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Universal health coverage index — Tonga

Universal health coverage index in Tonga in 2023 — 71 index. Ranked 100 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 7.6%.

2023 71 index +0% vs 2022
World rank 100of 195
Period maximum 71 index2020
Period minimum 66 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Tonga, 2000–2023666870722000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 66 index2001: 66 index2002: 66 index2003: 66 index2004: 66 index2005: 66 index2006: 67 index2007: 67 index2008: 67 index2009: 67 index2010: 68 index2011: 67 index2012: 67 index2013: 70 index2014: 70 index2015: 69 index2016: 69 index2017: 69 index2018: 69 index2019: 70 index2020: 71 index2021: 70 index2022: 71 index2023: 71 index
Change over the period: +5 (+7.58%) Average annual rate: 0.32 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Tonga 71 index
World computed 71.1 index
East Asia & Pacific computed 80.1 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 80.4 index
Universal health coverage index — Tonga, by year Tonga All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 71 +0 +0%
2022 71 +1 +1.43%
2021 70 −1 −1.41%
2020 71 +1 +1.43%
2019 70 +1 +1.45%
2018 69 +0 +0%
2017 69 +0 +0%
2016 69 +0 +0%
2015 69 −1 −1.43%
2014 70 +0 +0%
2013 70 +3 +4.48%
2012 67 +0 +0%
2011 67 −1 −1.47%
2010 68 +1 +1.49%
2009 67 +0 +0%
2008 67 +0 +0%
2007 67 +0 +0%
2006 67 +1 +1.52%
2005 66 +0 +0%
2004 66 +0 +0%
2003 66 +0 +0%
2002 66 +0 +0%
2001 66 +0 +0%
2000 66 — —

Polynesia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CK Cook Islands 75 TO Tonga 71 NU Niue 67 TV Tuvalu 65 WS Samoa 62
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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.

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Healthcare Out-of-pocket health expenditure

What share of medical spending people pay out of their own pocket at the point of care.

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How many dollars a year the state spends on the health of one person.

Tonga by year Healthcare Physicians per 1,000 people

The number of physicians per 1,000 people.

Tonga by year Healthcare Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people

How many nurses and midwives there are per 1,000 people.

Tonga by year
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