Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Lesotho

Universal health coverage index in Lesotho in 2023 — 55 index. Ranked 150 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 77.4%.

2023 55 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 150of 195
Period maximum 57 index2017
Period minimum 31 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Lesotho, 2000–2023304050602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 31 index2001: 32 index2002: 32 index2003: 33 index2004: 35 index2005: 37 index2006: 39 index2007: 41 index2008: 42 index2009: 43 index2010: 44 index2011: 47 index2012: 49 index2013: 52 index2014: 53 index2015: 55 index2016: 56 index2017: 57 index2018: 55 index2019: 53 index2020: 55 index2021: 55 index2022: 55 index2023: 55 index
Change over the period: +24 (+77.42%) Average annual rate: 2.52 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Lesotho 55 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Southern Africa computed 72.5 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 55 +0 +0%
2022 55 +0 +0%
2021 55 +0 +0%
2020 55 +2 +3.77%
2019 53 −2 −3.64%
2018 55 −2 −3.51%
2017 57 +1 +1.79%
2016 56 +1 +1.82%
2015 55 +2 +3.77%
2014 53 +1 +1.92%
2013 52 +3 +6.12%
2012 49 +2 +4.26%
2011 47 +3 +6.82%
2010 44 +1 +2.33%
2009 43 +1 +2.38%
2008 42 +1 +2.44%
2007 41 +2 +5.13%
2006 39 +2 +5.41%
2005 37 +2 +5.71%
2004 35 +2 +6.06%
2003 33 +1 +3.13%
2002 32 +0 +0%
2001 32 +1 +3.23%
2000 31

Southern Africa, 2023

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

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.