This is a vital point towards a country's competitiveness and productivity because the health of the population is correlated to their productivity. 

Poor health has detrimental effects on the costs within a business and leads to low levels of efficiency. In addition to health, the pillar is heavily affected by the quantity and quality of the basic education, most of the education has access to because this is the basis of business development which can hamper the value chain or a country’s ability to have more advance production processes and techniques that can in turn improve the quality of healthcare available with a country. 

The only index: Healthy life expectancy (years)

It’s important to highlight that training and education are crucial factors for economies. This pillar measures secondary and tertiary enrollment rates and quality of education. 

It is comprised by: 
1.  Current workforce 
1.1 Mean years of schooling 
1.2 Skills of current workforce 
1.2.1. Extent of staff training
1.2.2. Quality of vocational training
1.2.3. Skillset of graduates
1.2.4. Skillset of secondary-education graduates
1.2.5. Skillset of university graduates
1.2.6. Digital skills among active population
1.2.7. Ease of finding skilled employees
2. Future workforce
2.1. School life expectancy
2.2. Skills of future workforce
2.2.1. Critical thinking in teaching
2.2.2.  Pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary education