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Universal health coverage index — Germany

Universal health coverage index in Germany in 2023 — 87 index. Ranked 10 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.1%.

2023 87 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 10of 195
Period maximum 87 index2017
Period minimum 79 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Germany, 2000–20237880828486882000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 79 index2001: 80 index2002: 80 index2003: 81 index2004: 81 index2005: 82 index2006: 82 index2007: 82 index2008: 83 index2009: 83 index2010: 84 index2011: 85 index2012: 85 index2013: 86 index2014: 86 index2015: 86 index2016: 86 index2017: 87 index2018: 86 index2019: 86 index2020: 86 index2021: 86 index2022: 87 index2023: 87 index
Change over the period: +8 (+10.13%) Average annual rate: 0.42 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Germany 87 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 — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 87 +0 +0%
2022 87 +1 +1.16%
2021 86 +0 +0%
2020 86 +0 +0%
2019 86 +0 +0%
2018 86 −1 −1.15%
2017 87 +1 +1.16%
2016 86 +0 +0%
2015 86 +0 +0%
2014 86 +0 +0%
2013 86 +1 +1.18%
2012 85 +0 +0%
2011 85 +1 +1.19%
2010 84 +1 +1.2%
2009 83 +0 +0%
2008 83 +1 +1.22%
2007 82 +0 +0%
2006 82 +0 +0%
2005 82 +1 +1.23%
2004 81 +0 +0%
2003 81 +1 +1.25%
2002 80 +0 +0%
2001 80 +1 +1.27%
2000 79 — —

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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