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Universal health coverage index — Ethiopia

Universal health coverage index in Ethiopia in 2023 — 33 index. Ranked 191 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 153.8%.

2023 33 index +6.45% vs 2022
World rank 191of 195
Period maximum 33 index2023
Period minimum 13 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Ethiopia, 2000–20231015202530352000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 13 index2001: 14 index2002: 14 index2003: 14 index2004: 14 index2005: 14 index2006: 17 index2007: 19 index2008: 19 index2009: 19 index2010: 22 index2011: 24 index2012: 24 index2013: 26 index2014: 28 index2015: 30 index2016: 30 index2017: 29 index2018: 29 index2019: 30 index2020: 30 index2021: 29 index2022: 31 index2023: 33 index
Change over the period: +20 (+153.85%) Average annual rate: 4.13 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ethiopia 33 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 — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 33 +2 +6.45%
2022 31 +2 +6.9%
2021 29 −1 −3.33%
2020 30 +0 +0%
2019 30 +1 +3.45%
2018 29 +0 +0%
2017 29 −1 −3.33%
2016 30 +0 +0%
2015 30 +2 +7.14%
2014 28 +2 +7.69%
2013 26 +2 +8.33%
2012 24 +0 +0%
2011 24 +2 +9.09%
2010 22 +3 +15.79%
2009 19 +0 +0%
2008 19 +0 +0%
2007 19 +2 +11.76%
2006 17 +3 +21.43%
2005 14 +0 +0%
2004 14 +0 +0%
2003 14 +0 +0%
2002 14 +0 +0%
2001 14 +1 +7.69%
2000 13 — —

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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