Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Sao Tome and Principe

Universal health coverage index in Sao Tome and Principe in 2023 — 60 index. Ranked 141 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 46.3%.

2023 60 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 141of 195
Period maximum 60 index2022
Period minimum 41 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Sao Tome and Principe, 2000–202340455055602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 41 index2001: 42 index2002: 43 index2003: 44 index2004: 45 index2005: 47 index2006: 48 index2007: 48 index2008: 49 index2009: 50 index2010: 51 index2011: 51 index2012: 51 index2013: 51 index2014: 51 index2015: 52 index2016: 53 index2017: 53 index2018: 58 index2019: 58 index2020: 58 index2021: 59 index2022: 60 index2023: 60 index
Change over the period: +19 (+46.34%) Average annual rate: 1.67 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe 60 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Middle Africa computed 41.3 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 60 +0 +0%
2022 60 +1 +1.69%
2021 59 +1 +1.72%
2020 58 +0 +0%
2019 58 +0 +0%
2018 58 +5 +9.43%
2017 53 +0 +0%
2016 53 +1 +1.92%
2015 52 +1 +1.96%
2014 51 +0 +0%
2013 51 +0 +0%
2012 51 +0 +0%
2011 51 +0 +0%
2010 51 +1 +2%
2009 50 +1 +2.04%
2008 49 +1 +2.08%
2007 48 +0 +0%
2006 48 +1 +2.13%
2005 47 +2 +4.44%
2004 45 +1 +2.27%
2003 44 +1 +2.33%
2002 43 +1 +2.38%
2001 42 +1 +2.44%
2000 41

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.