Universal health coverage index in North Korea in 2023 — 77 index. Ranked 70 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10%.
2000–2023 · index, 0–100
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North Korea
| Year | index | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 77 | +1 | +1.32% |
| 2022 | 76 | −4 | −5% |
| 2021 | 80 | +0 | +0% |
| 2020 | 80 | +0 | +0% |
| 2019 | 80 | +1 | +1.27% |
| 2018 | 79 | −1 | −1.25% |
| 2017 | 80 | +0 | +0% |
| 2016 | 80 | +1 | +1.27% |
| 2015 | 79 | +1 | +1.28% |
| 2014 | 78 | +1 | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 77 | +1 | +1.32% |
| 2012 | 76 | +3 | +4.11% |
| 2011 | 73 | −2 | −2.67% |
| 2010 | 75 | +1 | +1.35% |
| 2009 | 74 | +0 | +0% |
| 2008 | 74 | +1 | +1.37% |
| 2007 | 73 | +1 | +1.39% |
| 2006 | 72 | +0 | +0% |
| 2005 | 72 | +0 | +0% |
| 2004 | 72 | +1 | +1.41% |
| 2003 | 71 | +0 | +0% |
| 2002 | 71 | +1 | +1.43% |
| 2001 | 70 | +0 | +0% |
| 2000 | 70 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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.
