Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Nicaragua

Universal health coverage index in Nicaragua in 2023 — 70 index. Ranked 109 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 18.6%.

2023 70 index −2.78% vs 2022
World rank 109of 195
Period maximum 72 index2017
Period minimum 59 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Nicaragua, 2000–202355606570752000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 59 index2001: 59 index2002: 60 index2003: 60 index2004: 61 index2005: 62 index2006: 63 index2007: 64 index2008: 65 index2009: 66 index2010: 66 index2011: 67 index2012: 68 index2013: 70 index2014: 71 index2015: 70 index2016: 71 index2017: 72 index2018: 70 index2019: 71 index2020: 71 index2021: 71 index2022: 72 index2023: 70 index
Change over the period: +11 (+18.64%) Average annual rate: 0.75 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Nicaragua 70 index
World computed 71.1 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 78.6 index
Central America computed 75.9 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 70 −2 −2.78%
2022 72 +1 +1.41%
2021 71 +0 +0%
2020 71 +0 +0%
2019 71 +1 +1.43%
2018 70 −2 −2.78%
2017 72 +1 +1.41%
2016 71 +1 +1.43%
2015 70 −1 −1.41%
2014 71 +1 +1.43%
2013 70 +2 +2.94%
2012 68 +1 +1.49%
2011 67 +1 +1.52%
2010 66 +0 +0%
2009 66 +1 +1.54%
2008 65 +1 +1.56%
2007 64 +1 +1.59%
2006 63 +1 +1.61%
2005 62 +1 +1.64%
2004 61 +1 +1.67%
2003 60 +0 +0%
2002 60 +1 +1.69%
2001 59 +0 +0%
2000 59

Central America, 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.