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Universal health coverage index — Gambia

Universal health coverage index in the Gambia in 2023 — 53 index. Ranked 153 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 39.5%.

2023 53 index +1.92% vs 2022
World rank 153of 195
Period maximum 54 index2012
Period minimum 31 index2004

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Gambia, 2000–2023304050602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 38 index2001: 37 index2002: 36 index2003: 34 index2004: 31 index2005: 37 index2006: 43 index2007: 47 index2008: 50 index2009: 50 index2010: 48 index2011: 52 index2012: 54 index2013: 54 index2014: 52 index2015: 51 index2016: 47 index2017: 47 index2018: 48 index2019: 47 index2020: 48 index2021: 49 index2022: 52 index2023: 53 index
Change over the period: +15 (+39.47%) Average annual rate: 1.46 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Gambia 53 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Western Africa computed 46.4 index
Low-income countries computed 43.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 53 +1 +1.92%
2022 52 +3 +6.12%
2021 49 +1 +2.08%
2020 48 +1 +2.13%
2019 47 −1 −2.08%
2018 48 +1 +2.13%
2017 47 +0 +0%
2016 47 −4 −7.84%
2015 51 −1 −1.92%
2014 52 −2 −3.7%
2013 54 +0 +0%
2012 54 +2 +3.85%
2011 52 +4 +8.33%
2010 48 −2 −4%
2009 50 +0 +0%
2008 50 +3 +6.38%
2007 47 +4 +9.3%
2006 43 +6 +16.22%
2005 37 +6 +19.35%
2004 31 −3 −8.82%
2003 34 −2 −5.56%
2002 36 −1 −2.7%
2001 37 −1 −2.63%
2000 38 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

CV Cabo Verde 71 GH Ghana 56 GM Gambia 53 LR Liberia 49 SN Senegal 48 SL Sierra Leone 48 BF Burkina Faso 47 NG Nigeria 47 CI Côte d'Ivoire 46 GN Guinea 43 GW Guinea-Bissau 43 TG Togo 42 ML Mali 41 MR Mauritania 40 NE Niger 39 BJ Benin 38
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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.

Other indicators for the Gambia

Healthcare Out-of-pocket health expenditure

What share of medical spending people pay out of their own pocket at the point of care.

Gambia by year Healthcare Government health expenditure per capita

How many dollars a year the state spends on the health of one person.

Gambia by year Healthcare Physicians per 1,000 people

The number of physicians per 1,000 people.

Gambia by year Healthcare Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people

How many nurses and midwives there are per 1,000 people.

Gambia by year
All indicators for the Gambia