Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Gabon

Universal health coverage index in Gabon in 2023 — 48 index. Ranked 163 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 26.3%.

2023 48 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 163of 195
Period maximum 55 index2007
Period minimum 37 index2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Gabon, 2000–202335404550552000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 38 index2001: 37 index2002: 37 index2003: 38 index2004: 39 index2005: 45 index2006: 51 index2007: 55 index2008: 54 index2009: 52 index2010: 52 index2011: 53 index2012: 54 index2013: 54 index2014: 53 index2015: 52 index2016: 52 index2017: 53 index2018: 51 index2019: 49 index2020: 50 index2021: 48 index2022: 48 index2023: 48 index
Change over the period: +10 (+26.32%) Average annual rate: 1.02 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Gabon 48 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Middle Africa computed 41.3 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 48 +0 +0%
2022 48 +0 +0%
2021 48 −2 −4%
2020 50 +1 +2.04%
2019 49 −2 −3.92%
2018 51 −2 −3.77%
2017 53 +1 +1.92%
2016 52 +0 +0%
2015 52 −1 −1.89%
2014 53 −1 −1.85%
2013 54 +0 +0%
2012 54 +1 +1.89%
2011 53 +1 +1.92%
2010 52 +0 +0%
2009 52 −2 −3.7%
2008 54 −1 −1.82%
2007 55 +4 +7.84%
2006 51 +6 +13.33%
2005 45 +6 +15.38%
2004 39 +1 +2.63%
2003 38 +1 +2.7%
2002 37 +0 +0%
2001 37 −1 −2.63%
2000 38

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.