Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Spain

Universal health coverage index in Spain in 2023 — 84 index. Ranked 23 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.5%.

2023 84 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 23of 195
Period maximum 84 index2014
Period minimum 74 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Spain, 2000–202372.57577.58082.5852000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 74 index2001: 75 index2002: 75 index2003: 75 index2004: 76 index2005: 76 index2006: 76 index2007: 77 index2008: 77 index2009: 77 index2010: 78 index2011: 81 index2012: 83 index2013: 79 index2014: 84 index2015: 83 index2016: 84 index2017: 84 index2018: 83 index2019: 84 index2020: 84 index2021: 84 index2022: 84 index2023: 84 index
Change over the period: +10 (+13.51%) Average annual rate: 0.55 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Spain 84 index
World computed 71.1 index
Europe & Central Asia computed 81.5 index
Southern Europe computed 81.1 index
High-income countries computed 85.2 index
Universal health coverage index — Spain, by year Spain All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 84 +0 +0%
2022 84 +0 +0%
2021 84 +0 +0%
2020 84 +0 +0%
2019 84 +1 +1.2%
2018 83 −1 −1.19%
2017 84 +0 +0%
2016 84 +1 +1.2%
2015 83 −1 −1.19%
2014 84 +5 +6.33%
2013 79 −4 −4.82%
2012 83 +2 +2.47%
2011 81 +3 +3.85%
2010 78 +1 +1.3%
2009 77 +0 +0%
2008 77 +0 +0%
2007 77 +1 +1.32%
2006 76 +0 +0%
2005 76 +0 +0%
2004 76 +1 +1.33%
2003 75 +0 +0%
2002 75 +0 +0%
2001 75 +1 +1.35%
2000 74

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.