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Universal health coverage index — Sri Lanka

Universal health coverage index in Sri Lanka in 2023 — 72 index. Ranked 97 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 18%.

2023 72 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 97of 195
Period maximum 72 index2021
Period minimum 60 index2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Sri Lanka, 2000–2023606570752000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 61 index2001: 60 index2002: 61 index2003: 63 index2004: 64 index2005: 64 index2006: 65 index2007: 66 index2008: 65 index2009: 66 index2010: 67 index2011: 67 index2012: 68 index2013: 68 index2014: 69 index2015: 69 index2016: 70 index2017: 70 index2018: 68 index2019: 70 index2020: 71 index2021: 72 index2022: 72 index2023: 72 index
Change over the period: +11 (+18.03%) Average annual rate: 0.72 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Sri Lanka 72 index
World computed 71.1 index
South Asia computed 65.3 index
Southern Asia computed 66 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 72 +0 +0%
2022 72 +0 +0%
2021 72 +1 +1.41%
2020 71 +1 +1.43%
2019 70 +2 +2.94%
2018 68 −2 −2.86%
2017 70 +0 +0%
2016 70 +1 +1.45%
2015 69 +0 +0%
2014 69 +1 +1.47%
2013 68 +0 +0%
2012 68 +1 +1.49%
2011 67 +0 +0%
2010 67 +1 +1.52%
2009 66 +1 +1.54%
2008 65 −1 −1.52%
2007 66 +1 +1.54%
2006 65 +1 +1.56%
2005 64 +0 +0%
2004 64 +1 +1.59%
2003 63 +2 +3.28%
2002 61 +1 +1.67%
2001 60 −1 −1.64%
2000 61

Southern Asia, 2023

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

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.