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Universal health coverage index — Guatemala

Universal health coverage index in Guatemala in 2023 — 58 index. Ranked 145 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.6%.

2023 58 index −1.69% vs 2022
World rank 145of 195
Period maximum 61 index2020
Period minimum 56 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Guatemala, 2000–2023565860622000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 56 index2001: 56 index2002: 56 index2003: 57 index2004: 57 index2005: 57 index2006: 57 index2007: 57 index2008: 58 index2009: 58 index2010: 58 index2011: 58 index2012: 58 index2013: 59 index2014: 57 index2015: 58 index2016: 56 index2017: 56 index2018: 57 index2019: 59 index2020: 61 index2021: 59 index2022: 59 index2023: 58 index
Change over the period: +2 (+3.57%) Average annual rate: 0.15 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Guatemala 58 index
World computed 71.1 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 78.6 index
Central America computed 75.9 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — Guatemala, by year Guatemala All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 58 −1 −1.69%
2022 59 +0 +0%
2021 59 −2 −3.28%
2020 61 +2 +3.39%
2019 59 +2 +3.51%
2018 57 +1 +1.79%
2017 56 +0 +0%
2016 56 −2 −3.45%
2015 58 +1 +1.75%
2014 57 −2 −3.39%
2013 59 +1 +1.72%
2012 58 +0 +0%
2011 58 +0 +0%
2010 58 +0 +0%
2009 58 +0 +0%
2008 58 +1 +1.75%
2007 57 +0 +0%
2006 57 +0 +0%
2005 57 +0 +0%
2004 57 +0 +0%
2003 57 +1 +1.79%
2002 56 +0 +0%
2001 56 +0 +0%
2000 56 — —

Central America, 2023

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

CR Costa Rica 84 PA Panama 82 SV El Salvador 79 MX Mexico 79 BZ Belize 70 NI Nicaragua 70 HN Honduras 64 GT Guatemala 58
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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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What share of medical spending people pay out of their own pocket at the point of care.

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The number of physicians per 1,000 people.

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

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