Newsweek 2024: unveiling the world’s best hospitals of 2024

Explore the definitive list of the world's top 250 hospitals in Newsweek's 2024 ranking. Learn about the global elite in healthcare, from the Mayo Clinic's first-place victory to notable entries from across 30 countries, highlighting the standards of excellence in medical care and patient satisfaction globally.

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In a recent authoritative yet accessible analysis by the esteemed Newsweek magazine, the global healthcare sector has been scrutinized to reveal the top 250 hospitals worldwide for the year 2024. This extensive survey encompasses healthcare institutions across 30 different countries, showcasing a diverse array of facilities renowned for their exemplary service and medical expertise.

The world’s best hospitals

The pinnacle of healthcare excellence is represented by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, United States, which secures the top spot as the finest hospital globally. Following closely are the Cleveland Clinic, also in the USA, and the Toronto General – University Health Network in Canada, taking second and third places respectively. This trio leads the forefront in setting the highest standards of medical care and patient satisfaction on a global scale.

The comprehensive list of the 250 best hospitals globally, led by the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, and including other renowned institutions like the Cleveland Clinic and the Toronto General Hospital, reflects the international landscape of premier healthcare facilities.

1. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, U.S.
2. Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, U.S.
3. Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Canada
4. Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, U.S.
5. Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, U.S.
6. Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
7. Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
8. AP-HP Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière, Paris, France
9. Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
10. University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
11. Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
12. UCLA Health, Ronald Reagan Medical Center, Los Angeles, U.S.
13. Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland
14. University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
15. University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
16. Stanford Health Care, Stanford Hospital, U.S.
17. AP-HP Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
18. University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
19. Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, U.S.
20. Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, U.S.
21. Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
22. Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
23. Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
24. Luke’s International Hospital, Japan
25. General Hospital of Vienna, Medical University Campus, Austria
26. LMU Klinikum, Munich, Germany
27. Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Germany
28. Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
29. Oslo University Hospital, Norway
30. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada
31. Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, U.S.
32. Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
33. Amsterdam UMC, Netherlands
34. Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
35. Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy
36. St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK
37. University of Michigan Hospitals, Michigan Medicine, U.S.
38. CHU Lille, Hôpital Claude-Huriez, France
39. Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Germany
40. Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
41. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, U.S.
42. UMC Utrecht, Netherlands
43. Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea
44. UZ Leuven, Belgium
45. Kameda Medical Center, Japan
46. Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
47. North York General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
48. Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
49. UCSF Medical Center, San Francisco, U.S.
50. Helsinki University Hospital, Finland
51. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania – Penn Presbyterian, U.S.
52. Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy
53. Landeskrankenhaus Universitätskliniken Innsbruck, Austria
54. Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
55. New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia and Cornell, U.S.
56. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia
57. IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
58. Radboud UMC, Nijmegen, Netherlands
59. Clínic Barcelona, Spain
60. Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, U.S.
61. Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
62. CHU Bordeaux, Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin, France
63. Hôpitaux Universitaires Genève, Switzerland
64. Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Israel
65. Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Italy
66. Policlinico Sant’Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna, Italy
67. Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Germany
68. Duke University Hospital, Durham, U.S.
69. Kyushu University Hospital, Japan
70. Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
71. Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
72. Hirslanden Klinik Hirslanden, Zurich, Switzerland
73. Landeskrankenhaus – Universitätsklinikum Graz, Austria
74. Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
75. Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden
76. Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
77. University Hospital Cologne, Germany
78. Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, U.S.
79. National University Hospital, Singapore
80. Clínica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona/Iruña, Spain
81. Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, South Korea
82. Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil
83. Guy’s Hospital, London, UK
84. University College Hospital, London, UK
85. Odense University Hospital, Denmark
86. Nagoya University Hospital, Japan
87. Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal, Canada
88. Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
89. NYU Langone Hospitals, New York, U.S.
90. ELSAN – Santé Atlantique, Saint-Herblain, France
91. Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
92. Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark
93. Houston Methodist Hospital, U.S.
94. Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
95. AP-HM Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France
96. Kyoto University Hospital, Japan
97. The Alfred, Melbourne, Australia
98. Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, U.S.
99. Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Germany
100. Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Germany
101. Hôpital Paris Saint-Joseph, France
102. Royal Melbourne Hospital – Parkville, Australia
103. Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Italy
104. The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, South Korea
105. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, U.S.
106. Montreal General Hospital – McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Canada
107. UZ Gent, Belgium
108. Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Germany
109. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, U.S.
110. Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore
111. Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
112. John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
113. All India Institute of Medical Sciences – Delhi, India
114. Kepler Universitätsklinikum, Linz, Austria
115. Maastricht UMC+, Netherlands
116. Mount Elizabeth Hospital – Orchard, Singapore
117. Ospedale Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy
118. Azienda Ospedaliera di Padova, Italy
119. Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, São Paulo, Brazil
120. Ajou University Hospital, Suwon, South Korea
121. Turku University Hospital, Finland
122. University of Chicago Medical Center, U.S.
123. Claraspital, Basel, Switzerland
124. Antonius, Nieuwegein, Netherlands
125. UCLA Health – Santa Monica Medical Center, U.S.
126. Tampere University Hospital, Finland
127. Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada
128. Unity Health Toronto – St. Michael’s Hospital, Canada
129. Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Germany
130. Bumrungrad International Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand
131. Hospices Civils de Lyon – Hôpital Lyon Sud (HCL), Pierre Benite, France
132. Hospital Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre, Brazil
133. Skånes Universitetssjukhus, Lund, Sweden
134. Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia
135. Ospedale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy
136. Hôpital Purpan, Toulouse, France
137. Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health, San Diego, U.S.
138. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
139. Landeskrankenhaus Salzburg – Universitätsklinikum der PMU, Austria
140. Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen, Netherlands
141. University of Wisconsin Hospitals, Madison, U.S.
142. Lindenhofspital, Bern, Switzerland
143. Hirslanden Klinik Aarau, Switzerland
144. Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
145. Vancouver General Hospital, Canada
146. Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Saint Louis, U.S.
147. Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Belgium
148. Inha University Hospital, Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea
149. Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Germany
150. Universitätsklinikum Essen, Germany
151. Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
152. Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
153. AP-HM – Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France
154. University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, U.S.
155. Ordensklinikum Linz Elisabethinen, Austria
156. Changi General Hospital, Singapore
157. Hospices Civils de Lyon – Hôpital Louis Pradel, Bron, France
158. Rabin Medical Center – Beilinson Hospital, Petah Tikva, Israel
159. Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, U.S.
160. Korea University – Anam Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
161. Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt, Germany
162. Fundación Valle Del Lili, Cali, Colombia
163. Universitetssykehuset Nord-Norge, Tromsø, Norway
164. ULB – Hôpital Erasme, Belgium
165. Presidio Ospedaliero Molinette – A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
166. Medanta The Medicity, Gurugram, India
167. Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore
168. Toranomon Hospital, Minato, Japan
169. University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, U.S.
170. The Catholic University of Korea, Yeouido St. Mary’s Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
171. Hospital Santa Catarina Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
172. Osaka University Hospital, Japan
173. Clínica Alemana Vitacura, Santiago, Chile
174. The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
175. University of California – Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, U.S.
176. Universitätsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Mayen, Germany
177. Kurashiki Central Hospital, Japan
178. AP-HP – Hôpital Bichat – Claude-Bernard, Paris, France
179. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK
180. Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Germany
181. Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
182. Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, U.S.
183. Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
184. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, UK
185. AP-HP – Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
186. Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
187. Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
188. Juntendo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
189. St Vincent’s Hospital – Fitzroy, Australia
190. Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
191. Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Germany
192. Österreichische Gesundheitskasse – Mein Hanusch-Krankenhaus, Vienna, Austria
193. University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, U.S.
194. AP-HP – Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris, France
195. Skånes Universitetssjukhus, Malmö, Sweden
196. Kuopio University Hospital, Finland
197. Clinique Générale-Beaulieu, Geneva, Switzerland
198. Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
199. Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France
200. Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
201. Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Herston, Australia
202. Presidio Ospedaliero Spedali Civili di Brescia, Italy
203. Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
204. University of Utah Hospital, Salt Lake City, U.S.
205. Universitetssjukhuset i Linköping, Sweden
206. Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
207. Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern, Switzerland
208. KyungHee University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
209. Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Germany
210. Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK
211. Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Sant’Andrea, Rome, Italy
212. Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Shibuya, Japan
213. Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, La Jolla, U.S.
214. Chung-Ang University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
215. IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
216. Hospital Médica Sur, Mexico City, Mexico
217. Universitätsklinikum Münster, Germany
218. Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
219. Hospices Civils de Lyon – Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France
220. Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles, U.S.
221. Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Majadahonda, Spain
222. Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
223. Gleneagles Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
224. Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Japan
225. Ewha Womans University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
226. UZA – Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen, Edegem, Belgium
227. Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
228. University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, U.S.
229. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC) – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
230. Norrlands Universitetssjukhus, Umeå, Sweden
231. King’s College Hospital, London, UK
232. Cleveland Clinic Fairview Hospital, Cleveland, U.S.
233. Sunway Medical Centre, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
234. Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
235. Daegu Catholic University Medical Center, Daegu Metropolitan City, South Korea
236. University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, U.S.
237. IMSS – Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Mexico City, Mexico
238. Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Germany
239. Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
240. Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, U.S.
241. Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany
242. Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
243. UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S.
244. Fundación Santa Fe De Bogotá, Colombia
245. Kardinal Schwarzenberg Klinikum, Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria
246. PGIMER – Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
247. Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Torrance, California, U.S.
248. Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway
249. Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Canada
250. Isala Zwolle, Netherlands