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Universal health coverage index — Portugal

Universal health coverage index in Portugal in 2023 — 83 index. Ranked 33 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.5%.

2023 83 index −1.19% vs 2022
World rank 33of 195
Period maximum 84 index2012
Period minimum 81 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Portugal, 2000–2023818283842000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 81 index2001: 81 index2002: 81 index2003: 82 index2004: 82 index2005: 82 index2006: 83 index2007: 83 index2008: 83 index2009: 83 index2010: 83 index2011: 83 index2012: 84 index2013: 84 index2014: 84 index2015: 84 index2016: 84 index2017: 84 index2018: 83 index2019: 83 index2020: 83 index2021: 83 index2022: 84 index2023: 83 index
Change over the period: +2 (+2.47%) Average annual rate: 0.11 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Portugal 83 index
World computed 71.1 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 81.5 index
Southern Europe computed 81.1 index
High-income countries computed 85.2 index
Universal health coverage index — Portugal, by year Portugal All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 83 −1 −1.19%
2022 84 +1 +1.2%
2021 83 +0 +0%
2020 83 +0 +0%
2019 83 +0 +0%
2018 83 −1 −1.19%
2017 84 +0 +0%
2016 84 +0 +0%
2015 84 +0 +0%
2014 84 +0 +0%
2013 84 +0 +0%
2012 84 +1 +1.2%
2011 83 +0 +0%
2010 83 +0 +0%
2009 83 +0 +0%
2008 83 +0 +0%
2007 83 +0 +0%
2006 83 +1 +1.22%
2005 82 +0 +0%
2004 82 +0 +0%
2003 82 +1 +1.23%
2002 81 +0 +0%
2001 81 +0 +0%
2000 81 — —

Southern Europe, 2023

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

MC Monaco 85 SI Slovenia 84 ES Spain 84 PT Portugal 83 IT Italy 82 MT Malta 82 GR Greece 77 HR Croatia 76 AD Andorra 75 SM San Marino 74 RS Serbia 73 AL Albania 71 ME Montenegro 70 MK North Macedonia 69 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 64
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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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