Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Namibia

Universal health coverage index in Namibia in 2023 — 66 index. Ranked 127 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 34.7%.

2023 66 index +1.54% vs 2022
World rank 127of 195
Period maximum 66 index2023
Period minimum 49 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Namibia, 2000–20234550556065702000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 49 index2001: 50 index2002: 50 index2003: 49 index2004: 53 index2005: 55 index2006: 56 index2007: 57 index2008: 57 index2009: 58 index2010: 58 index2011: 58 index2012: 58 index2013: 58 index2014: 58 index2015: 59 index2016: 60 index2017: 60 index2018: 58 index2019: 60 index2020: 61 index2021: 61 index2022: 65 index2023: 66 index
Change over the period: +17 (+34.69%) Average annual rate: 1.3 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Namibia 66 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Southern Africa computed 72.5 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — Namibia, by year Namibia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 66 +1 +1.54%
2022 65 +4 +6.56%
2021 61 +0 +0%
2020 61 +1 +1.67%
2019 60 +2 +3.45%
2018 58 −2 −3.33%
2017 60 +0 +0%
2016 60 +1 +1.69%
2015 59 +1 +1.72%
2014 58 +0 +0%
2013 58 +0 +0%
2012 58 +0 +0%
2011 58 +0 +0%
2010 58 +0 +0%
2009 58 +1 +1.75%
2008 57 +0 +0%
2007 57 +1 +1.79%
2006 56 +1 +1.82%
2005 55 +2 +3.77%
2004 53 +4 +8.16%
2003 49 −1 −2%
2002 50 +0 +0%
2001 50 +1 +2.04%
2000 49

Southern Africa, 2023

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

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.