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Universal health coverage index — Iceland

Universal health coverage index in Iceland in 2023 — 90 index. Ranked 2 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.5%.

2023 90 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 2of 195
Period maximum 90 index2018
Period minimum 80 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Iceland, 2000–20238082.58587.5902000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 80 index2001: 80 index2002: 81 index2003: 82 index2004: 82 index2005: 83 index2006: 83 index2007: 84 index2008: 84 index2009: 85 index2010: 85 index2011: 86 index2012: 88 index2013: 88 index2014: 89 index2015: 89 index2016: 88 index2017: 88 index2018: 90 index2019: 90 index2020: 90 index2021: 90 index2022: 90 index2023: 90 index
Change over the period: +10 (+12.5%) Average annual rate: 0.51 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Iceland 90 index
World computed 71.1 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 81.5 index
Northern Europe computed 86.6 index
High-income countries computed 85.2 index
Universal health coverage index — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 90 +0 +0%
2022 90 +0 +0%
2021 90 +0 +0%
2020 90 +0 +0%
2019 90 +0 +0%
2018 90 +2 +2.27%
2017 88 +0 +0%
2016 88 −1 −1.12%
2015 89 +0 +0%
2014 89 +1 +1.14%
2013 88 +0 +0%
2012 88 +2 +2.33%
2011 86 +1 +1.18%
2010 85 +0 +0%
2009 85 +1 +1.19%
2008 84 +0 +0%
2007 84 +1 +1.2%
2006 83 +0 +0%
2005 83 +1 +1.22%
2004 82 +0 +0%
2003 82 +1 +1.23%
2002 81 +1 +1.25%
2001 80 +0 +0%
2000 80 — —

Northern Europe, 2023

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

IS Iceland 90 NO Norway 89 GB United Kingdom 88 FI Finland 86 DK Denmark 85 SE Sweden 85 IE Ireland 82 EE Estonia 79 LT Lithuania 78 LV Latvia 77
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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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