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Universal health coverage index — Nepal

Universal health coverage index in Nepal in 2023 — 58 index. Ranked 145 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 222.2%.

2023 58 index +3.57% vs 2022
World rank 145of 195
Period maximum 58 index2023
Period minimum 18 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Nepal, 2000–202302040602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 18 index2001: 20 index2002: 22 index2003: 23 index2004: 25 index2005: 28 index2006: 30 index2007: 32 index2008: 34 index2009: 35 index2010: 37 index2011: 39 index2012: 40 index2013: 43 index2014: 45 index2015: 46 index2016: 48 index2017: 45 index2018: 47 index2019: 51 index2020: 51 index2021: 54 index2022: 56 index2023: 58 index
Change over the period: +40 (+222.22%) Average annual rate: 5.22 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Nepal 58 index
World computed 71.1 index
South Asia computed 65.3 index
Southern Asia computed 66 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Nepal, by year Nepal All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 58 +2 +3.57%
2022 56 +2 +3.7%
2021 54 +3 +5.88%
2020 51 +0 +0%
2019 51 +4 +8.51%
2018 47 +2 +4.44%
2017 45 −3 −6.25%
2016 48 +2 +4.35%
2015 46 +1 +2.22%
2014 45 +2 +4.65%
2013 43 +3 +7.5%
2012 40 +1 +2.56%
2011 39 +2 +5.41%
2010 37 +2 +5.71%
2009 35 +1 +2.94%
2008 34 +2 +6.25%
2007 32 +2 +6.67%
2006 30 +2 +7.14%
2005 28 +3 +12%
2004 25 +2 +8.7%
2003 23 +1 +4.55%
2002 22 +2 +10%
2001 20 +2 +11.11%
2000 18

Southern Asia, 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.