Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Dominican Republic

Universal health coverage index in the Dominican Republic in 2023 — 73 index. Ranked 92 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.4%.

2023 73 index −6.41% vs 2022
World rank 92of 195
Period maximum 78 index2021
Period minimum 68 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Dominican Republic, 2000–202367.57072.57577.5802000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 68 index2001: 68 index2002: 68 index2003: 68 index2004: 68 index2005: 69 index2006: 69 index2007: 69 index2008: 71 index2009: 71 index2010: 72 index2011: 72 index2012: 73 index2013: 74 index2014: 75 index2015: 75 index2016: 74 index2017: 73 index2018: 72 index2019: 73 index2020: 77 index2021: 78 index2022: 78 index2023: 73 index
Change over the period: +5 (+7.35%) Average annual rate: 0.31 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Dominican Republic 73 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 — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 73 −5 −6.41%
2022 78 +0 +0%
2021 78 +1 +1.3%
2020 77 +4 +5.48%
2019 73 +1 +1.39%
2018 72 −1 −1.37%
2017 73 −1 −1.35%
2016 74 −1 −1.33%
2015 75 +0 +0%
2014 75 +1 +1.35%
2013 74 +1 +1.37%
2012 73 +1 +1.39%
2011 72 +0 +0%
2010 72 +1 +1.41%
2009 71 +0 +0%
2008 71 +2 +2.9%
2007 69 +0 +0%
2006 69 +0 +0%
2005 69 +1 +1.47%
2004 68 +0 +0%
2003 68 +0 +0%
2002 68 +0 +0%
2001 68 +0 +0%
2000 68

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.