Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Palestine

Universal health coverage index in Palestine in 2023 — 65 index. Ranked 129 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.5%.

2023 65 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 129of 195
Period maximum 70 index2009
Period minimum 65 index2019

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Palestine, 2000–2023646668702000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 66 index2001: 67 index2002: 67 index2003: 67 index2004: 67 index2005: 67 index2006: 68 index2007: 68 index2008: 67 index2009: 70 index2010: 68 index2011: 68 index2012: 69 index2013: 69 index2014: 69 index2015: 69 index2016: 70 index2017: 70 index2018: 66 index2019: 65 index2020: 65 index2021: 66 index2022: 65 index2023: 65 index
Change over the period: −1 (−1.52%) Average annual rate: -0.07 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Palestine 65 index
World computed 71.1 index
Middle East & North Africa computed 71.1 index
Western Asia computed 70.4 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 65 +0 +0%
2022 65 −1 −1.52%
2021 66 +1 +1.54%
2020 65 +0 +0%
2019 65 −1 −1.52%
2018 66 −4 −5.71%
2017 70 +0 +0%
2016 70 +1 +1.45%
2015 69 +0 +0%
2014 69 +0 +0%
2013 69 +0 +0%
2012 69 +1 +1.47%
2011 68 +0 +0%
2010 68 −2 −2.86%
2009 70 +3 +4.48%
2008 67 −1 −1.47%
2007 68 +0 +0%
2006 68 +1 +1.49%
2005 67 +0 +0%
2004 67 +0 +0%
2003 67 +0 +0%
2002 67 +0 +0%
2001 67 +1 +1.52%
2000 66

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.