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Universal health coverage index — Malawi

Universal health coverage index in Malawi in 2023 — 52 index. Ranked 154 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 108%.

2023 52 index −1.89% vs 2022
World rank 154of 195
Period maximum 55 index2019
Period minimum 20 index2002

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Malawi, 2000–202320304050602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 25 index2001: 23 index2002: 20 index2003: 22 index2004: 23 index2005: 24 index2006: 33 index2007: 35 index2008: 38 index2009: 41 index2010: 41 index2011: 40 index2012: 45 index2013: 46 index2014: 45 index2015: 45 index2016: 50 index2017: 52 index2018: 54 index2019: 55 index2020: 52 index2021: 55 index2022: 53 index2023: 52 index
Change over the period: +27 (+108%) Average annual rate: 3.24 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Malawi 52 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Eastern Africa computed 45.6 index
Low-income countries computed 43.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 52 −1 −1.89%
2022 53 −2 −3.64%
2021 55 +3 +5.77%
2020 52 −3 −5.45%
2019 55 +1 +1.85%
2018 54 +2 +3.85%
2017 52 +2 +4%
2016 50 +5 +11.11%
2015 45 +0 +0%
2014 45 −1 −2.17%
2013 46 +1 +2.22%
2012 45 +5 +12.5%
2011 40 −1 −2.44%
2010 41 +0 +0%
2009 41 +3 +7.89%
2008 38 +3 +8.57%
2007 35 +2 +6.06%
2006 33 +9 +37.5%
2005 24 +1 +4.35%
2004 23 +1 +4.55%
2003 22 +2 +10%
2002 20 −3 −13.04%
2001 23 −2 −8%
2000 25 — —

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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