Sixteen Korean Hospitals Named Among the World's Top 250 by Newsweek
Seoul Asan Medical Center Ranks Highest at 25th Place
Sixteen domestic hospitals were selected among the 250 "World's Best Hospitals 2025" announced by the American news weekly Newsweek. Among Korean hospitals, Seoul Asan Medical Center ranked 25th.
Newsweek, together with the global research firm Statista, selected the top 250 hospitals worldwide by compiling evaluations from medical experts in 30 countries and patient satisfaction, and published the rankings on its website on the 27th.
This year, the Mayo Clinic in the United States was chosen as the world's best hospital. Following were the Cleveland Clinic (USA), Toronto General Hospital (Canada), Johns Hopkins Hospital (USA), and Karolinska University Hospital (Sweden), ranked 2nd to 5th respectively. Among Asian hospitals, Singapore General Hospital ranked highest at 9th place.
A total of 16 Korean hospitals made it into the top 250. The highest-ranked was Seoul Asan Medical Center at 25th place. Although it dropped three places from last year's ranking (22nd), it has maintained the top position domestically for seven consecutive years since 2019. In the "World's Best Hospitals by Clinical Specialty 2025" rankings announced by Newsweek in the second half of last year, Seoul Asan Medical Center was ranked 3rd in endocrinology, 4th in gastroenterology, and 5th in cancer and urology.
Following were Samsung Medical Center (30th), Seoul National University Hospital (42nd), Severance Hospital (46th), Bundang Seoul National University Hospital (68th), and Gangnam Severance Hospital (87th). A total of six Korean hospitals were included within the top 100.
Ajou University Hospital (103rd), Seoul St. Mary's Hospital (108th), Inha University Hospital (139th), Kyung Hee University Hospital (171st), Kangbuk Samsung Hospital (174th), Konkuk University Hospital (176th), Korea University Anam Hospital (181st), Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital (197th), Chung-Ang University Hospital (207th), and Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital (223rd) also made the rankings.
Looking at the 16 domestic hospitals included within the top 250 by region, 13 are in Seoul, 2 in Gyeonggi Province, and 1 in Incheon. There were no hospitals outside the metropolitan area.
Newsweek's world hospital evaluation uses the following indicators: ▲ online survey results from doctors, health experts, and hospital administrators in 30 countries (40%), ▲ medical performance indicators (37.5%), ▲ patient satisfaction surveys (17.5%), and ▲ implementation of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) (5%).
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