Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — East Asia & Pacific

Universal health coverage index in East Asia & Pacific in 2023 — 80.1 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 30.3%.

2023 80.1 index +0.73% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 80.1 index2023
Period minimum 61.5 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — East Asia & Pacific, 2000–20236065707580852000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 61.5 index2001: 61.8 index2002: 62.7 index2003: 63.6 index2004: 64.4 index2005: 65.3 index2006: 66.2 index2007: 67 index2008: 68 index2009: 68.8 index2010: 69.5 index2011: 70.6 index2012: 71.7 index2013: 73.3 index2014: 74.3 index2015: 75.2 index2016: 76.1 index2017: 77.1 index2018: 76.9 index2019: 77.8 index2020: 78.7 index2021: 79.2 index2022: 79.5 index2023: 80.1 index
Change over the period: +18.6 (+30.3%) Average annual rate: 1.16 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 80.1 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 80.1 +0.6 +0.73%
2022 79.5 +0.3 +0.34%
2021 79.2 +0.6 +0.7%
2020 78.7 +0.9 +1.12%
2019 77.8 +0.9 +1.14%
2018 76.9 −0.2 −0.25%
2017 77.1 +1 +1.33%
2016 76.1 +0.9 +1.25%
2015 75.2 +0.8 +1.12%
2014 74.3 +1 +1.4%
2013 73.3 +1.6 +2.3%
2012 71.7 +1 +1.47%
2011 70.6 +1.1 +1.54%
2010 69.5 +0.7 +1.07%
2009 68.8 +0.8 +1.14%
2008 68 +1 +1.47%
2007 67 +0.8 +1.24%
2006 66.2 +0.9 +1.39%
2005 65.3 +0.9 +1.44%
2004 64.4 +0.8 +1.31%
2003 63.6 +0.9 +1.38%
2002 62.7 +0.9 +1.49%
2001 61.8 +0.3 +0.5%
2000 61.5

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.