Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — G20

Universal health coverage index in the G20 in 2023 — 78.7 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 37.5%.

2023 78.7 index +0.8% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 78.7 index2023
Period minimum 57.2 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — G20, 2000–2023506070802000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 57.2 index2001: 58.1 index2002: 59.2 index2003: 60.3 index2004: 61.6 index2005: 62.7 index2006: 63.8 index2007: 64.8 index2008: 65.8 index2009: 66.9 index2010: 67.9 index2011: 68.9 index2012: 70.2 index2013: 71.3 index2014: 72.8 index2015: 73.9 index2016: 74.6 index2017: 75.4 index2018: 75.1 index2019: 76.1 index2020: 76.9 index2021: 77.6 index2022: 78.1 index2023: 78.7 index
Change over the period: +21.5 (+37.53%) Average annual rate: 1.4 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 78.7 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 78.7 +0.6 +0.8%
2022 78.1 +0.5 +0.64%
2021 77.6 +0.7 +0.89%
2020 76.9 +0.8 +1.03%
2019 76.1 +1 +1.35%
2018 75.1 −0.4 −0.47%
2017 75.4 +0.8 +1.1%
2016 74.6 +0.8 +1.05%
2015 73.9 +1.1 +1.5%
2014 72.8 +1.4 +1.99%
2013 71.3 +1.1 +1.59%
2012 70.2 +1.3 +1.86%
2011 68.9 +1 +1.51%
2010 67.9 +1 +1.53%
2009 66.9 +1.1 +1.67%
2008 65.8 +1 +1.58%
2007 64.8 +1 +1.49%
2006 63.8 +1.1 +1.78%
2005 62.7 +1.1 +1.85%
2004 61.6 +1.3 +2.17%
2003 60.3 +1.1 +1.8%
2002 59.2 +1.1 +1.86%
2001 58.1 +0.9 +1.56%
2000 57.2

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.