Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Norway

Universal health coverage index in Norway in 2023 — 89 index. Ranked 3 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 21.9%.

2023 89 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 3of 195
Period maximum 89 index2022
Period minimum 73 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Norway, 2000–202370758085902000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 73 index2001: 75 index2002: 76 index2003: 77 index2004: 78 index2005: 79 index2006: 80 index2007: 81 index2008: 82 index2009: 83 index2010: 84 index2011: 84 index2012: 85 index2013: 86 index2014: 86 index2015: 87 index2016: 87 index2017: 87 index2018: 87 index2019: 88 index2020: 88 index2021: 88 index2022: 89 index2023: 89 index
Change over the period: +16 (+21.92%) Average annual rate: 0.87 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Norway 89 index
World computed 71.1 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 81.5 index
Northern Europe computed 86.6 index
High-income countries computed 85.2 index
Universal health coverage index — Norway, by year Norway All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 89 +0 +0%
2022 89 +1 +1.14%
2021 88 +0 +0%
2020 88 +0 +0%
2019 88 +1 +1.15%
2018 87 +0 +0%
2017 87 +0 +0%
2016 87 +0 +0%
2015 87 +1 +1.16%
2014 86 +0 +0%
2013 86 +1 +1.18%
2012 85 +1 +1.19%
2011 84 +0 +0%
2010 84 +1 +1.2%
2009 83 +1 +1.22%
2008 82 +1 +1.23%
2007 81 +1 +1.25%
2006 80 +1 +1.27%
2005 79 +1 +1.28%
2004 78 +1 +1.3%
2003 77 +1 +1.32%
2002 76 +1 +1.33%
2001 75 +2 +2.74%
2000 73

Northern Europe, 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.