Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Saint Lucia

Universal health coverage index in Saint Lucia in 2023 — 75 index. Ranked 78 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 11.9%.

2023 75 index +1.35% vs 2022
World rank 78of 195
Period maximum 78 index2019
Period minimum 67 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Saint Lucia, 2000–2023657075802000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 67 index2001: 68 index2002: 68 index2003: 69 index2004: 68 index2005: 68 index2006: 68 index2007: 69 index2008: 69 index2009: 69 index2010: 69 index2011: 71 index2012: 71 index2013: 71 index2014: 72 index2015: 75 index2016: 77 index2017: 76 index2018: 76 index2019: 78 index2020: 78 index2021: 77 index2022: 74 index2023: 75 index
Change over the period: +8 (+11.94%) Average annual rate: 0.49 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Saint Lucia 75 index
World computed 71.1 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 78.6 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 75 +1 +1.35%
2022 74 −3 −3.9%
2021 77 −1 −1.28%
2020 78 +0 +0%
2019 78 +2 +2.63%
2018 76 +0 +0%
2017 76 −1 −1.3%
2016 77 +2 +2.67%
2015 75 +3 +4.17%
2014 72 +1 +1.41%
2013 71 +0 +0%
2012 71 +0 +0%
2011 71 +2 +2.9%
2010 69 +0 +0%
2009 69 +0 +0%
2008 69 +0 +0%
2007 69 +1 +1.47%
2006 68 +0 +0%
2005 68 +0 +0%
2004 68 −1 −1.45%
2003 69 +1 +1.47%
2002 68 +0 +0%
2001 68 +1 +1.49%
2000 67

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.