Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Papua New Guinea

Universal health coverage index in Papua New Guinea in 2023 — 32 index. Ranked 193 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 33.3%.

2023 32 index +3.23% vs 2022
World rank 193of 195
Period maximum 32 index2023
Period minimum 24 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Papua New Guinea, 2000–202324262830322000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 24 index2001: 24 index2002: 24 index2003: 24 index2004: 24 index2005: 25 index2006: 25 index2007: 25 index2008: 25 index2009: 26 index2010: 26 index2011: 27 index2012: 27 index2013: 27 index2014: 28 index2015: 28 index2016: 28 index2017: 28 index2018: 28 index2019: 26 index2020: 28 index2021: 30 index2022: 31 index2023: 32 index
Change over the period: +8 (+33.33%) Average annual rate: 1.26 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 32 index
World computed 71.1 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 80.1 index
Melanesia computed 36.2 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 32 +1 +3.23%
2022 31 +1 +3.33%
2021 30 +2 +7.14%
2020 28 +2 +7.69%
2019 26 −2 −7.14%
2018 28 +0 +0%
2017 28 +0 +0%
2016 28 +0 +0%
2015 28 +0 +0%
2014 28 +1 +3.7%
2013 27 +0 +0%
2012 27 +0 +0%
2011 27 +1 +3.85%
2010 26 +0 +0%
2009 26 +1 +4%
2008 25 +0 +0%
2007 25 +0 +0%
2006 25 +0 +0%
2005 25 +1 +4.17%
2004 24 +0 +0%
2003 24 +0 +0%
2002 24 +0 +0%
2001 24 +0 +0%
2000 24

Melanesia, 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.