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Universal health coverage index — Eritrea

Universal health coverage index in Eritrea in 2023 — 40 index. Ranked 186 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 66.7%.

2023 40 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 186of 195
Period maximum 41 index2017
Period minimum 24 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Eritrea, 2000–20232025303540452000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 24 index2001: 25 index2002: 27 index2003: 29 index2004: 31 index2005: 32 index2006: 33 index2007: 35 index2008: 36 index2009: 37 index2010: 37 index2011: 39 index2012: 39 index2013: 39 index2014: 39 index2015: 38 index2016: 38 index2017: 41 index2018: 40 index2019: 41 index2020: 41 index2021: 39 index2022: 40 index2023: 40 index
Change over the period: +16 (+66.67%) Average annual rate: 2.25 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eritrea 40 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Eastern Africa computed 45.6 index
Low-income countries computed 43.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 40 +0 +0%
2022 40 +1 +2.56%
2021 39 −2 −4.88%
2020 41 +0 +0%
2019 41 +1 +2.5%
2018 40 −1 −2.44%
2017 41 +3 +7.89%
2016 38 +0 +0%
2015 38 −1 −2.56%
2014 39 +0 +0%
2013 39 +0 +0%
2012 39 +0 +0%
2011 39 +2 +5.41%
2010 37 +0 +0%
2009 37 +1 +2.78%
2008 36 +1 +2.86%
2007 35 +2 +6.06%
2006 33 +1 +3.13%
2005 32 +1 +3.23%
2004 31 +2 +6.9%
2003 29 +2 +7.41%
2002 27 +2 +8%
2001 25 +1 +4.17%
2000 24 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

SC Seychelles 80 MU Mauritius 75 ZM Zambia 62 RW Rwanda 59 ZW Zimbabwe 59 KE Kenya 57 UG Uganda 54 KM Comoros 52 MW Malawi 52 MZ Mozambique 50 TZ Tanzania 49 BI Burundi 48 DJ Djibouti 47 SS South Sudan 41 ER Eritrea 40 ET Ethiopia 33 MG Madagascar 33 SO Somalia 30
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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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