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Universal health coverage index — Malaysia

Universal health coverage index in Malaysia in 2023 — 80 index. Ranked 51 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.7%.

2023 80 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 51of 195
Period maximum 80 index2015
Period minimum 71 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Malaysia, 2000–20237072.57577.5802000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 71 index2001: 71 index2002: 72 index2003: 72 index2004: 73 index2005: 74 index2006: 74 index2007: 75 index2008: 75 index2009: 76 index2010: 77 index2011: 78 index2012: 78 index2013: 79 index2014: 79 index2015: 80 index2016: 80 index2017: 80 index2018: 80 index2019: 80 index2020: 80 index2021: 79 index2022: 80 index2023: 80 index
Change over the period: +9 (+12.68%) Average annual rate: 0.52 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Malaysia 80 index
World computed 71.1 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 80.1 index
South-Eastern Asia computed 69 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 80 +0 +0%
2022 80 +1 +1.27%
2021 79 −1 −1.25%
2020 80 +0 +0%
2019 80 +0 +0%
2018 80 +0 +0%
2017 80 +0 +0%
2016 80 +0 +0%
2015 80 +1 +1.27%
2014 79 +0 +0%
2013 79 +1 +1.28%
2012 78 +0 +0%
2011 78 +1 +1.3%
2010 77 +1 +1.32%
2009 76 +1 +1.33%
2008 75 +0 +0%
2007 75 +1 +1.35%
2006 74 +0 +0%
2005 74 +1 +1.37%
2004 73 +1 +1.39%
2003 72 +0 +0%
2002 72 +1 +1.41%
2001 71 +0 +0%
2000 71 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2023

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

SG Singapore 88 BN Brunei Darussalam 84 TH Thailand 82 MY Malaysia 80 VN Vietnam 71 PH Philippines 69 ID Indonesia 67 LA Laos 64 KH Cambodia 62 MM Myanmar 52 TL Timor-Leste 48
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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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