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Universal health coverage index — Samoa

Universal health coverage index in Samoa in 2023 — 62 index. Ranked 137 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 6.9%.

2023 62 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 137of 195
Period maximum 63 index2019
Period minimum 56 index2005

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Samoa, 2000–202356586062642000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 58 index2001: 58 index2002: 58 index2003: 59 index2004: 58 index2005: 56 index2006: 56 index2007: 57 index2008: 57 index2009: 57 index2010: 58 index2011: 59 index2012: 59 index2013: 61 index2014: 61 index2015: 62 index2016: 62 index2017: 62 index2018: 62 index2019: 63 index2020: 63 index2021: 62 index2022: 62 index2023: 62 index
Change over the period: +4 (+6.9%) Average annual rate: 0.29 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Samoa 62 index
World computed 71.1 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 80.1 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Samoa, by year Samoa All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 62 +0 +0%
2022 62 +0 +0%
2021 62 −1 −1.59%
2020 63 +0 +0%
2019 63 +1 +1.61%
2018 62 +0 +0%
2017 62 +0 +0%
2016 62 +0 +0%
2015 62 +1 +1.64%
2014 61 +0 +0%
2013 61 +2 +3.39%
2012 59 +0 +0%
2011 59 +1 +1.72%
2010 58 +1 +1.75%
2009 57 +0 +0%
2008 57 +0 +0%
2007 57 +1 +1.79%
2006 56 +0 +0%
2005 56 −2 −3.45%
2004 58 −1 −1.69%
2003 59 +1 +1.72%
2002 58 +0 +0%
2001 58 +0 +0%
2000 58 — —

Polynesia, 2023

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

CK Cook Islands 75 TO Tonga 71 NU Niue 67 TV Tuvalu 65 WS Samoa 62
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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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