English-Speaking Doctors

Assesses how easy it is for English-speaking patients to find doctors and medical services that can practically communicate in English. It focuses on everyday usability for residents, visitors and new arrivals, while general care quality, insurance, costs, waiting times and overall English proficiency remain separate indicators.
1 Ireland92 points 92 points 92
1 United Kingdom92 points 92 points 92
1 United States92 points 92 points 92
4 Australia91 points 91 points 91
4 Canada91 points 91 points 91
4 New Zealand91 points 91 points 91
4 Singapore91 points 91 points 91
8 Gibraltar88 points 88 points 88
9 Malta86 points 86 points 86
9 Netherlands86 points 86 points 86
11 Denmark85 points 85 points 85
11 Norway85 points 85 points 85
11 Sweden85 points 85 points 85
14 Finland84 points 84 points 84
14 Iceland84 points 84 points 84
16 Austria83 points 83 points 83
16 Germany83 points 83 points 83
16 Luxembourg83 points 83 points 83
16 Switzerland83 points 83 points 83
20 Hong Kong82 points 82 points 82
20 Monaco82 points 82 points 82
20 United Arab Emirates82 points 82 points 82
23 Belgium80 points 80 points 80
23 Israel80 points 80 points 80
25 Bermuda78 points 78 points 78
25 Cyprus78 points 78 points 78
25 Malaysia78 points 78 points 78
28 Trinidad and Tobago77 points 77 points 77
29 Barbados76 points 76 points 76
29 Portugal76 points 76 points 76
31 Cayman Islands75 points 75 points 75
31 Saint Lucia75 points 75 points 75
31 Seychelles75 points 75 points 75
31 Thailand75 points 75 points 75
35 Liechtenstein74 points 74 points 74
35 Qatar74 points 74 points 74
35 Spain74 points 74 points 74
35 U.S. Virgin Islands74 points 74 points 74
39 Antigua and Barbuda73 points 73 points 73
39 Saint Kitts and Nevis73 points 73 points 73
41 Andorra72 points 72 points 72
41 Bahamas72 points 72 points 72
43 Bahrain70 points 70 points 70
43 Czech Republic70 points 70 points 70
43 Estonia70 points 70 points 70
43 Greece70 points 70 points 70
47 Guam69 points 69 points 69
48 British Virgin Islands68 points 68 points 68
48 Chinese Taipei68 points 68 points 68
48 Croatia68 points 68 points 68
48 Faroe Islands68 points 68 points 68
48 Lithuania68 points 68 points 68
48 New Caledonia68 points 68 points 68
48 Niue68 points 68 points 68
48 Turks and Caicos Islands68 points 68 points 68
56 Anguilla67 points 67 points 67
56 Cook Islands67 points 67 points 67
56 Slovenia67 points 67 points 67
59 France66 points 66 points 66
59 Latvia66 points 66 points 66
59 Poland66 points 66 points 66
59 Puerto Rico66 points 66 points 66
59 San Marino66 points 66 points 66
64 Costa Rica65 points 65 points 65
64 Georgia65 points 65 points 65
64 Grenada65 points 65 points 65
64 Guadeloupe65 points 65 points 65
64 Korea Republic65 points 65 points 65
64 Macau65 points 65 points 65
64 Maldives65 points 65 points 65
64 Panama65 points 65 points 65
64 Slovakia65 points 65 points 65
73 Hungary64 points 64 points 64
73 Italy64 points 64 points 64
73 Montserrat64 points 64 points 64
73 Philippines64 points 64 points 64
73 South Africa64 points 64 points 64
78 Aruba63 points 63 points 63
78 Belize63 points 63 points 63
78 Brunei63 points 63 points 63
78 Bulgaria63 points 63 points 63
78 Curacao63 points 63 points 63
78 Guyana63 points 63 points 63
78 Northern Mariana Islands63 points 63 points 63
85 India62 points 62 points 62
85 Jordan62 points 62 points 62
85 Kuwait62 points 62 points 62
85 Mauritius62 points 62 points 62
85 Palau62 points 62 points 62
85 Romania62 points 62 points 62
85 Sint Maarten62 points 62 points 62
85 Uruguay62 points 62 points 62
93 Argentina61 points 61 points 61
93 Japan61 points 61 points 61
93 Lebanon61 points 61 points 61
93 Montenegro61 points 61 points 61
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines61 points 61 points 61
93 Saint-Martin61 points 61 points 61
93 Saudi Arabia61 points 61 points 61
100 Armenia58 points 58 points 58
100 Chile58 points 58 points 58
100 Dominica58 points 58 points 58
100 Martinique58 points 58 points 58
100 Réunion58 points 58 points 58
100 Serbia58 points 58 points 58
100 Sri Lanka58 points 58 points 58
107 American Samoa57 points 57 points 57
107 Kazakhstan57 points 57 points 57
107 North Macedonia57 points 57 points 57
107 Saint Pierre and Miquelon57 points 57 points 57
111 Moldova56 points 56 points 56
111 Oman56 points 56 points 56
111 Turkey56 points 56 points 56
114 Azerbaijan55 points 55 points 55
114 Bosnia and Herzegovina55 points 55 points 55
114 China55 points 55 points 55
114 Mexico55 points 55 points 55
114 Nauru55 points 55 points 55
119 Albania54 points 54 points 54
119 Fiji54 points 54 points 54
119 Greenland54 points 54 points 54
122 Brazil53 points 53 points 53
122 Dominican Republic53 points 53 points 53
122 Mongolia53 points 53 points 53
122 Tahiti53 points 53 points 53
122 Tonga53 points 53 points 53
127 Micronesia52 points 52 points 52
127 Tuvalu52 points 52 points 52
129 Ecuador50 points 50 points 50
129 Paraguay50 points 50 points 50
131 Bangladesh49 points 49 points 49
131 Kosovo49 points 49 points 49
133 Belarus48 points 48 points 48
133 Botswana48 points 48 points 48
133 French Guiana48 points 48 points 48
133 Jamaica48 points 48 points 48
133 Kenya48 points 48 points 48
133 Marshall Islands48 points 48 points 48
133 Namibia48 points 48 points 48
133 Peru48 points 48 points 48
133 Russia48 points 48 points 48
133 Samoa48 points 48 points 48
133 Tunisia48 points 48 points 48
133 Uzbekistan48 points 48 points 48
133 Vietnam48 points 48 points 48
146 Suriname47 points 47 points 47
147 Morocco46 points 46 points 46
147 Nepal46 points 46 points 46
147 Swaziland46 points 46 points 46
147 Zambia46 points 46 points 46
151 Cape Verde45 points 45 points 45
151 Colombia45 points 45 points 45
151 El Salvador45 points 45 points 45
151 Nigeria45 points 45 points 45
151 Pakistan45 points 45 points 45
156 Algeria44 points 44 points 44
156 Cuba44 points 44 points 44
156 Egypt44 points 44 points 44
156 Kyrgyzstan44 points 44 points 44
160 Guatemala42 points 42 points 42
160 Indonesia42 points 42 points 42
162 Bhutan41 points 41 points 41
162 Wallis and Futuna41 points 41 points 41
164 Bolivia40 points 40 points 40
164 Tajikistan40 points 40 points 40
164 Timor-Leste40 points 40 points 40
167 Nicaragua37 points 37 points 37
167 Venezuela37 points 37 points 37
169 Gabon36 points 36 points 36
170 Honduras35 points 35 points 35
170 Iran35 points 35 points 35
172 Laos34 points 34 points 34
172 São Tomé and Príncipe34 points 34 points 34
174 Iraq33 points 33 points 33
174 Mayotte33 points 33 points 33
176 Cambodia32 points 32 points 32
176 Cameroon32 points 32 points 32
176 Ghana32 points 32 points 32
176 Ivory Coast32 points 32 points 32
176 Kiribati32 points 32 points 32
176 Lesotho32 points 32 points 32
176 Liberia32 points 32 points 32
176 Sierra Leone32 points 32 points 32
176 Solomon Islands32 points 32 points 32
176 Tanzania32 points 32 points 32
176 Uganda32 points 32 points 32
176 Vanuatu32 points 32 points 32
176 Zimbabwe32 points 32 points 32
189 Myanmar30 points 30 points 30
189 Palestine30 points 30 points 30
189 Turkmenistan30 points 30 points 30
189 Ukraine30 points 30 points 30
193 Benin29 points 29 points 29
193 Equatorial Guinea29 points 29 points 29
193 Mozambique29 points 29 points 29
196 Congo28 points 28 points 28
196 Djibouti28 points 28 points 28
196 Ethiopia28 points 28 points 28
196 Madagascar28 points 28 points 28
200 Angola27 points 27 points 27
201 Comoros26 points 26 points 26
202 Burkina Faso24 points 24 points 24
202 Guinea24 points 24 points 24
202 Mauritania24 points 24 points 24
205 Guinea-Bissau23 points 23 points 23
205 Mali23 points 23 points 23
207 Congo DR20 points 20 points 20
207 Libya20 points 20 points 20
207 Western Sahara20 points 20 points 20
210 Burundi18 points 18 points 18
210 Eritrea18 points 18 points 18
210 Gambia18 points 18 points 18
210 Malawi18 points 18 points 18
210 Niger18 points 18 points 18
210 Papua New Guinea18 points 18 points 18
210 Rwanda18 points 18 points 18
210 Senegal18 points 18 points 18
210 Togo18 points 18 points 18
210 Zanzibar18 points 18 points 18
220 Haiti17 points 17 points 17
220 Sudan17 points 17 points 17
222 Syria14 points 14 points 14
223 Chad13 points 13 points 13
224 Afghanistan11 points 11 points 11
224 Yemen11 points 11 points 11
226 Central African Republic10 points 10 points 10
226 South Sudan10 points 10 points 10
228 Korea DPR8 points 8 points 8
229 Somalia5 points 5 points 5

Last rating: June 15th, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is a Nomadino access score from 0 to 100 points. It estimates how likely an English-speaking patient is to find a doctor with whom medical care can practically be handled in English. 100 means very strong availability; 0 means availability is effectively absent. The score equals the raw value.

The value is not an official percentage rate. There is no robust globally comparable statistic for the share of English-speaking doctors. Nomadino therefore uses access points and combines public proxy signals that together describe practical access to English-language medical care.

The calculation combines four components: 35% medical capacity, 35% English-language environment, 20% internationally oriented medical infrastructure and 10% foreigner and travel pressure. Higher is better.

Medical capacity mainly uses doctor density and general care quality. A country with very few doctors cannot rank very highly on English-language access from language skills alone, because actual appointment availability remains constrained.

The language environment includes population English proficiency, English as a primary, official or working language, and practical everyday English usability. For Europe, Eurostat language data is used as an additional plausibility anchor.

International infrastructure looks at internationally accredited or foreigner-oriented hospitals, medical-service hubs, international schools, foreign-resident communities and health-system quality. The JCI directory is an important public check, but it does not replace complete country statistics.

Very low doctor density, weak care quality, war, state collapse or severe political instability can limit the raw value. Well-documented English-speaking high-performance systems or clear international medical hubs can receive floors where medical capacity supports them.

This indicator measures only English-language access to doctors. It does not replace general care quality, health insurance, specialist costs, waiting times, hospital beds, medicine access or general English proficiency.