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Universal health coverage index — Barbados

Universal health coverage index in Barbados in 2023 — 82 index. Ranked 38 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.5%.

2023 82 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 38of 195
Period maximum 83 index2015
Period minimum 77 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Barbados, 2000–202376788082842000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 77 index2001: 77 index2002: 77 index2003: 78 index2004: 78 index2005: 78 index2006: 79 index2007: 79 index2008: 79 index2009: 79 index2010: 79 index2011: 81 index2012: 81 index2013: 82 index2014: 81 index2015: 83 index2016: 83 index2017: 83 index2018: 82 index2019: 82 index2020: 80 index2021: 81 index2022: 82 index2023: 82 index
Change over the period: +5 (+6.49%) Average annual rate: 0.27 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Barbados 82 index
World computed 71.1 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 78.6 index
High-income countries computed 85.2 index
Universal health coverage index — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 82 +0 +0%
2022 82 +1 +1.23%
2021 81 +1 +1.25%
2020 80 −2 −2.44%
2019 82 +0 +0%
2018 82 −1 −1.2%
2017 83 +0 +0%
2016 83 +0 +0%
2015 83 +2 +2.47%
2014 81 −1 −1.22%
2013 82 +1 +1.23%
2012 81 +0 +0%
2011 81 +2 +2.53%
2010 79 +0 +0%
2009 79 +0 +0%
2008 79 +0 +0%
2007 79 +0 +0%
2006 79 +1 +1.28%
2005 78 +0 +0%
2004 78 +0 +0%
2003 78 +1 +1.3%
2002 77 +0 +0%
2001 77 +0 +0%
2000 77 — —

Caribbean, 2023

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

CU Cuba 86 BB Barbados 82 AG Antigua and Barbuda 81 BS Bahamas 80 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 80 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 80 GD Grenada 78 DM Dominica 75 LC Saint Lucia 75 TT Trinidad and Tobago 75 JM Jamaica 74 DO Dominican Republic 73 HT Haiti 44
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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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The number of physicians per 1,000 people.

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How many nurses and midwives there are per 1,000 people.

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