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Universal health coverage index — Benin

Universal health coverage index in Benin in 2023 — 38 index. Ranked 190 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 52%.

2023 38 index +8.57% vs 2022
World rank 190of 195
Period maximum 38 index2020
Period minimum 22 index2002

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Benin, 2000–202320253035402000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 25 index2001: 24 index2002: 22 index2003: 22 index2004: 24 index2005: 24 index2006: 25 index2007: 30 index2008: 30 index2009: 29 index2010: 31 index2011: 34 index2012: 35 index2013: 30 index2014: 30 index2015: 30 index2016: 26 index2017: 33 index2018: 36 index2019: 34 index2020: 38 index2021: 37 index2022: 35 index2023: 38 index
Change over the period: +13 (+52%) Average annual rate: 1.84 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Benin 38 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Western Africa computed 46.4 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 38 +3 +8.57%
2022 35 −2 −5.41%
2021 37 −1 −2.63%
2020 38 +4 +11.76%
2019 34 −2 −5.56%
2018 36 +3 +9.09%
2017 33 +7 +26.92%
2016 26 −4 −13.33%
2015 30 +0 +0%
2014 30 +0 +0%
2013 30 −5 −14.29%
2012 35 +1 +2.94%
2011 34 +3 +9.68%
2010 31 +2 +6.9%
2009 29 −1 −3.33%
2008 30 +0 +0%
2007 30 +5 +20%
2006 25 +1 +4.17%
2005 24 +0 +0%
2004 24 +2 +9.09%
2003 22 +0 +0%
2002 22 −2 −8.33%
2001 24 −1 −4%
2000 25 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

CV Cabo Verde 71 GH Ghana 56 GM Gambia 53 LR Liberia 49 SN Senegal 48 SL Sierra Leone 48 BF Burkina Faso 47 NG Nigeria 47 CI Côte d'Ivoire 46 GN Guinea 43 GW Guinea-Bissau 43 TG Togo 42 ML Mali 41 MR Mauritania 40 NE Niger 39 BJ Benin 38
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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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