Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Thailand

Universal health coverage index in Thailand in 2023 — 82 index. Ranked 38 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 20.6%.

2023 82 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 38of 195
Period maximum 82 index2021
Period minimum 68 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Thailand, 2000–202365707580852000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 68 index2001: 69 index2002: 70 index2003: 71 index2004: 71 index2005: 72 index2006: 72 index2007: 73 index2008: 73 index2009: 73 index2010: 75 index2011: 78 index2012: 78 index2013: 79 index2014: 79 index2015: 80 index2016: 81 index2017: 81 index2018: 80 index2019: 81 index2020: 81 index2021: 82 index2022: 82 index2023: 82 index
Change over the period: +14 (+20.59%) Average annual rate: 0.82 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Thailand 82 index
World computed 71.1 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 80.1 index
South-Eastern Asia computed 69 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — Thailand, by year Thailand All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 82 +0 +0%
2022 82 +0 +0%
2021 82 +1 +1.23%
2020 81 +0 +0%
2019 81 +1 +1.25%
2018 80 −1 −1.23%
2017 81 +0 +0%
2016 81 +1 +1.25%
2015 80 +1 +1.27%
2014 79 +0 +0%
2013 79 +1 +1.28%
2012 78 +0 +0%
2011 78 +3 +4%
2010 75 +2 +2.74%
2009 73 +0 +0%
2008 73 +0 +0%
2007 73 +1 +1.39%
2006 72 +0 +0%
2005 72 +1 +1.41%
2004 71 +0 +0%
2003 71 +1 +1.43%
2002 70 +1 +1.45%
2001 69 +1 +1.47%
2000 68

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.