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Universal health coverage index — Guinea-Bissau

Universal health coverage index in Guinea-Bissau in 2023 — 43 index. Ranked 178 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 72%.

2023 43 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 178of 195
Period maximum 45 index2015
Period minimum 25 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Guinea-Bissau, 2000–202325303540452000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 25 index2001: 25 index2002: 26 index2003: 30 index2004: 29 index2005: 29 index2006: 35 index2007: 35 index2008: 34 index2009: 36 index2010: 37 index2011: 42 index2012: 42 index2013: 40 index2014: 42 index2015: 45 index2016: 43 index2017: 45 index2018: 44 index2019: 42 index2020: 44 index2021: 44 index2022: 43 index2023: 43 index
Change over the period: +18 (+72%) Average annual rate: 2.39 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 43 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 — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 43 +0 +0%
2022 43 −1 −2.27%
2021 44 +0 +0%
2020 44 +2 +4.76%
2019 42 −2 −4.55%
2018 44 −1 −2.22%
2017 45 +2 +4.65%
2016 43 −2 −4.44%
2015 45 +3 +7.14%
2014 42 +2 +5%
2013 40 −2 −4.76%
2012 42 +0 +0%
2011 42 +5 +13.51%
2010 37 +1 +2.78%
2009 36 +2 +5.88%
2008 34 −1 −2.86%
2007 35 +0 +0%
2006 35 +6 +20.69%
2005 29 +0 +0%
2004 29 −1 −3.33%
2003 30 +4 +15.38%
2002 26 +1 +4%
2001 25 +0 +0%
2000 25 — —

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 Guinea-Bissau

Healthcare Out-of-pocket health expenditure

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

Guinea-Bissau by year Healthcare Government health expenditure per capita

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

Guinea-Bissau by year Healthcare Physicians per 1,000 people

The number of physicians per 1,000 people.

Guinea-Bissau by year Healthcare Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people

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

Guinea-Bissau by year
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