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Universal health coverage index — Lebanon

Universal health coverage index in Lebanon in 2023 — 67 index. Ranked 122 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.7%.

2023 67 index −1.47% vs 2022
World rank 122of 195
Period maximum 69 index2017
Period minimum 63 index2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Lebanon, 2000–202362646668702000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 64 index2001: 63 index2002: 63 index2003: 63 index2004: 64 index2005: 64 index2006: 64 index2007: 65 index2008: 65 index2009: 66 index2010: 66 index2011: 66 index2012: 67 index2013: 68 index2014: 68 index2015: 68 index2016: 68 index2017: 69 index2018: 67 index2019: 69 index2020: 68 index2021: 68 index2022: 68 index2023: 67 index
Change over the period: +3 (+4.69%) Average annual rate: 0.2 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Lebanon 67 index
World computed 71.1 index
Middle East & North Africa computed 71.1 index
Western Asia computed 70.4 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 67 −1 −1.47%
2022 68 +0 +0%
2021 68 +0 +0%
2020 68 −1 −1.45%
2019 69 +2 +2.99%
2018 67 −2 −2.9%
2017 69 +1 +1.47%
2016 68 +0 +0%
2015 68 +0 +0%
2014 68 +0 +0%
2013 68 +1 +1.49%
2012 67 +1 +1.52%
2011 66 +0 +0%
2010 66 +0 +0%
2009 66 +1 +1.54%
2008 65 +0 +0%
2007 65 +1 +1.56%
2006 64 +0 +0%
2005 64 +0 +0%
2004 64 +1 +1.59%
2003 63 +0 +0%
2002 63 +0 +0%
2001 63 −1 −1.56%
2000 64 — —

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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