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Universal health coverage index — Kenya

Universal health coverage index in Kenya in 2023 — 57 index. Ranked 147 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 96.6%.

2023 57 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 147of 195
Period maximum 57 index2022
Period minimum 28 index2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Kenya, 2000–202320304050602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 29 index2001: 28 index2002: 29 index2003: 28 index2004: 31 index2005: 36 index2006: 41 index2007: 43 index2008: 44 index2009: 45 index2010: 46 index2011: 52 index2012: 54 index2013: 53 index2014: 53 index2015: 53 index2016: 55 index2017: 56 index2018: 54 index2019: 52 index2020: 49 index2021: 53 index2022: 57 index2023: 57 index
Change over the period: +28 (+96.55%) Average annual rate: 2.98 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Kenya 57 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Eastern Africa computed 45.6 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 57 +0 +0%
2022 57 +4 +7.55%
2021 53 +4 +8.16%
2020 49 −3 −5.77%
2019 52 −2 −3.7%
2018 54 −2 −3.57%
2017 56 +1 +1.82%
2016 55 +2 +3.77%
2015 53 +0 +0%
2014 53 +0 +0%
2013 53 −1 −1.85%
2012 54 +2 +3.85%
2011 52 +6 +13.04%
2010 46 +1 +2.22%
2009 45 +1 +2.27%
2008 44 +1 +2.33%
2007 43 +2 +4.88%
2006 41 +5 +13.89%
2005 36 +5 +16.13%
2004 31 +3 +10.71%
2003 28 −1 −3.45%
2002 29 +1 +3.57%
2001 28 −1 −3.45%
2000 29 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

SC Seychelles 80 MU Mauritius 75 ZM Zambia 62 RW Rwanda 59 ZW Zimbabwe 59 KE Kenya 57 UG Uganda 54 KM Comoros 52 MW Malawi 52 MZ Mozambique 50 TZ Tanzania 49 BI Burundi 48 DJ Djibouti 47 SS South Sudan 41 ER Eritrea 40 ET Ethiopia 33 MG Madagascar 33 SO Somalia 30
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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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