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Universal health coverage index — Low-income countries

Universal health coverage index in low-income countries in 2023 — 43.8 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 62.1%.

2023 43.8 index +0.87% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 43.8 index2023
Period minimum 26.9 index2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Low-income countries, 2000–202325303540452000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 27 index2001: 26.9 index2002: 27.1 index2003: 27.3 index2004: 27.7 index2005: 28.5 index2006: 30.6 index2007: 32.2 index2008: 33.5 index2009: 34.6 index2010: 36.1 index2011: 37.2 index2012: 38 index2013: 39.5 index2014: 40.6 index2015: 41.2 index2016: 41.3 index2017: 41.9 index2018: 41.7 index2019: 42.1 index2020: 42.6 index2021: 42.6 index2022: 43.4 index2023: 43.8 index
Change over the period: +16.8 (+62.14%) Average annual rate: 2.12 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 43.8 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 43.8 +0.4 +0.87%
2022 43.4 +0.8 +1.87%
2021 42.6 +0.1 +0.15%
2020 42.6 +0.5 +1.21%
2019 42.1 +0.3 +0.81%
2018 41.7 −0.2 −0.5%
2017 41.9 +0.6 +1.44%
2016 41.3 +0.2 +0.43%
2015 41.2 +0.5 +1.31%
2014 40.6 +1.1 +2.84%
2013 39.5 +1.5 +3.91%
2012 38 +0.8 +2.24%
2011 37.2 +1.1 +3.09%
2010 36.1 +1.5 +4.22%
2009 34.6 +1.1 +3.42%
2008 33.5 +1.2 +3.85%
2007 32.2 +1.6 +5.22%
2006 30.6 +2.1 +7.49%
2005 28.5 +0.8 +2.94%
2004 27.7 +0.4 +1.48%
2003 27.3 +0.2 +0.71%
2002 27.1 +0.1 +0.55%
2001 26.9 −0.1 −0.31%
2000 27 — —

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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