Healthcare Attractiveness Country Benchmarking and Investment Opportunities, 2024–2025
Demographic Shifts, Digital Health Advocacy, and Critical Staffing Shortages are Reshaping Global Healthcare Ecosystems
The integration of smart technologies into healthcare has transformed primary care delivery, expanded medical services beyond holistic social care, and created telemedicine value chains. However, healthcare industry challenges persist, such as widespread labor shortages, a rapidly ageing population, and increasing medical costs. These constraints are lowering capacity utilization, impeding access to equitable healthcare, and limiting clinical development.
In response, countries are working toward implementing national digital health/telehealth strategies that will—through AI-enabled diagnostic tools and eco-friendly medical practices—optimize care processes at the micro-level. Monitoring data in real time, identifying high-impact healthcare trends, developing climate-resilient healthcare infrastructure, and increasing public-private collaborations will create attractive investment opportunities and lower operational deficiencies in the global healthcare industry.
This macroeconomic thought leadership provides a snapshot of the growth potential for the global healthcare sector amid persistent socio-economic upheaval. Decision-makers and businesses can leverage country-specific analysis to provide meaningful solutions.
Key topic areas covered include an overview of the global healthcare industry; ranking of the global top 20 countries; and country-specific case studies.
Transformation in Healthcare
Why is it Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
The Strategic Imperative 8™
The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on Healthcare and Allied Industries
Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine™
Ecosystem
The Global Economic Environment—An Overview
Growth Generator
Growth Drivers
Growth Restraints
Growth Innovation Leadership Healthcare (GIL-H)
The Need for a Country Ranking Framework
Frost & Sullivan’s Proprietary Growth, Innovation, and Leadership (GIL) Framework and Introduction to the GIL-H Index
Country Coverage by Region and GDP Bracket
Research Methodology
Using GIL-H Index: A Simple 3-step Process
Indicators the GIL-H Index 2024 Uses
Results
GIL-H 2024 Results
GIL-H 2024 Results Explained
United States
China
India
Singapore
Switzerland
Country Case Studies
The United States
Mexico
Saudi Arabia
Growth Opportunity Universe
Growth Opportunity 1—Digital Health Innovations
Growth Opportunity 2—Sustainable Healthcare
Growth Opportunity 3—Medical Tourism
Appendix
GIL-H Index
Indicators Used in the GIL-H Index 2024
Country List, GIL-H Index, 2024
Global Results
Regional Results—Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific
Regional Results—Asia-Pacific, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Western Europe