Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Southern Europe

Universal health coverage index in Southern Europe in 2023 — 81.1 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 13.6%.

2023 81.1 index −0.05% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 81.2 index2020
Period minimum 71.4 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Southern Europe, 2000–20237072.57577.58082.52000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 71.4 index2001: 72.1 index2002: 72.7 index2003: 72.9 index2004: 73.8 index2005: 73.9 index2006: 74.6 index2007: 75 index2008: 75.6 index2009: 75.8 index2010: 76.6 index2011: 77.6 index2012: 79 index2013: 78.1 index2014: 80.1 index2015: 79.9 index2016: 80.7 index2017: 80.9 index2018: 80.6 index2019: 81.1 index2020: 81.2 index2021: 81 index2022: 81.1 index2023: 81.1 index
Change over the period: +9.7 (+13.6%) Average annual rate: 0.56 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Southern Europe 81.1 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 81.1 −0 −0.05%
2022 81.1 +0.1 +0.16%
2021 81 −0.2 −0.21%
2020 81.2 +0.1 +0.1%
2019 81.1 +0.5 +0.59%
2018 80.6 −0.3 −0.33%
2017 80.9 +0.1 +0.17%
2016 80.7 +0.9 +1.08%
2015 79.9 −0.2 −0.3%
2014 80.1 +2 +2.55%
2013 78.1 −0.9 −1.14%
2012 79 +1.4 +1.76%
2011 77.6 +1.1 +1.38%
2010 76.6 +0.8 +1.09%
2009 75.8 +0.2 +0.23%
2008 75.6 +0.6 +0.76%
2007 75 +0.4 +0.56%
2006 74.6 +0.7 +0.96%
2005 73.9 +0.1 +0.14%
2004 73.8 +0.9 +1.19%
2003 72.9 +0.2 +0.33%
2002 72.7 +0.6 +0.76%
2001 72.1 +0.8 +1.08%
2000 71.4

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.