Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Suriname

Universal health coverage index in Suriname in 2023 — 74 index. Ranked 86 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 25.4%.

2023 74 index −1.33% vs 2022
World rank 86of 195
Period maximum 77 index2019
Period minimum 59 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Suriname, 2000–20235560657075802000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 59 index2001: 62 index2002: 65 index2003: 67 index2004: 69 index2005: 70 index2006: 70 index2007: 70 index2008: 70 index2009: 70 index2010: 70 index2011: 70 index2012: 71 index2013: 73 index2014: 73 index2015: 74 index2016: 75 index2017: 75 index2018: 76 index2019: 77 index2020: 77 index2021: 75 index2022: 75 index2023: 74 index
Change over the period: +15 (+25.42%) Average annual rate: 0.99 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Suriname 74 index
World computed 71.1 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 78.6 index
South America computed 80.7 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 74 −1 −1.33%
2022 75 +0 +0%
2021 75 −2 −2.6%
2020 77 +0 +0%
2019 77 +1 +1.32%
2018 76 +1 +1.33%
2017 75 +0 +0%
2016 75 +1 +1.35%
2015 74 +1 +1.37%
2014 73 +0 +0%
2013 73 +2 +2.82%
2012 71 +1 +1.43%
2011 70 +0 +0%
2010 70 +0 +0%
2009 70 +0 +0%
2008 70 +0 +0%
2007 70 +0 +0%
2006 70 +0 +0%
2005 70 +1 +1.45%
2004 69 +2 +2.99%
2003 67 +2 +3.08%
2002 65 +3 +4.84%
2001 62 +3 +5.08%
2000 59

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.