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Universal health coverage index — Mexico

Universal health coverage index in Mexico in 2023 — 79 index. Ranked 60 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 16.2%.

2023 79 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 60of 195
Period maximum 79 index2021
Period minimum 67 index2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Mexico, 2000–2023657075802000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 68 index2001: 67 index2002: 67 index2003: 67 index2004: 68 index2005: 68 index2006: 69 index2007: 69 index2008: 69 index2009: 70 index2010: 70 index2011: 73 index2012: 75 index2013: 76 index2014: 77 index2015: 77 index2016: 78 index2017: 78 index2018: 78 index2019: 78 index2020: 78 index2021: 79 index2022: 79 index2023: 79 index
Change over the period: +11 (+16.18%) Average annual rate: 0.65 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mexico 79 index
World computed 71.1 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 78.6 index
Central America computed 75.9 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 79 +0 +0%
2022 79 +0 +0%
2021 79 +1 +1.28%
2020 78 +0 +0%
2019 78 +0 +0%
2018 78 +0 +0%
2017 78 +0 +0%
2016 78 +1 +1.3%
2015 77 +0 +0%
2014 77 +1 +1.32%
2013 76 +1 +1.33%
2012 75 +2 +2.74%
2011 73 +3 +4.29%
2010 70 +0 +0%
2009 70 +1 +1.45%
2008 69 +0 +0%
2007 69 +0 +0%
2006 69 +1 +1.47%
2005 68 +0 +0%
2004 68 +1 +1.49%
2003 67 +0 +0%
2002 67 +0 +0%
2001 67 −1 −1.47%
2000 68 — —

Central America, 2023

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

CR Costa Rica 84 PA Panama 82 SV El Salvador 79 MX Mexico 79 BZ Belize 70 NI Nicaragua 70 HN Honduras 64 GT Guatemala 58
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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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