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Universal health coverage index — Italy

Universal health coverage index in Italy in 2023 — 82 index. Ranked 38 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.8%.

2023 82 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 38of 195
Period maximum 83 index2016
Period minimum 74 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Italy, 2000–202372.57577.58082.5852000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 74 index2001: 75 index2002: 76 index2003: 76 index2004: 77 index2005: 77 index2006: 78 index2007: 78 index2008: 79 index2009: 79 index2010: 80 index2011: 80 index2012: 81 index2013: 81 index2014: 82 index2015: 82 index2016: 83 index2017: 83 index2018: 83 index2019: 83 index2020: 83 index2021: 82 index2022: 82 index2023: 82 index
Change over the period: +8 (+10.81%) Average annual rate: 0.45 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Italy 82 index
World computed 71.1 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 81.5 index
Southern Europe computed 81.1 index
High-income countries computed 85.2 index
Universal health coverage index — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 82 +0 +0%
2022 82 +0 +0%
2021 82 −1 −1.2%
2020 83 +0 +0%
2019 83 +0 +0%
2018 83 +0 +0%
2017 83 +0 +0%
2016 83 +1 +1.22%
2015 82 +0 +0%
2014 82 +1 +1.23%
2013 81 +0 +0%
2012 81 +1 +1.25%
2011 80 +0 +0%
2010 80 +1 +1.27%
2009 79 +0 +0%
2008 79 +1 +1.28%
2007 78 +0 +0%
2006 78 +1 +1.3%
2005 77 +0 +0%
2004 77 +1 +1.32%
2003 76 +0 +0%
2002 76 +1 +1.33%
2001 75 +1 +1.35%
2000 74 — —

Southern Europe, 2023

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

MC Monaco 85 SI Slovenia 84 ES Spain 84 PT Portugal 83 IT Italy 82 MT Malta 82 GR Greece 77 HR Croatia 76 AD Andorra 75 SM San Marino 74 RS Serbia 73 AL Albania 71 ME Montenegro 70 MK North Macedonia 69 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 64
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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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