Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Nigeria

Universal health coverage index in Nigeria in 2023 — 47 index. Ranked 170 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 56.7%.

2023 47 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 170of 195
Period maximum 47 index2019
Period minimum 24 index2003

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Nigeria, 2000–2023203040502000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 30 index2001: 28 index2002: 25 index2003: 24 index2004: 27 index2005: 29 index2006: 30 index2007: 30 index2008: 30 index2009: 35 index2010: 39 index2011: 40 index2012: 39 index2013: 38 index2014: 41 index2015: 43 index2016: 44 index2017: 42 index2018: 46 index2019: 47 index2020: 45 index2021: 47 index2022: 47 index2023: 47 index
Change over the period: +17 (+56.67%) Average annual rate: 1.97 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Nigeria 47 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Western Africa computed 46.4 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 47 +0 +0%
2022 47 +0 +0%
2021 47 +2 +4.44%
2020 45 −2 −4.26%
2019 47 +1 +2.17%
2018 46 +4 +9.52%
2017 42 −2 −4.55%
2016 44 +1 +2.33%
2015 43 +2 +4.88%
2014 41 +3 +7.89%
2013 38 −1 −2.56%
2012 39 −1 −2.5%
2011 40 +1 +2.56%
2010 39 +4 +11.43%
2009 35 +5 +16.67%
2008 30 +0 +0%
2007 30 +0 +0%
2006 30 +1 +3.45%
2005 29 +2 +7.41%
2004 27 +3 +12.5%
2003 24 −1 −4%
2002 25 −3 −10.71%
2001 28 −2 −6.67%
2000 30

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.