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Universal health coverage index — Belgium

Universal health coverage index in Belgium in 2023 — 86 index. Ranked 12 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.2%.

2023 86 index +1.18% vs 2022
World rank 12of 195
Period maximum 86 index2015
Period minimum 81 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Belgium, 2000–2023808284862000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 81 index2001: 82 index2002: 82 index2003: 82 index2004: 82 index2005: 83 index2006: 83 index2007: 83 index2008: 84 index2009: 84 index2010: 84 index2011: 84 index2012: 85 index2013: 85 index2014: 85 index2015: 86 index2016: 86 index2017: 86 index2018: 86 index2019: 86 index2020: 86 index2021: 85 index2022: 85 index2023: 86 index
Change over the period: +5 (+6.17%) Average annual rate: 0.26 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Belgium 86 index
World computed 71.1 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 81.5 index
Western Europe computed 84.9 index
High-income countries computed 85.2 index
Universal health coverage index — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 86 +1 +1.18%
2022 85 +0 +0%
2021 85 −1 −1.16%
2020 86 +0 +0%
2019 86 +0 +0%
2018 86 +0 +0%
2017 86 +0 +0%
2016 86 +0 +0%
2015 86 +1 +1.18%
2014 85 +0 +0%
2013 85 +0 +0%
2012 85 +1 +1.19%
2011 84 +0 +0%
2010 84 +0 +0%
2009 84 +0 +0%
2008 84 +1 +1.2%
2007 83 +0 +0%
2006 83 +0 +0%
2005 83 +1 +1.22%
2004 82 +0 +0%
2003 82 +0 +0%
2002 82 +0 +0%
2001 82 +1 +1.23%
2000 81 — —

Western Europe, 2023

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

DE Germany 87 CH Switzerland 87 BE Belgium 86 NL Netherlands 85 AT Austria 84 LU Luxembourg 83 FR France 82
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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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