Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Sierra Leone

Universal health coverage index in Sierra Leone in 2023 — 48 index. Ranked 163 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 166.7%.

2023 48 index +6.67% vs 2022
World rank 163of 195
Period maximum 48 index2023
Period minimum 17 index2004

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Sierra Leone, 2000–202310203040502000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 18 index2001: 18 index2002: 18 index2003: 18 index2004: 17 index2005: 18 index2006: 23 index2007: 24 index2008: 24 index2009: 26 index2010: 31 index2011: 36 index2012: 38 index2013: 40 index2014: 43 index2015: 43 index2016: 40 index2017: 44 index2018: 42 index2019: 42 index2020: 41 index2021: 45 index2022: 45 index2023: 48 index
Change over the period: +30 (+166.67%) Average annual rate: 4.36 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Sierra Leone 48 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Western Africa computed 46.4 index
Low-income countries computed 43.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 48 +3 +6.67%
2022 45 +0 +0%
2021 45 +4 +9.76%
2020 41 −1 −2.38%
2019 42 +0 +0%
2018 42 −2 −4.55%
2017 44 +4 +10%
2016 40 −3 −6.98%
2015 43 +0 +0%
2014 43 +3 +7.5%
2013 40 +2 +5.26%
2012 38 +2 +5.56%
2011 36 +5 +16.13%
2010 31 +5 +19.23%
2009 26 +2 +8.33%
2008 24 +0 +0%
2007 24 +1 +4.35%
2006 23 +5 +27.78%
2005 18 +1 +5.88%
2004 17 −1 −5.56%
2003 18 +0 +0%
2002 18 +0 +0%
2001 18 +0 +0%
2000 18

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.