Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Upper-middle-income countries

Universal health coverage index in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 80.4 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 27.6%.

2023 80.4 index +0.44% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 80.4 index2023
Period minimum 63 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–20236065707580852000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 63 index2001: 63.1 index2002: 63.9 index2003: 64.7 index2004: 65.6 index2005: 66.5 index2006: 67.3 index2007: 68.1 index2008: 68.9 index2009: 69.6 index2010: 70.4 index2011: 71.5 index2012: 72.7 index2013: 74.2 index2014: 75.2 index2015: 76.1 index2016: 76.8 index2017: 77.7 index2018: 77.5 index2019: 78.2 index2020: 79.1 index2021: 79.7 index2022: 80 index2023: 80.4 index
Change over the period: +17.4 (+27.63%) Average annual rate: 1.07 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 80.4 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 80.4 +0.4 +0.44%
2022 80 +0.3 +0.36%
2021 79.7 +0.7 +0.83%
2020 79.1 +0.9 +1.12%
2019 78.2 +0.7 +0.96%
2018 77.5 −0.2 −0.26%
2017 77.7 +0.9 +1.12%
2016 76.8 +0.7 +0.94%
2015 76.1 +0.9 +1.17%
2014 75.2 +1 +1.35%
2013 74.2 +1.6 +2.15%
2012 72.7 +1.2 +1.62%
2011 71.5 +1.1 +1.54%
2010 70.4 +0.8 +1.12%
2009 69.6 +0.8 +1.13%
2008 68.9 +0.8 +1.18%
2007 68.1 +0.7 +1.05%
2006 67.3 +0.9 +1.32%
2005 66.5 +0.9 +1.35%
2004 65.6 +0.9 +1.36%
2003 64.7 +0.8 +1.2%
2002 63.9 +0.9 +1.38%
2001 63.1 +0.1 +0.12%
2000 63

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.