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Universal health coverage index — Ecuador

Universal health coverage index in Ecuador in 2023 — 78 index. Ranked 65 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 18.2%.

2023 78 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 65of 195
Period maximum 80 index2017
Period minimum 66 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Ecuador, 2000–2023657075802000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 66 index2001: 66 index2002: 66 index2003: 66 index2004: 67 index2005: 68 index2006: 68 index2007: 69 index2008: 70 index2009: 71 index2010: 71 index2011: 74 index2012: 72 index2013: 73 index2014: 77 index2015: 79 index2016: 79 index2017: 80 index2018: 79 index2019: 79 index2020: 78 index2021: 78 index2022: 78 index2023: 78 index
Change over the period: +12 (+18.18%) Average annual rate: 0.73 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ecuador 78 index
World computed 71.1 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 78.6 index
South America computed 80.7 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 78 +0 +0%
2022 78 +0 +0%
2021 78 +0 +0%
2020 78 −1 −1.27%
2019 79 +0 +0%
2018 79 −1 −1.25%
2017 80 +1 +1.27%
2016 79 +0 +0%
2015 79 +2 +2.6%
2014 77 +4 +5.48%
2013 73 +1 +1.39%
2012 72 −2 −2.7%
2011 74 +3 +4.23%
2010 71 +0 +0%
2009 71 +1 +1.43%
2008 70 +1 +1.45%
2007 69 +1 +1.47%
2006 68 +0 +0%
2005 68 +1 +1.49%
2004 67 +1 +1.52%
2003 66 +0 +0%
2002 66 +0 +0%
2001 66 +0 +0%
2000 66 — —

South America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

UY Uruguay 85 BR Brazil 84 CL Chile 84 CO Colombia 82 AR Argentina 80 PY Paraguay 79 EC Ecuador 78 VE Venezuela 75 SR Suriname 74 GY Guyana 73 PE Peru 68 BO Bolivia 67
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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.

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