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UHC service coverage index

A composite index representing coverage of essential health services based on 14 tracer indicators in the areas of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases and service capacity and access. It is presented on a scale of 0 to 100 index points.

World Bank code: SH_UHC_SCI • Data available for 193 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Canada led UHC service coverage index at 92.00.

The world median across 193 reporting countries was 72.00.

What this measures: A composite index representing coverage of essential health services based on 14 tracer indicators in the areas of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases and service capacity and access. It is presented on a scale of 0 to 100 index points.

How "Health & Population" indicators are measured

Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.

Distribution — 2023

Reporting
193 countries
Median
72.00
Mean
68.33
25th percentile
57.00
75th percentile
81.00
Range
26.00 – 92.00

World at a Glance — 2023

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 89.00AUBrunei Darussalam: 84.00BNCambodia: 62.00KHChina: 85.00CNFiji: 69.00FJIndonesia: 67.00IDJapan: 86.00JPKiribati: 51.00KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 77.00KPKorea, Rep.: 88.00KRLao PDR: 64.00LAMalaysia: 80.00MYMarshall Islands: 66.00MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 65.00FMMongolia: 70.00MNMyanmar: 52.00MMNauru: 62.00NRNew Zealand: 89.00NZPalau: 75.00PWPapua New Guinea: 32.00PGPhilippines: 69.00PHSamoa: 62.00WSSingapore: 88.00SGSolomon Islands: 47.00SBThailand: 82.00THTimor-Leste: 48.00TLTonga: 71.00TOTuvalu: 65.00TVVanuatu: 52.00VUViet Nam: 71.00VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 71.00ALAndorra: 75.00ADArmenia: 69.00AMAustria: 84.00ATAzerbaijan: 67.00AZBelarus: 80.00BYBelgium: 86.00BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 64.00BABulgaria: 73.00BGCroatia: 76.00HRCyprus: 76.00CYCzechia: 83.00CZDenmark: 85.00DKEstonia: 79.00EEFinland: 86.00FIFrance: 82.00FRGeorgia: 71.00GEGermany: 87.00DEGreece: 77.00GRHungary: 80.00HUIceland: 90.00ISIreland: 82.00IEItaly: 82.00ITKazakhstan: 83.00KZKyrgyz Republic: 74.00KGLatvia: 77.00LVLithuania: 78.00LTLuxembourg: 83.00LUMoldova: 71.00MDMonaco: 85.00MCMontenegro: 70.00MENetherlands: 85.00NLNorth Macedonia: 69.00MKNorway: 89.00NOPoland: 82.00PLPortugal: 83.00PTRomania: 77.00RORussian Federation: 81.00RUSan Marino: 74.00SMSerbia: 73.00RSSlovak Republic: 78.00SKSlovenia: 84.00SISpain: 84.00ESSweden: 85.00SESwitzerland: 87.00CHTajikistan: 72.00TJTurkiye: 77.00TRTurkmenistan: 81.00TMUkraine: 80.00UAUnited Kingdom: 88.00GBUzbekistan: 79.00UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 81.00AGArgentina: 80.00ARBahamas, The: 80.00BSBarbados: 82.00BBBelize: 70.00BZBolivia: 67.00BOBrazil: 84.00BRChile: 84.00CLColombia: 82.00COCosta Rica: 84.00CRCuba: 86.00CUDominica: 75.00DMDominican Republic: 73.00DOEcuador: 78.00ECEl Salvador: 79.00SVGrenada: 78.00GDGuatemala: 58.00GTGuyana: 73.00GYHaiti: 44.00HTHonduras: 64.00HNJamaica: 74.00JMMexico: 79.00MXNicaragua: 70.00NIPanama: 82.00PAParaguay: 79.00PYPeru: 68.00PESt. Kitts and Nevis: 80.00KNSt. Lucia: 75.00LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 80.00VCSuriname: 74.00SRTrinidad and Tobago: 75.00TTUruguay: 85.00UYVenezuela, RB: 75.00VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 42.00AFAlgeria: 70.00DZBahrain: 78.00BHDjibouti: 47.00DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 71.00EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 81.00IRIraq: 64.00IQIsrael: 85.00ILJordan: 74.00JOKuwait: 84.00KWLebanon: 67.00LBLibya: 71.00LYMalta: 82.00MTMorocco: 65.00MAOman: 73.00OMPakistan: 56.00PKQatar: 84.00QASaudi Arabia: 83.00SASyrian Arab Republic: 70.00SYTunisia: 76.00TNUnited Arab Emirates: 84.00AEWest Bank and Gaza: 65.00PSYemen, Rep.: 43.00YENorth AmericaCanada: 92.00CAUnited States: 88.00USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 54.00BDBhutan: 69.00BTIndia: 69.00INMaldives: 71.00MVNepal: 58.00NPSri Lanka: 72.00LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 44.00AOBenin: 38.00BJBotswana: 60.00BWBurkina Faso: 47.00BFBurundi: 48.00BICabo Verde: 71.00CVCameroon: 48.00CMCentral African Republic: 39.00CFChad: 26.00TDComoros: 52.00KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 41.00CDCongo, Rep.: 45.00CGCote d'Ivoire: 46.00CIEquatorial Guinea: 49.00GQEritrea: 40.00EREswatini: 72.00SZEthiopia: 33.00ETGabon: 48.00GAGambia, The: 53.00GMGhana: 56.00GHGuinea: 43.00GNGuinea-Bissau: 43.00GWKenya: 57.00KELesotho: 55.00LSLiberia: 49.00LRMadagascar: 33.00MGMalawi: 52.00MWMali: 41.00MLMauritania: 40.00MRMauritius: 75.00MUMozambique: 50.00MZNamibia: 66.00NANiger: 39.00NENigeria: 47.00NGRwanda: 59.00RWSao Tome and Principe: 60.00STSenegal: 48.00SNSeychelles: 80.00SCSierra Leone: 48.00SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 30.00SOSouth Africa: 74.00ZASouth Sudan: 41.00SSSudan: 48.00SDTanzania: 49.00TZTogo: 42.00TGUganda: 54.00UGZambia: 62.00ZMZimbabwe: 59.00ZW

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Highest Values — 2023

# Country UHC service coverage index
1 Canada North America 92.00
2 Iceland Europe & Central Asia 90.00
3 Australia East Asia & Pacific 89.00
4 Norway Europe & Central Asia 89.00
5 New Zealand East Asia & Pacific 89.00
6 Korea, Rep. East Asia & Pacific 88.00
7 Singapore East Asia & Pacific 88.00
8 United States North America 88.00
9 United Kingdom Europe & Central Asia 88.00
10 Switzerland Europe & Central Asia 87.00

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 63 81.95
Upper middle income 53 72.62
Lower middle income 50 58.26
Low income 25 46.20
Not classified 2 54.00

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 30 68.93
Europe & Central Asia 51 79.10
Latin America & Caribbean 33 75.70
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 23 70.22
North America 2 90.00
South Asia 6 65.50
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 50.00

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country UHC service coverage index
1 Chad 26.00
2 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 30.00
3 Papua New Guinea 32.00
4 Madagascar 33.00
5 Ethiopia 33.00
6 Benin 38.00
7 Central African Republic 39.00
8 Niger 39.00
9 Eritrea 40.00
10 Mauritania 40.00
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SH_UHC_SCI), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.