GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being in China

China: GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being was 0.68 5 year moving average in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)
0.68 5 year moving average
Change on year
up 13.3%
World rank
161st
of 215 countries
All-time high
0.778 5 year moving average
in 2004
All-time low
0.6 5 year moving average
in 2022
Years of data
20
2004–2023

GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being in China, 2004–2023

00.20.40.60.82004201320232004: 0.778 5 year moving average2005: 0.688 5 year moving average2006: 0.688 5 year moving average2007: 0.688 5 year moving average2008: 0.688 5 year moving average2009: 0.688 5 year moving average2010: 0.706 5 year moving average2011: 0.706 5 year moving average2012: 0.706 5 year moving average2013: 0.706 5 year moving average2014: 0.706 5 year moving average2015: 0.722 5 year moving average2016: 0.75 5 year moving average2017: 0.75 5 year moving average2018: 0.75 5 year moving average2019: 0.75 5 year moving average2020: 0.619 5 year moving average2021: 0.64 5 year moving average2022: 0.6 5 year moving average2023: 0.68 5 year moving average

Source: Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators). Measured in 5 year moving average.

Analysis

The most recent figure for goal 3: good health and well-being in China is 0.68 5 year moving average, measured in 2023.

The figure is up 13.3% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, goal 3: good health and well-being in China peaked at 0.778 5 year moving average in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.6 5 year moving average, in 2022.

China ranks 161st of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.

GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being in China, year by year

Annual values for GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being (5 year moving average) in China, 2004 to 2023.
Year 5 year moving average Change
2004 0.778 5 year moving average —
2005 0.688 5 year moving average -11.6%
2006 0.688 5 year moving average +0.0%
2007 0.688 5 year moving average +0.0%
2008 0.688 5 year moving average +0.0%
2009 0.688 5 year moving average +0.0%
2010 0.706 5 year moving average +2.6%
2011 0.706 5 year moving average +0.0%
2012 0.706 5 year moving average +0.0%
2013 0.706 5 year moving average +0.0%
2014 0.706 5 year moving average +0.0%
2015 0.722 5 year moving average +2.3%
2016 0.75 5 year moving average +3.9%
2017 0.75 5 year moving average +0.0%
2018 0.75 5 year moving average +0.0%
2019 0.75 5 year moving average +0.0%
2020 0.619 5 year moving average -17.5%
2021 0.64 5 year moving average +3.4%
2022 0.6 5 year moving average -6.3%
2023 0.68 5 year moving average +13.3%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 0.68 5 year moving average is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.84 5 year moving average, 81% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • China's 0.68 5 year moving average is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.68 5 year moving average, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.703 5 year moving average 0.688 5 year moving average 0.778 5 year moving average 6
2010s 0.7252 5 year moving average 0.706 5 year moving average 0.75 5 year moving average 10
2020s 0.6348 5 year moving average 0.6 5 year moving average 0.68 5 year moving average 4

Countries ranked near China

  1. 161 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.68 5 year moving average compare
  2. 161 Congo 0.68 5 year moving average compare
  3. 161 Eritrea 0.68 5 year moving average compare
  4. 161 Grenada 0.68 5 year moving average compare
  5. 161 Guinea 0.68 5 year moving average compare
  6. 161 Myanmar 0.68 5 year moving average compare
  7. 161 Papua New Guinea 0.68 5 year moving average compare
  8. 161 Samoa 0.68 5 year moving average compare
  9. 161 East Timor 0.68 5 year moving average compare
  10. 161 Togo 0.68 5 year moving average compare
  11. 161 Tonga 0.68 5 year moving average compare

See the full ranking of 215 places →

More reference data data for China

All data for China →

Frequently asked questions

What is goal 3: good health and well-being in China?
Goal 3: good health and well-being in China was 0.68 5 year moving average in 2023, according to Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators).
What is the highest goal 3: good health and well-being recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 0.778 5 year moving average in 2004.
What is the lowest goal 3: good health and well-being recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6 5 year moving average in 2022.
How does China rank for goal 3: good health and well-being?
China ranks 161st out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
Is goal 3: good health and well-being rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this China data come from?
The figures come from Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators), published as part of GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being (5 year moving average). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 20 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being in China. Statizoid, drawing on Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators). Retrieved 29 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/goal-3-good-health-and-well-being-5-year-moving-average/china/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/goal-3-good-health-and-well-being-5-year-moving-average/china/">GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being in China</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being (5 year moving average)
Unit
5 year moving average
Source
Statistical Performance Indicators, The World Bank (https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/dataset/statistical-performance-indicators)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
215 places, 4,300 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed

SDG Goal 3 data availability. Source: UN Global SDG Indicators Database