Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — G7

Universal health coverage index in the G7 in 2023 — 86.8 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11.4%.

2023 86.8 index +0.2% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 86.8 index2023
Period minimum 77.9 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — G7, 2000–202377.58082.58587.52000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 77.9 index2001: 78.4 index2002: 79.1 index2003: 79.9 index2004: 80.1 index2005: 80.9 index2006: 81.5 index2007: 81.7 index2008: 82 index2009: 82.5 index2010: 82.9 index2011: 83.7 index2012: 84.5 index2013: 84.7 index2014: 84.9 index2015: 85.3 index2016: 85.6 index2017: 85.8 index2018: 85.8 index2019: 85.8 index2020: 86 index2021: 86.1 index2022: 86.6 index2023: 86.8 index
Change over the period: +8.9 (+11.39%) Average annual rate: 0.47 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 86.8 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 86.8 +0.2 +0.2%
2022 86.6 +0.5 +0.63%
2021 86.1 +0.1 +0.11%
2020 86 +0.2 +0.21%
2019 85.8 +0 +0.01%
2018 85.8 −0 −0.03%
2017 85.8 +0.2 +0.29%
2016 85.6 +0.3 +0.3%
2015 85.3 +0.4 +0.51%
2014 84.9 +0.2 +0.2%
2013 84.7 +0.2 +0.29%
2012 84.5 +0.8 +0.91%
2011 83.7 +0.8 +1.02%
2010 82.9 +0.4 +0.45%
2009 82.5 +0.5 +0.62%
2008 82 +0.3 +0.4%
2007 81.7 +0.2 +0.22%
2006 81.5 +0.6 +0.77%
2005 80.9 +0.8 +0.99%
2004 80.1 +0.1 +0.16%
2003 79.9 +0.9 +1.11%
2002 79.1 +0.6 +0.79%
2001 78.4 +0.5 +0.66%
2000 77.9

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.