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Universal health coverage index — Mauritania

Universal health coverage index in Mauritania in 2023 — 40 index. Ranked 186 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 73.9%.

2023 40 index +14.29% vs 2022
World rank 186of 195
Period maximum 41 index2018
Period minimum 23 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Mauritania, 2000–20232025303540452000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 23 index2001: 23 index2002: 23 index2003: 24 index2004: 24 index2005: 24 index2006: 26 index2007: 26 index2008: 27 index2009: 30 index2010: 33 index2011: 31 index2012: 29 index2013: 29 index2014: 29 index2015: 31 index2016: 32 index2017: 39 index2018: 41 index2019: 38 index2020: 38 index2021: 39 index2022: 35 index2023: 40 index
Change over the period: +17 (+73.91%) Average annual rate: 2.44 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mauritania 40 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Western Africa computed 46.4 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 40 +5 +14.29%
2022 35 −4 −10.26%
2021 39 +1 +2.63%
2020 38 +0 +0%
2019 38 −3 −7.32%
2018 41 +2 +5.13%
2017 39 +7 +21.88%
2016 32 +1 +3.23%
2015 31 +2 +6.9%
2014 29 +0 +0%
2013 29 +0 +0%
2012 29 −2 −6.45%
2011 31 −2 −6.06%
2010 33 +3 +10%
2009 30 +3 +11.11%
2008 27 +1 +3.85%
2007 26 +0 +0%
2006 26 +2 +8.33%
2005 24 +0 +0%
2004 24 +0 +0%
2003 24 +1 +4.35%
2002 23 +0 +0%
2001 23 +0 +0%
2000 23 — —

Western Africa, 2023

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

CV Cabo Verde 71 GH Ghana 56 GM Gambia 53 LR Liberia 49 SN Senegal 48 SL Sierra Leone 48 BF Burkina Faso 47 NG Nigeria 47 CI Côte d'Ivoire 46 GN Guinea 43 GW Guinea-Bissau 43 TG Togo 42 ML Mali 41 MR Mauritania 40 NE Niger 39 BJ Benin 38
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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.

Other indicators for Mauritania

Healthcare Out-of-pocket health expenditure

What share of medical spending people pay out of their own pocket at the point of care.

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How many dollars a year the state spends on the health of one person.

Mauritania by year Healthcare Physicians per 1,000 people

The number of physicians per 1,000 people.

Mauritania by year Healthcare Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people

How many nurses and midwives there are per 1,000 people.

Mauritania by year
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