Seven Brazilian hospitals have been included in the World's Best Hospitals 2026 ranking, released by Newsweek in partnership with Statista. Six institutions are in São Paulo and one in Porto Alegre, based on data analyzed in 2025.
The World's Best Hospitals 2026 ranking, compiled by the American magazine Newsweek in collaboration with Statista, a German global data company, lists 250 hospitals from 32 countries as the world's best. The survey, released on February 25, 2026, is based on analyses of data from 2,500 institutions conducted in 2025. Selected countries meet criteria such as population size, life expectancy, standard of living, hospital density, and availability of reliable data.
Among the highlighted Brazilian hospitals, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in São Paulo ranks 16th globally. Following are Hospital Sírio-Libanês (79th), Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz (105th), Hospital do Coração (HCor, 146th), Hospital Santa Catarina Paulista (151st), and Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo (189th), all in the São Paulo capital. Hospital Moinhos de Vento in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, appears in 111th place.
The top five in the world ranking are: Mayo Clinic-Rochester, United States; Toronto General - University Health Network, Canada; Cleveland Clinic, United States; Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Sweden; and Massachusetts General Hospital, United States.
The assessment considered four data sources: recommendations from medical experts, such as doctors and hospital managers; hospital quality metrics; data on patient experience; and the use of PROMs (Patient-Reported Outcome Measures), standardized patient-completed questionnaires to measure quality of life, well-being, pain, and symptoms. Each hospital received a score from 1 to 5 bands for the level of implementation of these questionnaires, with higher bands indicating more structured use.
For the Brazilian hospitals, Hospital Moinhos de Vento achieved 5 bands; Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein and HCor, 3 bands each; Hospital Sírio-Libanês and Hospital Santa Catarina Paulista, 2 bands; Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, 1 band; and Hospital das Clínicas da USP had no bands disclosed.
