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Universal health coverage index — Iraq

Universal health coverage index in Iraq in 2023 — 64 index. Ranked 133 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.9%.

2023 64 index −3.03% vs 2022
World rank 133of 195
Period maximum 69 index2013
Period minimum 61 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Iraq, 2000–20236062646668702000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 61 index2001: 61 index2002: 62 index2003: 62 index2004: 63 index2005: 63 index2006: 63 index2007: 63 index2008: 64 index2009: 64 index2010: 64 index2011: 67 index2012: 68 index2013: 69 index2014: 68 index2015: 67 index2016: 67 index2017: 67 index2018: 66 index2019: 66 index2020: 67 index2021: 64 index2022: 66 index2023: 64 index
Change over the period: +3 (+4.92%) Average annual rate: 0.21 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Iraq 64 index
World computed 71.1 index
Middle East & North Africa computed 71.1 index
Western Asia computed 70.4 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 64 −2 −3.03%
2022 66 +2 +3.13%
2021 64 −3 −4.48%
2020 67 +1 +1.52%
2019 66 +0 +0%
2018 66 −1 −1.49%
2017 67 +0 +0%
2016 67 +0 +0%
2015 67 −1 −1.47%
2014 68 −1 −1.45%
2013 69 +1 +1.47%
2012 68 +1 +1.49%
2011 67 +3 +4.69%
2010 64 +0 +0%
2009 64 +0 +0%
2008 64 +1 +1.59%
2007 63 +0 +0%
2006 63 +0 +0%
2005 63 +0 +0%
2004 63 +1 +1.61%
2003 62 +0 +0%
2002 62 +1 +1.64%
2001 61 +0 +0%
2000 61 — —

Western Asia, 2023

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

IL Israel 85 KW Kuwait 84 QA Qatar 84 AE United Arab Emirates 84 SA Saudi Arabia 83 BH Bahrain 78 TR Türkiye 77 CY Cyprus 76 JO Jordan 74 OM Oman 73 GE Georgia 71 SY Syria 70 AM Armenia 69 AZ Azerbaijan 67 LB Lebanon 67 PS Palestine 65 IQ Iraq 64 YE Yemen 43
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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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Healthcare Out-of-pocket health expenditure

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

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

Iraq by year Healthcare Physicians per 1,000 people

The number of physicians per 1,000 people.

Iraq by year Healthcare Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people

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

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