Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Southern Asia

Universal health coverage index in Southern Asia in 2023 — 66 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 101.8%.

2023 66 index +1.29% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 66 index2023
Period minimum 32.7 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Southern Asia, 2000–202330405060702000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 32.7 index2001: 35.1 index2002: 36.7 index2003: 38.3 index2004: 40.7 index2005: 42.5 index2006: 44.2 index2007: 45.9 index2008: 47.6 index2009: 49.2 index2010: 50.9 index2011: 51.8 index2012: 53.8 index2013: 54.9 index2014: 57.3 index2015: 59.1 index2016: 60.1 index2017: 61 index2018: 60.6 index2019: 62.3 index2020: 63.4 index2021: 64.3 index2022: 65.2 index2023: 66 index
Change over the period: +33.3 (+101.77%) Average annual rate: 3.1 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Southern Asia 66 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 66 +0.8 +1.29%
2022 65.2 +0.9 +1.38%
2021 64.3 +0.9 +1.43%
2020 63.4 +1.1 +1.77%
2019 62.3 +1.7 +2.75%
2018 60.6 −0.4 −0.64%
2017 61 +0.9 +1.47%
2016 60.1 +1 +1.72%
2015 59.1 +1.8 +3.2%
2014 57.3 +2.3 +4.26%
2013 54.9 +1.1 +2.09%
2012 53.8 +2 +3.84%
2011 51.8 +0.9 +1.77%
2010 50.9 +1.7 +3.49%
2009 49.2 +1.6 +3.43%
2008 47.6 +1.7 +3.66%
2007 45.9 +1.7 +3.86%
2006 44.2 +1.7 +3.94%
2005 42.5 +1.8 +4.38%
2004 40.7 +2.4 +6.4%
2003 38.3 +1.6 +4.26%
2002 36.7 +1.6 +4.46%
2001 35.1 +2.4 +7.4%
2000 32.7

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.