Universal health coverage index — all countries

Universal health coverage index — Zambia

Universal health coverage index in Zambia in 2023 — 62 index. Ranked 137 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 93.8%.

2023 62 index +12.73% vs 2022
World rank 137of 195
Period maximum 62 index2023
Period minimum 31 index2002

Trend over time

2000–2023 · index, 0–100

Universal health coverage index — Zambia, 2000–202330405060702000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 32 index2001: 33 index2002: 31 index2003: 32 index2004: 34 index2005: 37 index2006: 42 index2007: 45 index2008: 45 index2009: 44 index2010: 47 index2011: 49 index2012: 51 index2013: 52 index2014: 55 index2015: 55 index2016: 51 index2017: 55 index2018: 54 index2019: 55 index2020: 56 index2021: 56 index2022: 55 index2023: 62 index
Change over the period: +30 (+93.75%) Average annual rate: 2.92 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Zambia 62 index
World computed 71.1 index
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 46.8 index
Eastern Africa computed 45.6 index
Lower-middle-income countries computed 63.8 index
Universal health coverage index — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 62 +7 +12.73%
2022 55 −1 −1.79%
2021 56 +0 +0%
2020 56 +1 +1.82%
2019 55 +1 +1.85%
2018 54 −1 −1.82%
2017 55 +4 +7.84%
2016 51 −4 −7.27%
2015 55 +0 +0%
2014 55 +3 +5.77%
2013 52 +1 +1.96%
2012 51 +2 +4.08%
2011 49 +2 +4.26%
2010 47 +3 +6.82%
2009 44 −1 −2.22%
2008 45 +0 +0%
2007 45 +3 +7.14%
2006 42 +5 +13.51%
2005 37 +3 +8.82%
2004 34 +2 +6.25%
2003 32 +1 +3.23%
2002 31 −2 −6.06%
2001 33 +1 +3.13%
2000 32

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.