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Universal health coverage index — South Sudan

Universal health coverage index in South Sudan in 2023 — 41 index. Ranked 183 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 95.2%.

2023 41 index +5.13% vs 2022
World rank 183of 195
Period maximum 41 index2021
Period minimum 21 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — South Sudan, 2000–20232025303540452000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 21 index2001: 21 index2002: 21 index2003: 21 index2004: 22 index2005: 23 index2006: 24 index2007: 26 index2008: 28 index2009: 31 index2010: 28 index2011: 26 index2012: 29 index2013: 33 index2014: 32 index2015: 31 index2016: 35 index2017: 35 index2018: 35 index2019: 36 index2020: 40 index2021: 41 index2022: 39 index2023: 41 index
Change over the period: +20 (+95.24%) Average annual rate: 2.95 %

Comparison, 2023

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

South Sudan 41 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Eastern Africa computed 45.6 index
Low-income countries computed 43.8 index
Universal health coverage index — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 41 +2 +5.13%
2022 39 −2 −4.88%
2021 41 +1 +2.5%
2020 40 +4 +11.11%
2019 36 +1 +2.86%
2018 35 +0 +0%
2017 35 +0 +0%
2016 35 +4 +12.9%
2015 31 −1 −3.13%
2014 32 −1 −3.03%
2013 33 +4 +13.79%
2012 29 +3 +11.54%
2011 26 −2 −7.14%
2010 28 −3 −9.68%
2009 31 +3 +10.71%
2008 28 +2 +7.69%
2007 26 +2 +8.33%
2006 24 +1 +4.35%
2005 23 +1 +4.55%
2004 22 +1 +4.76%
2003 21 +0 +0%
2002 21 +0 +0%
2001 21 +0 +0%
2000 21 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

SC Seychelles 80 MU Mauritius 75 ZM Zambia 62 RW Rwanda 59 ZW Zimbabwe 59 KE Kenya 57 UG Uganda 54 KM Comoros 52 MW Malawi 52 MZ Mozambique 50 TZ Tanzania 49 BI Burundi 48 DJ Djibouti 47 SS South Sudan 41 ER Eritrea 40 ET Ethiopia 33 MG Madagascar 33 SO Somalia 30
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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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