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Universal health coverage index — Panama

Universal health coverage index in Panama in 2023 — 82 index. Ranked 38 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 17.1%.

2023 82 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 38of 195
Period maximum 83 index2021
Period minimum 70 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Panama, 2000–2023707580852000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 70 index2001: 70 index2002: 71 index2003: 72 index2004: 72 index2005: 72 index2006: 73 index2007: 73 index2008: 73 index2009: 73 index2010: 73 index2011: 76 index2012: 78 index2013: 78 index2014: 78 index2015: 78 index2016: 79 index2017: 80 index2018: 80 index2019: 81 index2020: 82 index2021: 83 index2022: 82 index2023: 82 index
Change over the period: +12 (+17.14%) Average annual rate: 0.69 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Panama 82 index
World computed 71.1 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 78.6 index
Central America computed 75.9 index
High-income countries computed 85.2 index
Universal health coverage index — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 82 +0 +0%
2022 82 −1 −1.2%
2021 83 +1 +1.22%
2020 82 +1 +1.23%
2019 81 +1 +1.25%
2018 80 +0 +0%
2017 80 +1 +1.27%
2016 79 +1 +1.28%
2015 78 +0 +0%
2014 78 +0 +0%
2013 78 +0 +0%
2012 78 +2 +2.63%
2011 76 +3 +4.11%
2010 73 +0 +0%
2009 73 +0 +0%
2008 73 +0 +0%
2007 73 +0 +0%
2006 73 +1 +1.39%
2005 72 +0 +0%
2004 72 +0 +0%
2003 72 +1 +1.41%
2002 71 +1 +1.43%
2001 70 +0 +0%
2000 70 — —

Central America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CR Costa Rica 84 PA Panama 82 SV El Salvador 79 MX Mexico 79 BZ Belize 70 NI Nicaragua 70 HN Honduras 64 GT Guatemala 58
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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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