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Topic 05 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Turks and Caicos Islands: Health & Wellbeing
How long, and how well fed, do people live?
Turks and Caicos Islands is placed 39th of 200 countries on health & wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Life Expectancy at Birth 78.01 (2023); Under-Five Mortality Rate 4.653 (2024).
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Health & Wellbeing
39th
of 200 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
- 78.01Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023Years a newborn would live at current death rates
- 4.653Under-Five Mortality Rate, 2024Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
- 4.61Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five, 2024Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
- —Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, 2024No reading for this country
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Turks and Caicos Islands on health & wellbeing — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Life Expectancy at Birth
UN DESA Population Division
2023 edition · data for 2023 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
78.01
Years a newborn would live at current death rates
Higher is better
Turks and Caicos Islands: 78.01. Across the 222 countries in this edition, values run from 54.46 (Nigeria) to 86.37 (Monaco); the world median is 74.63.
- World median
- 74.63
- Best in Caribbean
- 81.69 Puerto Rico
Key 2 of 4
Under-Five Mortality Rate
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
4.653
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)
Lower is better
Turks and Caicos Islands: 4.653. Across the 200 countries in this edition, values run from 1.26 (San Marino) to 115.65 (Nigeria); the world median is 14.54.
- World median
- 14.54
- Best in Caribbean
- 4.653 Turks and Caicos Islands
Key 3 of 4
Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five
UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates)
Latest reading per country, 2014–2024 · Turks and Caicos Islands’s is from 2020 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
4.61
Children under 5 who are stunted (%)
Lower is better
Turks and Caicos Islands: 4.61. Across the 162 countries at their latest reading, values run from 0.518 (Latvia) to 52.8 (Burundi); the world median is 13.8.
- World median
- 13.8
- Best in Caribbean
- 2.485 Saint Lucia
Key 4 of 4
Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
Population in severe food insecurity (%)
Lower is better
FAO publishes no 2024 figure for Turks and Caicos Islands, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 125 countries in this edition, values run from 0.6 (Brazil) to 62.9 (South Sudan); the world median is 4.9.
- World median
- 4.9
- Best in Caribbean
- 4.4 Grenada
02Over time
Which way Turks and Caicos Islands is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Life Expectancy at Birth
Years a newborn would live at current death rates · higher is better
Turks and Caicos IslandsWorld median
Turks and Caicos Islands rose from 73.97 in 2000 to 78.01 in 2023; the world median went from 70.68 to 74.63.
Every year’s figures
Year Turks and Caicos Islands World median 2023 78.01 74.630 2022 77.92 74.313 2021 77.23 72.433 2020 77.50 73.063 2019 77.69 74.196 2018 77.60 74.081 2017 77.51 74.029 2016 77.44 74.013 2015 77.32 73.783 2014 77.21 73.330 2013 77.10 73.386 2012 76.97 73.210 2011 76.87 73.003 2010 76.78 72.827 2009 76.67 72.426 2008 76.08 72.264 2007 76.43 72.113 2006 76.20 72.027 2005 75.95 71.876 2004 75.63 71.477 2003 75.26 71.409 2002 74.84 71.173 2001 74.41 70.926 2000 73.97 70.678 Under-Five Mortality Rate
Deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) · lower is better
Turks and Caicos IslandsWorld median
Turks and Caicos Islands fell from 11.74 in 2000 to 4.653 in 2024; the world median went from 30.43 to 14.54.
Every year’s figures
Year Turks and Caicos Islands World median 2024 4.7 14.5 2023 4.8 15.2 2022 5.0 14.7 2021 5.1 15.1 2020 5.3 15.3 2019 5.5 15.7 2018 5.6 16.3 2017 5.8 16.8 2016 6.0 17.5 2015 6.2 17.9 2014 6.4 18.3 2013 6.6 18.7 2012 6.8 18.8 2011 7.0 19.0 2010 7.3 19.2 2009 7.5 20.8 2008 7.8 20.7 2007 8.1 21.8 2006 8.5 22.8 2005 8.9 24.0 2004 9.4 25.9 2003 9.9 26.9 2002 10.5 28.0 2001 11.1 29.1 2000 11.7 30.4
03In context
Turks and Caicos Islands beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 200 countries on health & wellbeing, never a place within the region.
Turks and Caicos Islands and Caribbean
Turks and Caicos Islands has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 200; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Life Expectancy at BirthYears a newborn would live at current death rates | Under-Five Mortality RateDeaths before age five (per 1,000 live births) | Stunting Prevalence in Children Under FiveChildren under 5 who are stunted (%) | Prevalence of Severe Food InsecurityPopulation in severe food insecurity (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 39th | 78.01 | 4.653 | 4.61 | — |
 Anguilla | 48th | 79.31 | 5.608 | — | — |
 Cuba | 56th | 78.09 | 8.559 | 7.127 | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 66th | 77.6 | 9.051 | — | — |
 Montserrat | =67th | 76.19 | 6.354 | — | — |
 British Virgin Islands | 77th | 77.28 | 12.38 | — | — |
 Barbados | 78th | 76.18 | 9.764 | 7.708 | — |
 Bahamas | 96th | 74.55 | 12.36 | — | — |
 Grenada | 103rd | 75.21 | 17.96 | — | 4.4 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 109th | 71.23 | 11.28 | — | — |
 Dominican Republic | 114th | 73.72 | 30.63 | 6.717 | 16.4 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 117th | 72.14 | 15.85 | — | — |
 Jamaica | 120th | 71.48 | 17.79 | 4.641 | 27.4 |
 Saint Lucia | 121st | 72.7 | 17.24 | 2.485 | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | 127th | 73.49 | 18.78 | 9.191 | 6.9 |
 Dominica | 144th | 71.13 | 35.66 | — | — |
 Haiti | 176th | 64.94 | 52.75 | 21.98 | 45.4 |
 Aruba | not placed | 76.35 | — | — | — |
 Cayman Islands | not placed | 80.36 | — | — | — |
 Curaçao | not placed | 76.8 | — | — | — |
 Puerto Rico | not placed | 81.69 | — | — | — |
 Saint Martin | not placed | 80.22 | — | — | — |
 Sint Maarten | not placed | 76.37 | — | — | — |
 United States Virgin Islands | not placed | 75.47 | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 200.
- Turks and Caicos Islands39th
- Anguilla48th
- Cuba56th
- Antigua and Barbuda66th
- Montserrat=67th
- British Virgin Islands77th
- Barbados78th
- Bahamas96th
- Grenada103rd
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines109th
- Dominican Republic114th
- Saint Kitts and Nevis117th
- Jamaica120th
- Saint Lucia121st
- Trinidad and Tobago127th
- Dominica144th
- Haiti176th
- Arubanot placed
- Cayman Islandsnot placed
- Curaçaonot placed
- Puerto Riconot placed
- Saint Martinnot placed
- Sint Maartennot placed
- United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on health & wellbeing
The countries immediately above and below Turks and Caicos Islands in the topic’s list.
Canada36th
Montenegro37th
Australia38th- Turks and Caicos Islands39th
Ireland40th
Serbia41st
France42nd
04Context, no vote
Where Turks and Caicos Islands is ahead of the world, and behind
23 more statistics filed under health & wellbeing, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median13
Statistics on which Turks and Caicos Islands does better than the middle country measured.
Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two DaysUNICEF · 2025 · world median 82.998.782.9No earlier reading
Turks and Caicos Islands: 98.7 · world median 82.9 · Newborns with a health check within 2 days of birth (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 7.3 to 99.9; higher is better.
Position 11th of 109 · derived.
Infant Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 12.263.04812.26▲ Improved since 2014
Turks and Caicos Islands: 3.048 · world median 12.26 · Deaths before age one (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.214 to 71.87; lower is better.
Position 176th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Wasting Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 3.5461.1553.546No earlier reading
Turks and Caicos Islands: 1.155 · world median 3.546 · Children under 5 who are wasted (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.1 to 22.74; lower is better.
Position 142nd of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
PM2.5 Air Pollution ExposureAtmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis · 2023 · world median 14.456.714.45▼ Worsened since 2013
Turks and Caicos Islands: 6.7 · world median 14.45 · Population-weighted PM2.5 concentration (µg/m³). Atmospheric Composition Analysis Group, Washington University in St. Louis, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2.5 to 68.2; lower is better.
Position 187th of 220 · derived, 1st = worst.
Neonatal Mortality RateUN IGME · 2024 · world median 8.1342.4198.134▲ Improved since 2014
Turks and Caicos Islands: 2.419 · world median 8.134 · Deaths in the first 28 days (per 1,000 live births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.544 to 39.47; lower is better.
Position 169th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4803.48No real change since 2015
Turks and Caicos Islands: 0 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Mortality Rate, Ages 5–14UN IGME · 2024 · world median 2.8581.2752.858No real change since 2014
Turks and Caicos Islands: 1.275 · world median 2.858 · Deaths between ages 5 and 14 (per 1,000 children aged 5). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.392 to 59.04; lower is better.
Position 157th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8193.281No earlier reading
Turks and Caicos Islands: 93.2 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 34th of 153 · derived.
Minimum Dietary Diversity, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 37.5756.1737.57No earlier reading
Turks and Caicos Islands: 56.17 · world median 37.57 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at least 5 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 8.089 to 85.88; higher is better.
Position 30th of 115 · derived.
Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 133.791.88133.7▼ Worsened since 2013
Turks and Caicos Islands: 91.88 · world median 133.7 · Deaths before age 60 per 1,000 people alive at 15, at that year's death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 25.15 to 415.44; lower is better.
Position 151st of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Life Expectancy at Age 65UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 16.3917.6816.39No real change since 2013
Turks and Caicos Islands: 17.68 · world median 16.39 · Further years a 65-year-old would live at current death rates. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 12.13 to 23.21; higher is better.
Position 77th of 222 · derived.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4616.1927.46▼ Worsened since 2013
Turks and Caicos Islands: 16.19 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 140th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Stillbirth RateUN IGME · 2023 · world median 8.1636.0968.163No real change since 2013
Turks and Caicos Islands: 6.096 · world median 8.163 · Stillbirths (per 1,000 total births). UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 1.18 to 34.9; lower is better.
Position 125th of 200 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median6
Statistics on which Turks and Caicos Islands does worse than the middle country measured.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.996.896.9No earlier reading
Turks and Caicos Islands: 96.8 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Severe Child Food Poverty, Children Aged 6–23 MonthsUNICEF · 2024 · world median 21.2621.4721.26No earlier reading
Turks and Caicos Islands: 21.47 · world median 21.26 · Children aged 6-23 months fed from at most 2 of 8 food groups (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.169 to 63.08; lower is better.
Position 55th of 113 · derived, 1st = worst.
Violent Discipline of ChildrenUNICEF · 2025 · world median 75.879.175.8No earlier reading
Turks and Caicos Islands: 79.1 · world median 75.8 · Children aged 1-14 experiencing violent discipline (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 37.6 to 94; lower is better.
Position 41st of 90 · derived, 1st = worst.
Early Initiation of BreastfeedingUNICEF · 2024 · world median 52.9549.1952.95No earlier reading
Turks and Caicos Islands: 49.19 · world median 52.95 · Newborns put to the breast within one hour of birth (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 7.749 to 93.1; higher is better.
Position 79th of 136 · derived.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2563.271.25▼ Worsened since 2013
Turks and Caicos Islands: 63.2 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 119th of 196 · derived.
Overweight Prevalence in Children Under FiveUNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates) · 2024 · world median 5.518.345.5No real change since 2014
Turks and Caicos Islands: 18.34 · world median 5.5 · Children under 5 who are overweight (%). UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.623 to 26.43; lower is better.
Position 3rd of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end4
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.6555.220.65No earlier reading
Turks and Caicos Islands: 55.2 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Modern Contraceptive PrevalenceUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 35.434.535.4Moved since 2013
Turks and Caicos Islands: 34.5 · world median 35.4 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using a modern contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 2 to 73.8.
Contraceptive Prevalence (Any Method)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 41.2536.141.25Moved since 2013
Turks and Caicos Islands: 36.1 · world median 41.25 · Share of all women aged 15–49 using any contraceptive method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 6.6 to 78.7.
Children with Functional DifficultiesUNICEF · 2024 · world median 137.413No earlier reading
Turks and Caicos Islands: 7.4 · world median 13 · Children aged 5-17 with a functional difficulty (%). UNICEF, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.9 to 35.2.
No current reading for Turks and Caicos Islands
Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Average Weekly Hours Worked, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff (last 2020), Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Dietary Energy Supply, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Fish and Seafood Supply per Person, Fruit Supply per Person, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, HPV Vaccination Coverage, Girls, Human Capital Index, Human Development Index, Immunisation Coverage, DTP3, Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Maternal Mortality Ratio, Meat Supply per Person, Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with Diarrhoea, Pesticide Use per Hectare, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment, Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet and Vegetable Supply per Person. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Health & Wellbeing among Turks and Caicos Islands’s 3 topics
Health & Wellbeing is Turks and Caicos Islands’s best-placed topic of 3. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Health & Wellbeing39th of 2003/4 keys
- Education & Knowledgejoint 48th of 1983/4 keys
- Energy146th of 1652/3 keys
No standing on Governance & Institutions, Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Development & Human Capital, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Democracy & Civil Liberties, Peace & Security, Risk & Resilience, Mobility & Trade, Food & Agriculture, Poverty & Inequality, Digital & Technology: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on health & wellbeing
The three countries placed highest of 200, and the leaders Turks and Caicos Islands can most readily be measured against.
1
San MarinoSouthern Europe
1st of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Matl derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
MonacoWestern Europe
2nd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
AndorraSouthern Europe
3rd of 200 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest placed on all 4 keys
South Korea5th4/4 keysHighest in Americas
United States=30th4/4 keysHighest in Caribbean
Turks and Caicos Islands39th3/4 keys
Positions out of 200 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Turks and Caicos Islands and health & wellbeing
On health & wellbeing
Global Hunger Index 2025: Countries with the Most Alarming Hunger Crisis
Thirteen countries scored across four editions — 2000, 2008, 2016 and 2025 — and five the report could not score at all. DR Congo and South Sudan share 121st place on 37.5.
On health & wellbeing
World Happiness Report 2025: Finland Leads Again as the US and UK Face Major Declines
The ten highest life evaluations of 2025, drawn on a world map, and the six things the report uses to explain them. Costa Rica and Mexico are the only two outside Europe and the Middle East.
08Questions
Turks and Caicos Islands on health & wellbeing: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Turks and Caicos Islands rank on health & wellbeing?
Turks and Caicos Islands is placed 39th of 200 countries on Health & Wellbeing in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Life Expectancy at Birth, Under-Five Mortality Rate and Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Life Expectancy at Birth figure for Turks and Caicos Islands?
78.01 in 2023 (years a newborn would live at current death rates), according to UN DESA Population Division. The world median in the same edition was 74.63.
What is the latest Under-Five Mortality Rate figure for Turks and Caicos Islands?
4.653 in 2024 (deaths before age five (per 1,000 live births)), according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). The world median in the same edition was 14.54.
How have Turks and Caicos Islands’s health & wellbeing figures changed?
Life Expectancy at Birth rose from 73.97 in 2000 to 78.01 in 2023; Under-Five Mortality Rate fell from 11.74 in 2000 to 4.653 in 2024.
Which health & wellbeing statistics are missing for Turks and Caicos Islands?
No current reading is published for Turks and Caicos Islands on Adults Who Have Been Too Anxious or Depressed to Carry On, Agreement That Vaccines Are Safe, Average Weekly Hours Worked, Births Attended by Skilled Health Staff, Care-Seeking for Children with Symptoms of Pneumonia, Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, Cost of a Healthy Diet, Dietary Energy Supply, Excess Mortality During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Exclusive Breastfeeding Under Six Months, Fatal Occupational Injuries, Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Fish and Seafood Supply per Person, Fruit Supply per Person, Gender Inequality Index, Global Multidimensional Poverty Index, Global Report on Food Crises, HPV Vaccination Coverage, Girls, Human Capital Index, Human Development Index, Immunisation Coverage, DTP3, Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), INFORM Severity Index, Insecticide-Treated Net Use, Low Birthweight Prevalence, Malaria Incidence (P. falciparum), Malaria Incidence (P. vivax), Malaria Mortality (P. falciparum), Maternal Mortality Ratio, Meat Supply per Person, Oral Rehydration Salts for Children with Diarrhoea, Pesticide Use per Hectare, Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity, Prevalence of Undernourishment, Share of Dietary Energy Supply from Cereals, Roots and Tubers, Share of Population Unable to Afford a Healthy Diet and Vegetable Supply per Person. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Health spending, hospital beds and doctors per person are not measured, because more of any of them does not guarantee better outcomes. Mental health and self-reported happiness are not part of this topic. Food supply per person is measured under Food & Agriculture. Maternal mortality and many other indicators are published here as context; maternal mortality is a key in Development & Human Capital instead.
How the Health & Wellbeing standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The health & wellbeing method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Life Expectancy at Birth — UN DESA Population Division, CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Under-Five Mortality Rate — UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Stunting Prevalence in Children Under Five — UNICEF, WHO and World Bank Group (Joint Malnutrition Estimates), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity — Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), CC BY 4.0
The other 23 statistics on this page come from 6 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Turks and Caicos Islands’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Turks and Caicos Islands (banner) — Tim Sackton derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 2.0
- San Marino — Matl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Monaco — Martin Weber derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andorra — Tiia Monto derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Turks and Caicos Islands: Health & Wellbeing — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/turks-and-caicos-islands/health