The 2021 Global Health Security Index for pandemic and flu preparedness has come out, led by the United States with a 75.9% overall score. The scores are evaluations up to 100% of: Overall; Prevention (Prevent); Detection and Reporting (Detect); Rapid Response (Respond); Health System (Health); Compliance with International Norms (Norms); and Risk Environment (Risk). In the table, we skip Norms to make the table fit.
We show the scores for the Global, United States, China, India, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil in the above categories.
| Country | Overall | Prevent | Detect | Respond | Health | Risk |
| Global | 38.9 | 28.4 | 32.3 | 37.6 | 31.5 | 55.8 |
| USA | 75.9 | 79.4 | 80.1 | 65.7 | 75.2 | 73.3 |
| China | 47.5 | 43.9 | 48.5 | 38.5 | 51.8 | 63.4 |
| India | 42.8 | 29.7 | 43.5 | 30.3 | 46.1 | 60.2 |
| Canada | 69.8 | 70.4 | 70.8 | 49.2 | 67.3 | 81.8 |
| Mexico | 57 | 41.9 | 54.3 | 64.8 | 54.7 | 57.9 |
| Brazil | 51.2 | 49.7 | 53.6 | 56.3 | 50.3 | 55.9 |
The population of these countries are: Global, 7,900 m; USA, 330 million; China, 1,402 m; India, 1,380 m; Canada, 38 m; Mexico, 129 m; and Brazil, 213 m.
The Average Score of Preparedness for Globally Catastrophic Biological Events by World Bank regions is shown in the bar graph below.
The detailed ratings for the countries in the table, as well as discussion of the faulty US response to the pandemic, and recommendations for the world are found in my Flickr album here.
In October 2019, before the pandemic, the first Global Health Security Index of 2019 came out, which we covered here. China and Mexico have stayed about the same. The US Overall has fallen 7.6% since then, India fell 3.7%, and Canada fell 5.5%.
