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Universal health coverage index — Northern Africa

Universal health coverage index in Northern Africa in 2023 — 65.9 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 8%.

2023 65.9 index +0.01% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 67.5 index2014
Period minimum 61 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Northern Africa, 2000–202360626466682000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 61 index2001: 61 index2002: 61.6 index2003: 61.7 index2004: 62.2 index2005: 62.5 index2006: 63.4 index2007: 64.1 index2008: 64.4 index2009: 65.2 index2010: 65.2 index2011: 64.1 index2012: 64.5 index2013: 66.5 index2014: 67.5 index2015: 66.9 index2016: 67 index2017: 67 index2018: 66.2 index2019: 65.2 index2020: 65.1 index2021: 65.3 index2022: 65.9 index2023: 65.9 index
Change over the period: +4.9 (+8.02%) Average annual rate: 0.34 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Northern Africa 65.9 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 65.9 +0 +0.01%
2022 65.9 +0.6 +0.92%
2021 65.3 +0.2 +0.29%
2020 65.1 −0 −0.07%
2019 65.2 −1 −1.54%
2018 66.2 −0.8 −1.25%
2017 67 −0 −0%
2016 67 +0.1 +0.2%
2015 66.9 −0.6 −0.83%
2014 67.5 +0.9 +1.38%
2013 66.5 +2 +3.1%
2012 64.5 +0.4 +0.7%
2011 64.1 −1.1 −1.62%
2010 65.2 −0 −0.06%
2009 65.2 +0.8 +1.3%
2008 64.4 +0.3 +0.45%
2007 64.1 +0.6 +1%
2006 63.4 +0.9 +1.5%
2005 62.5 +0.3 +0.54%
2004 62.2 +0.5 +0.77%
2003 61.7 +0 +0.07%
2002 61.6 +0.6 +1%
2001 61 +0 +0.01%
2000 61 — —

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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