Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Pakistan

Universal health coverage index in Pakistan in 2023 — 56 index. Ranked 148 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 55.6%.

2023 56 index +1.82% vs 2022
World rank 148of 195
Period maximum 56 index2023
Period minimum 36 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Pakistan, 2000–20233540455055602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 36 index2001: 37 index2002: 37 index2003: 37 index2004: 38 index2005: 39 index2006: 40 index2007: 40 index2008: 41 index2009: 41 index2010: 42 index2011: 43 index2012: 45 index2013: 47 index2014: 47 index2015: 49 index2016: 50 index2017: 51 index2018: 53 index2019: 52 index2020: 54 index2021: 55 index2022: 55 index2023: 56 index
Change over the period: +20 (+55.56%) Average annual rate: 1.94 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Pakistan 56 index
World computed 71.1 index
South Asia computed 65.3 index
Southern Asia computed 66 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Pakistan, by year Pakistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 56 +1 +1.82%
2022 55 +0 +0%
2021 55 +1 +1.85%
2020 54 +2 +3.85%
2019 52 −1 −1.89%
2018 53 +2 +3.92%
2017 51 +1 +2%
2016 50 +1 +2.04%
2015 49 +2 +4.26%
2014 47 +0 +0%
2013 47 +2 +4.44%
2012 45 +2 +4.65%
2011 43 +1 +2.38%
2010 42 +1 +2.44%
2009 41 +0 +0%
2008 41 +1 +2.5%
2007 40 +0 +0%
2006 40 +1 +2.56%
2005 39 +1 +2.63%
2004 38 +1 +2.7%
2003 37 +0 +0%
2002 37 +0 +0%
2001 37 +1 +2.78%
2000 36

Southern Asia, 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.