Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — China

Universal health coverage index in China in 2023 — 85 index. Ranked 16 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 32.8%.

2023 85 index +1.19% vs 2022
World rank 16of 195
Period maximum 85 index2023
Period minimum 64 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — China, 2000–2023607080902000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 64 index2001: 64 index2002: 65 index2003: 66 index2004: 67 index2005: 68 index2006: 69 index2007: 70 index2008: 71 index2009: 72 index2010: 73 index2011: 74 index2012: 75 index2013: 77 index2014: 78 index2015: 79 index2016: 80 index2017: 81 index2018: 81 index2019: 82 index2020: 83 index2021: 84 index2022: 84 index2023: 85 index
Change over the period: +21 (+32.81%) Average annual rate: 1.24 %

Comparison, 2023

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

China 85 index
World computed 71.1 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 80.1 index
Eastern Asia computed 85 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 85 +1 +1.19%
2022 84 +0 +0%
2021 84 +1 +1.2%
2020 83 +1 +1.22%
2019 82 +1 +1.23%
2018 81 +0 +0%
2017 81 +1 +1.25%
2016 80 +1 +1.27%
2015 79 +1 +1.28%
2014 78 +1 +1.3%
2013 77 +2 +2.67%
2012 75 +1 +1.35%
2011 74 +1 +1.37%
2010 73 +1 +1.39%
2009 72 +1 +1.41%
2008 71 +1 +1.43%
2007 70 +1 +1.45%
2006 69 +1 +1.47%
2005 68 +1 +1.49%
2004 67 +1 +1.52%
2003 66 +1 +1.54%
2002 65 +1 +1.56%
2001 64 +0 +0%
2000 64

Eastern 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.