Trend · rank 56 of 250

Health system demand imbalance

Medical demand is growing faster than service capacity in many systems, making funding, organisation, prevention and dependable primary care increasingly important to national population health.

Human CapitalPeople, health & workhealth systemsdemography

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Healthcare system reform. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
56of 250
Sensitivity
18.3rank 29
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
47.2rank 55
Eigenvector
1.0
Betweenness
6.2
Links
13trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
29.5

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
92
Over a year
+7%Steady
Over three years
−25%
Peak
12923 Jun 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.78
Coverage
14languages · 39 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (14 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English55%89+5%
Spanish11%79+3%
Russian8%86−6%
German4%90−3%
Japanese4%96+1%
Chinese4%97+21%
French3%72−9%
Persian3%65−16%
Portuguese2%123+19%
Italian2%94+4%
Arabic2%97+2%
Polish1%88−9%
Indonesian1%70−37%
Vietnamese1%141+40%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

United States

Ireland

South Korea

Nigeria

Canada

Kenya

United Kingdom

Singapore

Australia

Philippines

New Zealand

South Africa

100

77

42

40

38

38

36

33

31

29

24

19

The 12 highest of 39 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English95+21%+3%−17%
EuropeGoogle in 7 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish93−2%+4%−12%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indonesian95+20%−4%−9%
South AsiaGoogle in 2 countries105+13%+13%+2%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic93−7%+16%−14%
AfricaGoogle in 5 countries71−5%−20%−47%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese84+2%−19%−19%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian104−29%+84%+35%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle50−53%−64%−53%
AustraliaGoogle92+10%−2%−21%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese98+8%−7%−2%
CanadaGoogle101+12%−4%−0%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French89−4%+17%−21%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German100−1%+13%+1%
IndiaGoogle108+9%+13%+11%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian80+30%−34%−13%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian102+2%+7%+4%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese100+38%−3%−4%
South KoreaGoogle52−16%+183%−68%
MexicoGoogle82+14%−29%−12%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian86+3%−6%−13%
South AfricaGoogle88−8%−10%0%
TürkiyeGoogle106−9%+43%+13%
United KingdomGoogle84+4%−19%−25%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English96+26%+5%−19%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
5 · Very highA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
4 · HighA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
3 · ModerateA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
3 · ModerateAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
2 · LowTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
1 · Very lowA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
1 · Very lowHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
1 · Very lowA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
5 · Very highReproductive, maternal & child healthPeople, health & work123
4 · HighHealth workforce scarcityPeople, health & work48
4 · HighCare labour demand growthPeople, health & work86
3 · ModerateTechnical & occupational skill shortagesPeople, health & work19
3 · ModerateGlobal health governancePeople, health & work49
3 · ModeratePopulation ageingPeople, health & work96
3 · ModerateChronic disease & obesity burdenPeople, health & work98
3 · ModerateAntimicrobial resistancePeople, health & work104
3 · ModerateMental health demand growthPeople, health & work127
3 · ModeratePathogen emergence pressurePeople, health & work163
3 · ModerateDigital & AI-supported carePeople, health & work179
3 · ModerateSanitation & hygiene access gapsPeople, health & work188
3 · ModerateHealthy lifespan divergencePeople, health & work207