Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Europe & Central Asia

Universal health coverage index in Europe & Central Asia in 2023 — 81.5 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.9%.

2023 81.5 index +0.14% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 81.5 index2023
Period minimum 71.6 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Europe & Central Asia, 2000–20237072.57577.58082.52000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 71.6 index2001: 72.4 index2002: 72.9 index2003: 73.4 index2004: 73.9 index2005: 74.6 index2006: 75 index2007: 75.6 index2008: 76.1 index2009: 76.6 index2010: 77.2 index2011: 78 index2012: 78.7 index2013: 79.1 index2014: 79.6 index2015: 79.7 index2016: 80.2 index2017: 80.4 index2018: 80.3 index2019: 80.6 index2020: 81 index2021: 81.2 index2022: 81.4 index2023: 81.5 index
Change over the period: +9.9 (+13.88%) Average annual rate: 0.57 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 81.5 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 81.5 +0.1 +0.14%
2022 81.4 +0.3 +0.33%
2021 81.2 +0.2 +0.22%
2020 81 +0.4 +0.5%
2019 80.6 +0.3 +0.31%
2018 80.3 −0 −0.05%
2017 80.4 +0.2 +0.25%
2016 80.2 +0.4 +0.53%
2015 79.7 +0.2 +0.21%
2014 79.6 +0.5 +0.65%
2013 79.1 +0.4 +0.46%
2012 78.7 +0.7 +0.94%
2011 78 +0.8 +1%
2010 77.2 +0.6 +0.76%
2009 76.6 +0.5 +0.66%
2008 76.1 +0.5 +0.67%
2007 75.6 +0.5 +0.72%
2006 75 +0.4 +0.54%
2005 74.6 +0.7 +0.97%
2004 73.9 +0.5 +0.72%
2003 73.4 +0.5 +0.69%
2002 72.9 +0.5 +0.74%
2001 72.4 +0.8 +1.07%
2000 71.6

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.