Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Cuba

Universal health coverage index in Cuba in 2023 — 86 index. Ranked 12 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 16.2%.

2023 86 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 12of 195
Period maximum 86 index2021
Period minimum 74 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Cuba, 2000–202370758085902000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 74 index2001: 75 index2002: 76 index2003: 76 index2004: 77 index2005: 78 index2006: 79 index2007: 79 index2008: 80 index2009: 81 index2010: 81 index2011: 82 index2012: 83 index2013: 83 index2014: 84 index2015: 84 index2016: 85 index2017: 85 index2018: 85 index2019: 84 index2020: 85 index2021: 86 index2022: 86 index2023: 86 index
Change over the period: +12 (+16.22%) Average annual rate: 0.66 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Cuba 86 index
World computed 71.1 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 78.6 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — Cuba, by year Cuba All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 86 +0 +0%
2022 86 +0 +0%
2021 86 +1 +1.18%
2020 85 +1 +1.19%
2019 84 −1 −1.18%
2018 85 +0 +0%
2017 85 +0 +0%
2016 85 +1 +1.19%
2015 84 +0 +0%
2014 84 +1 +1.2%
2013 83 +0 +0%
2012 83 +1 +1.22%
2011 82 +1 +1.23%
2010 81 +0 +0%
2009 81 +1 +1.25%
2008 80 +1 +1.27%
2007 79 +0 +0%
2006 79 +1 +1.28%
2005 78 +1 +1.3%
2004 77 +1 +1.32%
2003 76 +0 +0%
2002 76 +1 +1.33%
2001 75 +1 +1.35%
2000 74

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.