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Universal health coverage index — France

Universal health coverage index in France in 2023 — 82 index. Ranked 38 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.1%.

2023 82 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 38of 195
Period maximum 82 index2013
Period minimum 78 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — France, 2000–202378798081822000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 78 index2001: 78 index2002: 78 index2003: 79 index2004: 79 index2005: 79 index2006: 79 index2007: 79 index2008: 79 index2009: 79 index2010: 79 index2011: 81 index2012: 81 index2013: 82 index2014: 82 index2015: 82 index2016: 82 index2017: 82 index2018: 81 index2019: 81 index2020: 82 index2021: 82 index2022: 82 index2023: 82 index
Change over the period: +4 (+5.13%) Average annual rate: 0.22 %

Comparison, 2023

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

France 82 index
World computed 71.1 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 81.5 index
Western Europe computed 84.9 index
High-income countries computed 85.2 index
Universal health coverage index — France, by year France All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 82 +0 +0%
2022 82 +0 +0%
2021 82 +0 +0%
2020 82 +1 +1.23%
2019 81 +0 +0%
2018 81 −1 −1.22%
2017 82 +0 +0%
2016 82 +0 +0%
2015 82 +0 +0%
2014 82 +0 +0%
2013 82 +1 +1.23%
2012 81 +0 +0%
2011 81 +2 +2.53%
2010 79 +0 +0%
2009 79 +0 +0%
2008 79 +0 +0%
2007 79 +0 +0%
2006 79 +0 +0%
2005 79 +0 +0%
2004 79 +0 +0%
2003 79 +1 +1.28%
2002 78 +0 +0%
2001 78 +0 +0%
2000 78 — —

Western Europe, 2023

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

DE Germany 87 CH Switzerland 87 BE Belgium 86 NL Netherlands 85 AT Austria 84 LU Luxembourg 83 FR France 82
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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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