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Universal health coverage index — Jamaica

Universal health coverage index in Jamaica in 2023 — 74 index. Ranked 86 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 21.3%.

2023 74 index −1.33% vs 2022
World rank 86of 195
Period maximum 75 index2016
Period minimum 61 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Jamaica, 2000–2023606570752000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 61 index2001: 63 index2002: 64 index2003: 65 index2004: 66 index2005: 67 index2006: 66 index2007: 66 index2008: 65 index2009: 66 index2010: 67 index2011: 73 index2012: 73 index2013: 72 index2014: 71 index2015: 73 index2016: 75 index2017: 74 index2018: 72 index2019: 74 index2020: 75 index2021: 75 index2022: 75 index2023: 74 index
Change over the period: +13 (+21.31%) Average annual rate: 0.84 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Jamaica 74 index
World computed 71.1 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 78.6 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 74 −1 −1.33%
2022 75 +0 +0%
2021 75 +0 +0%
2020 75 +1 +1.35%
2019 74 +2 +2.78%
2018 72 −2 −2.7%
2017 74 −1 −1.33%
2016 75 +2 +2.74%
2015 73 +2 +2.82%
2014 71 −1 −1.39%
2013 72 −1 −1.37%
2012 73 +0 +0%
2011 73 +6 +8.96%
2010 67 +1 +1.52%
2009 66 +1 +1.54%
2008 65 −1 −1.52%
2007 66 +0 +0%
2006 66 −1 −1.49%
2005 67 +1 +1.52%
2004 66 +1 +1.54%
2003 65 +1 +1.56%
2002 64 +1 +1.59%
2001 63 +2 +3.28%
2000 61

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.