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Sheba Medical Center has risen from ninth to eighth place in Newsweek’s 2025 ranking of the world’s best hospitals. The achievement comes during a challenging year for Israel’s health care system, which has been tasked with treating the wounded, rehabilitating patients and caring for freed hostages. This marks the seventh consecutive year Sheba has been included in the prestigious ranking.
Other Israeli hospitals also improved their standings: Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center climbed from 64th to 60th place, while Rabin Medical Center jumped from 158th to 122nd. Hadassah Medical Center ranked 242nd.
At the top of the list, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, maintained its position as the world’s best hospital. The top 10 includes four U.S. hospitals, alongside institutions from Canada, Germany, Sweden, Singapore (which entered the top tier this year) and Switzerland. The U.S. had the most hospitals on the list, with 420 out of 2,445 ranked institutions. Israel and Singapore each had 10 hospitals represented.
Sheba ranked 11th two years ago, then moved up to ninth last year before securing eighth place in 2025. The ranking, compiled by global data firm Statista, is based on empirical data in research and medical treatment, as well as feedback and recommendations from physicians.
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In response to the latest ranking, Sheba Medical Center stated: “This year’s rise reflects our central role in treating the majority of war casualties and providing long-term care for hostages returning from Hamas captivity. The hospital has also become a key player in Israel’s economic growth, with Sheba-developed technologies sold to global pharmaceutical and medical device giants for approximately $1 billion. Additionally, Sheba is undergoing a transformation to become an AI-driven medical center.”
Sheba’s director, Professor Yitshak Kreiss, praised his institution. “As a symbol of Israeli resilience and the flagship of the public health care system, we have a duty to address national health and social challenges, stand by those in need, and continuously set higher standards,” he said.
The 2025 ranking includes hospitals from 30 countries, selected based on factors such as life expectancy, population size, number of hospitals and data availability.
The ranking is based on four components:
Expert survey: Newsweek and Statista invited tens of thousands of medical professionals — including doctors, hospital managers and health care experts — to participate in an online survey. Respondents recommended hospitals in their own countries and abroad, excluding their own workplaces.
Patient satisfaction: The ranking incorporated publicly available patient experience surveys, often conducted by insurance companies following hospital stays.
Hospital quality indicators: Various publicly available quality metrics were analyzed, including treatment effectiveness, hygiene standards and patient-to-staff ratios.
PROMs (Patient-Reported Outcome Measures): Standardized questionnaires completed by patients to assess their functional status and quality of life. Newsweek included PROMs scores in its rankings for the third year.
Final scores were calculated based on peer recommendations (35% domestic, 5% international), patient satisfaction (17.5%), hospital quality metrics (37.5%), and PROMs implementation (5%).