Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Mercosur

Universal health coverage index in Mercosur in 2023 — 82.5 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 17.3%.

2023 82.5 index +0.88% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 82.5 index2023
Period minimum 69.6 index2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Mercosur, 2000–202365707580852000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 70.3 index2001: 69.6 index2002: 70.6 index2003: 71.6 index2004: 72.4 index2005: 73.3 index2006: 74.1 index2007: 74.1 index2008: 75 index2009: 75.1 index2010: 76 index2011: 78.3 index2012: 79.4 index2013: 79.7 index2014: 80.5 index2015: 81.5 index2016: 81.6 index2017: 81.5 index2018: 81.4 index2019: 81.5 index2020: 82.3 index2021: 82.4 index2022: 81.8 index2023: 82.5 index
Change over the period: +12.2 (+17.28%) Average annual rate: 0.7 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mercosur 82.5 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 82.5 +0.7 +0.88%
2022 81.8 −0.7 −0.8%
2021 82.4 +0.2 +0.22%
2020 82.3 +0.8 +0.98%
2019 81.5 +0.1 +0.11%
2018 81.4 −0.1 −0.18%
2017 81.5 −0.1 −0.14%
2016 81.6 +0.1 +0.17%
2015 81.5 +1 +1.27%
2014 80.5 +0.8 +1.02%
2013 79.7 +0.2 +0.31%
2012 79.4 +1.1 +1.4%
2011 78.3 +2.3 +3.06%
2010 76 +0.9 +1.14%
2009 75.1 +0.1 +0.13%
2008 75 +1 +1.32%
2007 74.1 −0 −0.01%
2006 74.1 +0.7 +1.01%
2005 73.3 +1 +1.32%
2004 72.4 +0.8 +1.11%
2003 71.6 +1 +1.41%
2002 70.6 +1 +1.43%
2001 69.6 −0.7 −1.06%
2000 70.3

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.