Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Lower-middle-income countries

Universal health coverage index in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 63.8 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 71.2%.

2023 63.8 index +0.98% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 63.8 index2023
Period minimum 37.2 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Lower-middle-income countries, 2000–202330405060702000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 37.2 index2001: 38.8 index2002: 39.8 index2003: 40.8 index2004: 42.8 index2005: 44.4 index2006: 46 index2007: 47.4 index2008: 48.8 index2009: 50.4 index2010: 51.8 index2011: 53 index2012: 54.5 index2013: 55.3 index2014: 57.2 index2015: 58.7 index2016: 59.5 index2017: 60.1 index2018: 59.8 index2019: 61 index2020: 61.6 index2021: 62.3 index2022: 63.1 index2023: 63.8 index
Change over the period: +26.5 (+71.24%) Average annual rate: 2.37 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Lower-middle-income countries 63.8 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 63.8 +0.6 +0.98%
2022 63.1 +0.8 +1.35%
2021 62.3 +0.7 +1.09%
2020 61.6 +0.6 +1.02%
2019 61 +1.2 +2.02%
2018 59.8 −0.3 −0.48%
2017 60.1 +0.6 +0.98%
2016 59.5 +0.8 +1.44%
2015 58.7 +1.4 +2.52%
2014 57.2 +1.9 +3.42%
2013 55.3 +0.9 +1.59%
2012 54.5 +1.4 +2.71%
2011 53 +1.2 +2.35%
2010 51.8 +1.4 +2.83%
2009 50.4 +1.5 +3.15%
2008 48.8 +1.4 +3%
2007 47.4 +1.4 +3.08%
2006 46 +1.6 +3.71%
2005 44.4 +1.5 +3.61%
2004 42.8 +2 +4.81%
2003 40.8 +1.1 +2.72%
2002 39.8 +1 +2.61%
2001 38.8 +1.5 +4.08%
2000 37.2

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.