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Universal health coverage index — Japan

Universal health coverage index in Japan in 2023 — 86 index. Ranked 12 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.2%.

2023 86 index +1.18% vs 2022
World rank 12of 195
Period maximum 86 index2023
Period minimum 76 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Japan, 2000–20237577.58082.58587.52000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 76 index2001: 77 index2002: 77 index2003: 78 index2004: 78 index2005: 79 index2006: 79 index2007: 80 index2008: 80 index2009: 80 index2010: 81 index2011: 81 index2012: 82 index2013: 82 index2014: 82 index2015: 82 index2016: 83 index2017: 83 index2018: 84 index2019: 84 index2020: 84 index2021: 85 index2022: 85 index2023: 86 index
Change over the period: +10 (+13.16%) Average annual rate: 0.54 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Japan 86 index
World computed 71.1 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 80.1 index
Eastern Asia computed 85 index
High-income countries computed 85.2 index
Universal health coverage index — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 86 +1 +1.18%
2022 85 +0 +0%
2021 85 +1 +1.19%
2020 84 +0 +0%
2019 84 +0 +0%
2018 84 +1 +1.2%
2017 83 +0 +0%
2016 83 +1 +1.22%
2015 82 +0 +0%
2014 82 +0 +0%
2013 82 +0 +0%
2012 82 +1 +1.23%
2011 81 +0 +0%
2010 81 +1 +1.25%
2009 80 +0 +0%
2008 80 +0 +0%
2007 80 +1 +1.27%
2006 79 +0 +0%
2005 79 +1 +1.28%
2004 78 +0 +0%
2003 78 +1 +1.3%
2002 77 +0 +0%
2001 77 +1 +1.32%
2000 76 — —

Eastern Asia, 2023

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

KR South Korea 88 JP Japan 86 CN China 85 KP North Korea 77 MN Mongolia 70
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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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