Table 1.

Spearman correlations (p value) between GHSI categories and some global macroindicators

	ReadyScore (average of 19 JEE domains)	Education (population over 25 years that completed upper secondary)	GDP per capita (US$)	Population size	Health spend (% of GDP)	Political stability and absence of violence/terrorism index
GHSI total	0.82 (<0.0001)	0.57 (<0.0001)	0.56 (<0.0001)	0.36 (<0.0001)	0.32 (<0.0001)	0.25 (0.00041)
Prevent	0.79 (<0.0001)	0.56 (<0.0001)	0.52 (<0.0001)	0.40 (<0.0001)	0.35 (<0.0001)	0.18 (0.012)
Detect	0.66 (<0.0001)	0.41 (<0.0001)	0.37 (<0.0001)	0.42 (<0.0001)	0.25 (0.0006)	0.05 (0.50)
Respond	0.67 (<0.0001)	0.37 (<0.0001)	0.40 (<0.0001)	0.35 (<0.0001)	0.28 (0.00012)	0.17 (0.017)
Health system	0.80 (<0.0001)	0.56 (<0.0001)	0.56 (<0.0001)	0.34 (<0.0001)	0.33 (<0.0001)	0.22 (0.0019)
Commitments	0.41 (<0.0001)	0.30 (<0.0001)	0.24 (0.0013)	0.35 (<0.0001)	0.19 (0.0098)	0.10 (0.17)
Risk environment	0.81 (<0.0001)	0.64 (<0.0001)	0.91 (<0.0001)	−0.24 (0.001)	0.32 (<0.0001)	0.78 (<0.0001)

Spearman’s rho reported, note that Pearson’s r differed substantially from Spearman’s rho only for population size, where correlation with GHSI overall score was r=0.14, p<0.05.

GDP, gross domestic product; GHSI, Global Health Security Index; JEE, Joint External Evaluation.