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Universal health coverage index — Eswatini

Universal health coverage index in Eswatini in 2023 — 72 index. Ranked 97 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 41.2%.

2023 72 index +2.86% vs 2022
World rank 97of 195
Period maximum 72 index2023
Period minimum 51 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Eswatini, 2000–2023506070802000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 51 index2001: 54 index2002: 56 index2003: 58 index2004: 60 index2005: 61 index2006: 63 index2007: 63 index2008: 64 index2009: 64 index2010: 64 index2011: 65 index2012: 63 index2013: 64 index2014: 67 index2015: 67 index2016: 69 index2017: 70 index2018: 67 index2019: 66 index2020: 66 index2021: 67 index2022: 70 index2023: 72 index
Change over the period: +21 (+41.18%) Average annual rate: 1.51 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eswatini 72 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Southern Africa computed 72.5 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 72 +2 +2.86%
2022 70 +3 +4.48%
2021 67 +1 +1.52%
2020 66 +0 +0%
2019 66 −1 −1.49%
2018 67 −3 −4.29%
2017 70 +1 +1.45%
2016 69 +2 +2.99%
2015 67 +0 +0%
2014 67 +3 +4.69%
2013 64 +1 +1.59%
2012 63 −2 −3.08%
2011 65 +1 +1.56%
2010 64 +0 +0%
2009 64 +0 +0%
2008 64 +1 +1.59%
2007 63 +0 +0%
2006 63 +2 +3.28%
2005 61 +1 +1.67%
2004 60 +2 +3.45%
2003 58 +2 +3.57%
2002 56 +2 +3.7%
2001 54 +3 +5.88%
2000 51 — —

Southern Africa, 2023

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

ZA South Africa 74 SZ Eswatini 72 NA Namibia 66 BW Botswana 60 LS Lesotho 55
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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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