California
30 Virginia Mason Medical Center 74.04% Seattle Washington 31 University of Washington Medical Center 74.03% Seattle Washington
32 Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health 74.02% San Diego California 33 Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center 73.99% Baltimore Maryland 34 University of California Davis Medical Center 73.79% Sacramento California 35 University of Colorado Hospital 73.73% Aurora Colorado 36 University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center 73.58% Cleveland Ohio 37 Cleveland Clinic - Fairview Hospital 73.49% Cleveland Ohio 38 Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla 73.41% La Jolla California 39 University of Kansas Hospital 73.27% Kansas City Kansas
40 UT Southwestern Medical Center 73.14% Dallas Texas
41 University of Utah Hospital 73.10% Salt Lake City Utah
42 Ohio State University - Wexner Medical Center 72.76% Columbus Ohio 43 Torrance Memorial Medical Center 72.67% Torrance California 44 Jefferson Health - Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 71.86% Philadelphia Pennsylvania 45 Tufts Medical Center 71.84% Boston Massachusetts
46 Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital 71.82% Boston Massachusetts 47 OHSU Hospital 71.80% Portland Oregon 48 Cleveland Clinic - Florida 71.78% Weston Florida 49 UVA University Hospital 71.76% Charlottesville Virginia 50 Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center 71.75% Houston Texas 12...9 LICENSING Are you on the list? Click here to learn more about the licensing options. METHODOLOGY The World's Best Hospitals 2025 ranking lists the best hospitals in 30 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The countries were selected based on multiple comparability factors, such as standard of living/life expectancy, population size, number of hospitals, and data availability. For the third time, hospitals were surveyed regarding their PROMs implementation status. Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are defined as standardized, validated questionnaires completed by patients to measure their perception of their functional well-being and quality of life. With the guidance of the global board of medical experts, Newsweek and Statista have updated the PROMs Implementation Survey for the 2025 ranking cycle. The survey was sent out to hospitals in fall/winter 2024, and participation was also possible on newsweek.com and r.statista.com. Furthermore, the board of medical experts supports the continuous development of the overall methodology. The lists are based on four data sources: 1. Online Survey: Newsweek and Statista invited tens of thousands of medical experts (doctors, hospital managers, and health care professionals) in 30 countries to participate in an online survey. Participants were asked to recommend hospitals in their own country as well as in other countries. Recommendations for own employer/hospital were not allowed. 2. Patient Satisfaction: Results from patient experience surveys were incorporated into the scoring model. Publicly available data from existing patient surveys was used to analyze patient experience. Patient surveys are typically conducted by insurance companies among patients after hospitalization. Examples of survey topics include general satisfaction with the hospital, recommendation of the hospital, and satisfaction with medical care. 3. Hospital Quality Metrics: Quality metrics from a variety of public sources were collected for most countries. Quality metrics differ between countries. Examples of incorporated data include metrics on the quality of care for specific treatments, hygiene measures, and the number of patients per doctor or nurse. 4. PROMs Implementation Survey: For the third time, a PROMs implementation score has been included in the scoring model of the World's Best Hospitals project. In the fall and winter of 2024, Newsweek and Statista reached out to hospitals and conducted a survey about the implementation and use of PROMs. Since 2024, Statista has partnered with the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM, ) as a knowledge partner. ICHOM is the world's leading non-profit organization dedicated to development of standardized measurement of patient-important outcomes (including PROMs) as a basis for driving value-based health care. ICHOM is contributing to the future development of the PROMs Implementation Survey in a manner that can drive not only measurement but also the use of data from PROMs (and other patient-important outcomes) to advance value-based healthcare. Scores were calculated for each hospital in each of the four categories and weighted: Peer recommendations (35 percent national, 5 percent international), patient experience (17.5 percent), hospital quality metrics (37.5 percent), PROMs implementation (5 percent). Every hospital in each country is rated with a score. Scores are comparable only between hospitals in the same country because different sources for patient experience and medical key performance indicators were examined in each country. Since it is not possible to harmonize this data, cross-country comparisons of the scores are not possible (a score of 90 in country A doesn't necessarily mean that this hospital is better than a hospital with a score of 87 in country B). The number of hospitals awarded in each country varies based on the number of hospitals and data availability in the respective country. The US had the most hospitals awarded, with 420, while Israel and Singapore were represented with 10 hospitals each. In total, 2,445 hospitals were ranked for this seventh edition of the ranking. The top global hospitals were determined by the number of international recommendations received in the survey and their national rank. The global list does not include specialized hospitals. This year, one new component was added to the calculation: Bibliometric score. The rankings are comprised exclusively of hospitals that are eligible regarding the scope described in this document. A mention in the ranking is a positive recognition based on peer recommendations and publicly available data sources at the time. The ranking is the result of an elaborate process which, due to the interval of data-collection and analysis, is a reflection of the last calendar year. Furthermore, events preceding or following the period 01/01/2024–31/12/2024 and/or pertaining to individual persons affiliated/associated to the facilities were not included in the metrics. As such, the results of this ranking should not be used as the sole source of information for future deliberations. The information provided in this ranking should be considered in conjunction with other available information about hospitals or, if possible, accompanied by a visit to a facility. The quality of hospitals that are not included in the rankings is not disputed. The methodology overview is available here. The extended methodology is available here. Footnotes: ○ 1 - No medical KPI was used to determine the score for these hospitals. Their scores rely on patient satisfaction data and recommendations from medical experts. ○ 2 - No patient satisfaction data was used to determine the score for these hospitals. Their scores rely on results from medical KPIs and recommendations from medical experts. PROMs thresholds:
PROMs measurement that does not meet the 50% threshold
50% – <70%
70% – <87.5%
>=87.5% Hospitals which have filled out the survey but do not measure PROMs do not receive a checkmark. ○ Special hospitals - The focus of World's Best Hospitals is to award general hospitals. Specialized hospitals which have been recommended are featured on the country lists without a rank. ○ Infection prevention (*): The Infection Prevention Award identifies which of the US hospitals featured in the national ranking were performing "above national average" based on 6 reported measures. ○ Patient Experience (**): The patient experience award recognizes hospitals with an outstanding performance based on the ratings across the 10 composite measures of the HCAHPS survey. About Statista R Statista R is a world leader in the creation of company, brand, and product rankings and top lists, based on comprehensive market research and data analysis: Statista R recognizes the best. With a team of over 100 expert analysts and in cooperation with more than 40 high profile media brands across all continents, Statista R creates transparency for consumers and business decision makers and helps companies build trust and recognition across a plethora of industries and product categories. Visit r.statista.com for further information about Statista R and our rankings. Statista R is a division of Statista. The leading data and business intelligence portal provides an extensive collection of statistics, reports, and insights on over 80,000 topics from 22,500 sources in 170 industries. Find out more at statista.com. About ICHOM The International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM, ) is the leading non-profit dedicated to transforming healthcare by focusing on what truly matters to patients. They accomplish this by empowering patient and clinical leaders to standardize important clinical, quality of life, function and experience results for health care, and enabling transparent large-scale use to achieve patient-centric health system transformation. ICHOM's standardized 'sets' of patient-centered outcomes measures help all actors in healthcare design, deliver and evaluate care based on outcomes that matter to patients. To date, ICHOM has developed 45 outcome measure sets for conditions. The sets are available in IT-ready interoperable formats and have been implemented in 500+ care settings in 42+ countries. The Expert Board: Prof. Dr. David Bates: Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, USA Dr. Gary Kaplan: CEO Emeritus, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, CommonSpirit Board of Trustees, USA Prof. Dr. med. Christoph Meier: Director, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland Dr. med. Jens Deerberg-Wittram: Senior Fellow, Center for Patient-Centered Outcomes Research CPCOR, Germany Prof. Gregory Katz: Université Paris Cité School of Medicine, PromTime, France Prof Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, MD: Chief Transformation and Innovation Officer, Sheba Medical Center, Israel Current members of the board of experts are listed here. (责任编辑：) |
