Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Bhutan

Universal health coverage index in Bhutan in 2023 — 69 index. Ranked 115 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 50%.

2023 69 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 115of 195
Period maximum 69 index2020
Period minimum 46 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Bhutan, 2000–2023405060702000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 46 index2001: 46 index2002: 47 index2003: 48 index2004: 49 index2005: 50 index2006: 51 index2007: 51 index2008: 53 index2009: 54 index2010: 55 index2011: 58 index2012: 58 index2013: 58 index2014: 62 index2015: 63 index2016: 65 index2017: 65 index2018: 65 index2019: 66 index2020: 69 index2021: 68 index2022: 69 index2023: 69 index
Change over the period: +23 (+50%) Average annual rate: 1.78 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Bhutan 69 index
World computed 71.1 index
South Asia computed 65.3 index
Southern Asia computed 66 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 69 +0 +0%
2022 69 +1 +1.47%
2021 68 −1 −1.45%
2020 69 +3 +4.55%
2019 66 +1 +1.54%
2018 65 +0 +0%
2017 65 +0 +0%
2016 65 +2 +3.17%
2015 63 +1 +1.61%
2014 62 +4 +6.9%
2013 58 +0 +0%
2012 58 +0 +0%
2011 58 +3 +5.45%
2010 55 +1 +1.85%
2009 54 +1 +1.89%
2008 53 +2 +3.92%
2007 51 +0 +0%
2006 51 +1 +2%
2005 50 +1 +2.04%
2004 49 +1 +2.08%
2003 48 +1 +2.13%
2002 47 +1 +2.17%
2001 46 +0 +0%
2000 46

Southern Asia, 2023

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

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.