Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Democratic Republic of the Congo

Universal health coverage index in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2023 — 41 index. Ranked 183 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 64%.

2023 41 index −2.38% vs 2022
World rank 183of 195
Period maximum 42 index2022
Period minimum 24 index2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2000–20232025303540452000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 25 index2001: 24 index2002: 25 index2003: 25 index2004: 25 index2005: 25 index2006: 25 index2007: 26 index2008: 30 index2009: 33 index2010: 33 index2011: 37 index2012: 39 index2013: 39 index2014: 40 index2015: 41 index2016: 40 index2017: 40 index2018: 38 index2019: 39 index2020: 41 index2021: 40 index2022: 42 index2023: 41 index
Change over the period: +16 (+64%) Average annual rate: 2.17 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo 41 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 — Democratic Republic of the Congo, by year Democratic Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 41 −1 −2.38%
2022 42 +2 +5%
2021 40 −1 −2.44%
2020 41 +2 +5.13%
2019 39 +1 +2.63%
2018 38 −2 −5%
2017 40 +0 +0%
2016 40 −1 −2.44%
2015 41 +1 +2.5%
2014 40 +1 +2.56%
2013 39 +0 +0%
2012 39 +2 +5.41%
2011 37 +4 +12.12%
2010 33 +0 +0%
2009 33 +3 +10%
2008 30 +4 +15.38%
2007 26 +1 +4%
2006 25 +0 +0%
2005 25 +0 +0%
2004 25 +0 +0%
2003 25 +0 +0%
2002 25 +1 +4.17%
2001 24 −1 −4%
2000 25

Middle Africa, 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.