Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — World

Universal health coverage index in the world in 2023 — 71.1 index. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 32.6%.

2023 71.1 index +0.5% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 71.1 index2023
Period minimum 53.6 index2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — World, 2000–20235055606570752000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 53.6 index2001: 54.3 index2002: 55 index2003: 55.7 index2004: 56.8 index2005: 57.8 index2006: 58.9 index2007: 59.8 index2008: 60.7 index2009: 61.6 index2010: 62.6 index2011: 63.6 index2012: 64.7 index2013: 65.6 index2014: 66.8 index2015: 67.7 index2016: 68.3 index2017: 68.9 index2018: 68.6 index2019: 69.3 index2020: 69.9 index2021: 70.3 index2022: 70.8 index2023: 71.1 index
Change over the period: +17.5 (+32.62%) Average annual rate: 1.23 %

Comparison, 2023

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

World 71.1 index
World computed 71.1 index
Universal health coverage index — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 71.1 +0.4 +0.5%
2022 70.8 +0.5 +0.71%
2021 70.3 +0.4 +0.62%
2020 69.9 +0.5 +0.79%
2019 69.3 +0.7 +1.01%
2018 68.6 −0.3 −0.41%
2017 68.9 +0.6 +0.81%
2016 68.3 +0.6 +0.9%
2015 67.7 +0.9 +1.35%
2014 66.8 +1.2 +1.8%
2013 65.6 +1 +1.52%
2012 64.7 +1.1 +1.72%
2011 63.6 +1 +1.63%
2010 62.6 +0.9 +1.51%
2009 61.6 +1 +1.6%
2008 60.7 +0.9 +1.51%
2007 59.8 +0.9 +1.53%
2006 58.9 +1.1 +1.88%
2005 57.8 +1 +1.76%
2004 56.8 +1.1 +1.9%
2003 55.7 +0.7 +1.33%
2002 55 +0.7 +1.34%
2001 54.3 +0.6 +1.14%
2000 53.6

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.