Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — High-income countries

Universal health coverage index in high-income countries in 2023 — 85.2 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.3%.

2023 85.2 index +0.25% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 85.2 index2023
Period minimum 75.2 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — High-income countries, 2000–20237577.58082.58587.52000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 75.2 index2001: 75.9 index2002: 76.6 index2003: 77.3 index2004: 77.7 index2005: 78.4 index2006: 78.9 index2007: 79.4 index2008: 79.7 index2009: 80.3 index2010: 80.8 index2011: 81.6 index2012: 82.4 index2013: 82.6 index2014: 83 index2015: 83.4 index2016: 83.8 index2017: 84.1 index2018: 84.1 index2019: 84.2 index2020: 84.4 index2021: 84.6 index2022: 85 index2023: 85.2 index
Change over the period: +10 (+13.28%) Average annual rate: 0.54 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries

High-income countries 85.2 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 85.2 +0.2 +0.25%
2022 85 +0.4 +0.51%
2021 84.6 +0.2 +0.24%
2020 84.4 +0.2 +0.25%
2019 84.2 +0.1 +0.14%
2018 84.1 −0 −0.03%
2017 84.1 +0.3 +0.34%
2016 83.8 +0.5 +0.54%
2015 83.4 +0.3 +0.4%
2014 83 +0.4 +0.49%
2013 82.6 +0.3 +0.33%
2012 82.4 +0.7 +0.88%
2011 81.6 +0.9 +1.1%
2010 80.8 +0.5 +0.58%
2009 80.3 +0.6 +0.71%
2008 79.7 +0.3 +0.42%
2007 79.4 +0.5 +0.58%
2006 78.9 +0.5 +0.66%
2005 78.4 +0.7 +0.92%
2004 77.7 +0.4 +0.53%
2003 77.3 +0.7 +0.91%
2002 76.6 +0.7 +0.87%
2001 75.9 +0.7 +0.9%
2000 75.2

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.