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Universal health coverage index — Ghana

Universal health coverage index in Ghana in 2023 — 56 index. Ranked 148 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 100%.

2023 56 index −1.75% vs 2022
World rank 148of 195
Period maximum 57 index2022
Period minimum 24 index2002

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Ghana, 2000–202320304050602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 28 index2001: 26 index2002: 24 index2003: 24 index2004: 26 index2005: 27 index2006: 31 index2007: 36 index2008: 37 index2009: 37 index2010: 37 index2011: 39 index2012: 44 index2013: 46 index2014: 46 index2015: 49 index2016: 50 index2017: 50 index2018: 53 index2019: 51 index2020: 51 index2021: 54 index2022: 57 index2023: 56 index
Change over the period: +28 (+100%) Average annual rate: 3.06 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ghana 56 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Western Africa computed 46.4 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 56 −1 −1.75%
2022 57 +3 +5.56%
2021 54 +3 +5.88%
2020 51 +0 +0%
2019 51 −2 −3.77%
2018 53 +3 +6%
2017 50 +0 +0%
2016 50 +1 +2.04%
2015 49 +3 +6.52%
2014 46 +0 +0%
2013 46 +2 +4.55%
2012 44 +5 +12.82%
2011 39 +2 +5.41%
2010 37 +0 +0%
2009 37 +0 +0%
2008 37 +1 +2.78%
2007 36 +5 +16.13%
2006 31 +4 +14.81%
2005 27 +1 +3.85%
2004 26 +2 +8.33%
2003 24 +0 +0%
2002 24 −2 −7.69%
2001 26 −2 −7.14%
2000 28 — —

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.

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