Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — BRICS

Universal health coverage index in BRICS in 2023 — 76.8 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 49.5%.

2023 76.8 index +0.99% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 76.8 index2023
Period minimum 51.4 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — BRICS, 2000–2023506070802000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 51.4 index2001: 52.4 index2002: 53.7 index2003: 54.8 index2004: 56.5 index2005: 57.8 index2006: 59 index2007: 60.2 index2008: 61.5 index2009: 62.7 index2010: 64 index2011: 65 index2012: 66.4 index2013: 67.8 index2014: 69.6 index2015: 70.9 index2016: 71.8 index2017: 72.8 index2018: 72.4 index2019: 73.7 index2020: 74.7 index2021: 75.5 index2022: 76 index2023: 76.8 index
Change over the period: +25.4 (+49.54%) Average annual rate: 1.76 %

Comparison, 2023

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

BRICS 76.8 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 76.8 +0.8 +0.99%
2022 76 +0.5 +0.68%
2021 75.5 +0.8 +1.13%
2020 74.7 +0.9 +1.28%
2019 73.7 +1.3 +1.82%
2018 72.4 −0.4 −0.49%
2017 72.8 +1 +1.38%
2016 71.8 +0.9 +1.33%
2015 70.9 +1.3 +1.86%
2014 69.6 +1.8 +2.6%
2013 67.8 +1.4 +2.07%
2012 66.4 +1.4 +2.2%
2011 65 +1 +1.58%
2010 64 +1.3 +1.99%
2009 62.7 +1.2 +2.03%
2008 61.5 +1.3 +2.13%
2007 60.2 +1.2 +2.01%
2006 59 +1.2 +2.15%
2005 57.8 +1.3 +2.26%
2004 56.5 +1.7 +3.03%
2003 54.8 +1.1 +2.13%
2002 53.7 +1.3 +2.4%
2001 52.4 +1.1 +2.1%
2000 51.4

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.