Turkey is the country that improved the most, from 87th to 45th. China is the second, going from 110th to 75th

Ukraine is the one that worsened the most relative to other countries, from 38th to 100th, followed by Jamaica, Namibia and Venezuela.

The US held the 1st place from 1990-1996. Since then, declined mostly thanks to a lagging life expectancy. Canada and Australia were 2nd and 3rd in 1990 and also declined.