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Universal health coverage index — Central African Republic

Universal health coverage index in the Central African Republic in 2023 — 39 index. Ranked 188 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 69.6%.

2023 39 index +8.33% vs 2022
World rank 188of 195
Period maximum 39 index2023
Period minimum 23 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Central African Republic, 2000–202320253035402000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 23 index2001: 23 index2002: 23 index2003: 23 index2004: 23 index2005: 23 index2006: 24 index2007: 27 index2008: 30 index2009: 31 index2010: 30 index2011: 29 index2012: 28 index2013: 28 index2014: 31 index2015: 32 index2016: 32 index2017: 32 index2018: 31 index2019: 31 index2020: 34 index2021: 33 index2022: 36 index2023: 39 index
Change over the period: +16 (+69.57%) Average annual rate: 2.32 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central African Republic

Central African Republic 39 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Middle Africa computed 41.3 index
Low-income countries computed 43.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Central African Republic, by year Central African Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 39 +3 +8.33%
2022 36 +3 +9.09%
2021 33 −1 −2.94%
2020 34 +3 +9.68%
2019 31 +0 +0%
2018 31 −1 −3.13%
2017 32 +0 +0%
2016 32 +0 +0%
2015 32 +1 +3.23%
2014 31 +3 +10.71%
2013 28 +0 +0%
2012 28 −1 −3.45%
2011 29 −1 −3.33%
2010 30 −1 −3.23%
2009 31 +1 +3.33%
2008 30 +3 +11.11%
2007 27 +3 +12.5%
2006 24 +1 +4.35%
2005 23 +0 +0%
2004 23 +0 +0%
2003 23 +0 +0%
2002 23 +0 +0%
2001 23 +0 +0%
2000 23 — —

Middle Africa, 2023

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

ST Sao Tome and Principe 60 GQ Equatorial Guinea 49 CM Cameroon 48 GA Gabon 48 CG Republic of the Congo 45 AO Angola 44 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 41 CF Central African Republic 39 TD Chad 26
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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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