Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Northern Europe

Universal health coverage index in Northern Europe in 2023 — 86.6 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.6%.

2023 86.6 index +0.08% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 86.6 index2023
Period minimum 75 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Northern Europe, 2000–202370758085902000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 75 index2001: 75.9 index2002: 76.8 index2003: 77.8 index2004: 78 index2005: 79 index2006: 79.8 index2007: 80.1 index2008: 81 index2009: 81.9 index2010: 82.1 index2011: 82.4 index2012: 83.6 index2013: 83.7 index2014: 84.5 index2015: 84.8 index2016: 84.8 index2017: 85.5 index2018: 85.6 index2019: 85.7 index2020: 86.4 index2021: 86.5 index2022: 86.6 index2023: 86.6 index
Change over the period: +11.7 (+15.58%) Average annual rate: 0.63 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Northern Europe 86.6 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 86.6 +0.1 +0.08%
2022 86.6 +0 +0.03%
2021 86.5 +0.1 +0.1%
2020 86.4 +0.8 +0.9%
2019 85.7 +0.1 +0.08%
2018 85.6 +0.1 +0.1%
2017 85.5 +0.7 +0.87%
2016 84.8 +0 +0.03%
2015 84.8 +0.3 +0.34%
2014 84.5 +0.7 +0.88%
2013 83.7 +0.2 +0.19%
2012 83.6 +1.2 +1.46%
2011 82.4 +0.3 +0.36%
2010 82.1 +0.1 +0.15%
2009 81.9 +0.9 +1.15%
2008 81 +0.9 +1.12%
2007 80.1 +0.3 +0.35%
2006 79.8 +0.9 +1.12%
2005 79 +0.9 +1.21%
2004 78 +0.2 +0.3%
2003 77.8 +1 +1.28%
2002 76.8 +0.9 +1.2%
2001 75.9 +0.9 +1.25%
2000 75

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.