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Universal health coverage index — Australia

Universal health coverage index in Australia in 2023 — 89 index. Ranked 3 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6%.

2023 89 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 3of 195
Period maximum 89 index2012
Period minimum 84 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Australia, 2000–2023848688902000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 84 index2001: 85 index2002: 85 index2003: 86 index2004: 86 index2005: 86 index2006: 86 index2007: 87 index2008: 87 index2009: 87 index2010: 88 index2011: 88 index2012: 89 index2013: 89 index2014: 89 index2015: 89 index2016: 89 index2017: 89 index2018: 89 index2019: 89 index2020: 89 index2021: 89 index2022: 89 index2023: 89 index
Change over the period: +5 (+5.95%) Average annual rate: 0.25 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia

Australia 89 index
World computed 71.1 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 80.1 index
Australia and New Zealand computed 89 index
High-income countries computed 85.2 index
Universal health coverage index — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 89 +0 +0%
2022 89 +0 +0%
2021 89 +0 +0%
2020 89 +0 +0%
2019 89 +0 +0%
2018 89 +0 +0%
2017 89 +0 +0%
2016 89 +0 +0%
2015 89 +0 +0%
2014 89 +0 +0%
2013 89 +0 +0%
2012 89 +1 +1.14%
2011 88 +0 +0%
2010 88 +1 +1.15%
2009 87 +0 +0%
2008 87 +0 +0%
2007 87 +1 +1.16%
2006 86 +0 +0%
2005 86 +0 +0%
2004 86 +0 +0%
2003 86 +1 +1.18%
2002 85 +0 +0%
2001 85 +1 +1.19%
2000 84 — —

Australia and New Zealand, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AU Australia 89 NZ New Zealand 89
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About the indicator

The index of coverage with essential health services — indicator 3.8.1 of the Sustainable Development Goals. WHO brings four groups of services into it: maternal and child health, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases, service capacity and access. The scale runs from 0 to 100, where 100 means full coverage of the population with the care it needs. This is the only composite measure of universal coverage recognized in the UN indicator framework.

Important: The index measures coverage with services, but not their quality and not financial protection: a country can have high coverage alongside payments that ruin people. The second indicator of target 3.8 is precisely the share of out-of-pocket spending.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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