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Universal health coverage index — OECD

Universal health coverage index in the OECD in 2023 — 84.8 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.2%.

2023 84.8 index +0.05% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 84.8 index2023
Period minimum 74.9 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — OECD, 2000–202372.57577.58082.5852000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 74.9 index2001: 75.4 index2002: 75.9 index2003: 76.7 index2004: 77 index2005: 77.7 index2006: 78.3 index2007: 78.7 index2008: 79 index2009: 79.5 index2010: 80 index2011: 81 index2012: 82.1 index2013: 82.3 index2014: 82.8 index2015: 83.2 index2016: 83.6 index2017: 83.9 index2018: 83.7 index2019: 83.9 index2020: 84 index2021: 84.3 index2022: 84.7 index2023: 84.8 index
Change over the period: +9.9 (+13.15%) Average annual rate: 0.54 %

Comparison, 2023

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

OECD 84.8 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 84.8 +0 +0.05%
2022 84.7 +0.4 +0.52%
2021 84.3 +0.3 +0.3%
2020 84 +0.2 +0.19%
2019 83.9 +0.2 +0.22%
2018 83.7 −0.3 −0.31%
2017 83.9 +0.4 +0.44%
2016 83.6 +0.3 +0.4%
2015 83.2 +0.4 +0.52%
2014 82.8 +0.5 +0.59%
2013 82.3 +0.2 +0.28%
2012 82.1 +1.1 +1.31%
2011 81 +1.1 +1.32%
2010 80 +0.4 +0.53%
2009 79.5 +0.6 +0.71%
2008 79 +0.3 +0.37%
2007 78.7 +0.4 +0.48%
2006 78.3 +0.6 +0.83%
2005 77.7 +0.7 +0.85%
2004 77 +0.3 +0.46%
2003 76.7 +0.7 +0.98%
2002 75.9 +0.5 +0.68%
2001 75.4 +0.5 +0.67%
2000 74.9 — —

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.

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