THE GLOBAL INDEX #060

Universal health coverage2020

Composite index of essential health service coverage, on a scale of 0 to 100. This measures service coverage rather than overall healthcare quality.

World Bank

Comparable ranking year2023Latest published year: 2023

Economies with data193 / 217No observation: 24

First-ranked country or territoryCanada92 index 0–100

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Universal health coverage · 2020 · index 0–100
Rank	Country / territory	Value (index 0–100)	Year
01	Canada	92	2020
02	Iceland	90	2020
03	Australia	89	2020
03	New Zealand	89	2020
05	United Kingdom	88	2020
05	Norway	88	2020
05	Singapore	88	2020
08	South Korea	87	2020
08	United States	87	2020
10	Belgium	86	2020
10	Switzerland	86	2020
10	Germany	86	2020
10	Finland	86	2020
10	Luxembourg	86	2020
15	Costa Rica	85	2020
15	Cuba	85	2020
15	Monaco	85	2020
15	Netherlands	85	2020
15	Sweden	85	2020
15	Uruguay	85	2020
21	United Arab Emirates	84	2020
21	Brazil	84	2020
21	Brunei	84	2020
21	Denmark	84	2020
21	Spain	84	2020
21	Israel	84	2020
21	Japan	84	2020
21	Slovenia	84	2020
29	Austria	83	2020
29	China	83	2020
29	Italy	83	2020
29	Kazakhstan	83	2020
29	Kuwait	83	2020
29	Portugal	83	2020
29	Qatar	83	2020
36	Chile	82	2020
36	Colombia	82	2020
36	Czechia	82	2020
36	France	82	2020
36	Panama	82	2020
41	Bahamas	81	2020
41	Ireland	81	2020
41	Malta	81	2020
41	Saudi Arabia	81	2020
41	Slovakia	81	2020
41	Thailand	81	2020
47	Antigua & Barbuda	80	2020
47	Belarus	80	2020
47	Barbados	80	2020
47	Guyana	80	2020
47	Iran	80	2020
47	Malaysia	80	2020
47	North Korea	80	2020
47	Russia	80	2020
55	Argentina	79	2020
55	Estonia	79	2020
55	Hungary	79	2020
55	Poland	79	2020
55	Paraguay	79	2020
55	El Salvador	79	2020
55	Seychelles	79	2020
55	Turkmenistan	79	2020
55	Ukraine	79	2020
64	Bahrain	78	2020
64	Ecuador	78	2020
64	St. Kitts & Nevis	78	2020
64	St. Lucia	78	2020
64	Mexico	78	2020
64	Uzbekistan	78	2020
70	Dominican Republic	77	2020
70	Grenada	77	2020
70	Lithuania	77	2020
70	Latvia	77	2020
70	Mauritius	77	2020
70	Suriname	77	2020
70	Türkiye	77	2020
70	St. Vincent & Grenadines	77	2020
70	Venezuela	77	2020
79	Dominica	76	2020
79	Greece	76	2020
79	Croatia	76	2020
79	Romania	76	2020
79	Tunisia	76	2020
84	Cyprus	75	2020
84	Jamaica	75	2020
84	Palau	75	2020
84	Trinidad & Tobago	75	2020
88	Andorra	74	2020
88	Kyrgyzstan	74	2020
88	San Marino	74	2020
91	Oman	73	2020
92	Bulgaria	72	2020
93	Armenia	71	2020
93	Egypt	71	2020
93	Libya	71	2020
93	Sri Lanka	71	2020
93	Mongolia	71	2020
93	Nicaragua	71	2020
93	Serbia	71	2020
93	Syria	71	2020
93	Tajikistan	71	2020
93	Tonga	71	2020
93	Vietnam	71	2020
104	Jordan	70	2020
104	Moldova	70	2020
104	Peru	70	2020
107	Bhutan	69	2020
107	Cape Verde	69	2020
107	Fiji	69	2020
107	Georgia	69	2020
107	Montenegro	69	2020
107	Philippines	69	2020
113	Albania	68	2020
113	Belize	68	2020
113	Lebanon	68	2020
113	Maldives	68	2020
113	South Africa	68	2020
118	Azerbaijan	67	2020
118	Iraq	67	2020
118	North Macedonia	67	2020
121	Algeria	66	2020
121	Indonesia	66	2020
121	India	66	2020
121	Marshall Islands	66	2020
121	Eswatini	66	2020
126	Bolivia	65	2020
126	Micronesia	65	2020
126	Honduras	65	2020
126	Morocco	65	2020
126	Palestinian Territories	65	2020
131	Bosnia & Herzegovina	64	2020
132	Tuvalu	63	2020
132	Samoa	63	2020
134	Botswana	61	2020
134	Guatemala	61	2020
134	Namibia	61	2020
137	Nauru	60	2020
138	Laos	59	2020
139	São Tomé & Príncipe	58	2020
140	Cambodia	57	2020
141	Rwanda	56	2020
141	Zambia	56	2020
141	Zimbabwe	56	2020
144	Lesotho	55	2020
145	Comoros	54	2020
145	Pakistan	54	2020
147	Myanmar (Burma)	53	2020
148	Bangladesh	52	2020
148	Kiribati	52	2020
148	Malawi	52	2020
148	Uganda	52	2020
148	Vanuatu	52	2020
153	Ghana	51	2020
153	Nepal	51	2020
155	Gabon	50	2020
155	Equatorial Guinea	50	2020
157	Djibouti	49	2020
157	Kenya	49	2020
157	Senegal	49	2020
160	Burundi	48	2020
160	Gambia	48	2020
160	Mozambique	48	2020
163	Cameroon	47	2020
163	Sudan	47	2020
165	Solomon Islands	46	2020
166	Nigeria	45	2020
166	Timor-Leste	45	2020
166	Tanzania	45	2020
169	Congo - Brazzaville	44	2020
169	Guinea-Bissau	44	2020
169	Yemen	44	2020
172	Angola	43	2020
172	Côte d’Ivoire	43	2020
172	Guinea	43	2020
172	Liberia	43	2020
176	Afghanistan	42	2020
176	Burkina Faso	42	2020
176	Haiti	42	2020
176	Mali	42	2020
180	Congo - Kinshasa	41	2020
180	Eritrea	41	2020
180	Sierra Leone	41	2020
183	South Sudan	40	2020
184	Benin	38	2020
184	Mauritania	38	2020
184	Togo	38	2020
187	Central African Republic	34	2020
188	Madagascar	33	2020
189	Niger	32	2020
190	Ethiopia	30	2020
191	Somalia	29	2020
192	Papua New Guinea	28	2020
193	Chad	26	2020

How this ranking works

For annual statistics, the default is the newest year covering at least 70% of the maximum available country coverage, and at least 20 economies where possible. A ranking uses one year or report edition; missing observations are not replaced with another year. Newer years with lower coverage can be selected.

Intentional homicide rates and peace scores rank from lowest to highest; other indicators rank from highest to lowest. Ranks use original values and competition ranking for ties, for example 1, 2, 2, 4. Filtering or changing display order does not recalculate global ranks. Higher values are not necessarily better.

Statistics reflect the public source snapshot, not live measurements. Some series are modeled estimates or multi-year averages. See original metadata.

No observation (24)

American Samoa · Aruba · Bermuda · British Virgin Islands · Cayman Islands · Channel Islands · Curaçao · Faroe Islands · French Polynesia · Gibraltar · Greenland · Guam · Hong Kong SAR China · Isle of Man · Kosovo · Liechtenstein · Macao SAR China · New Caledonia · Northern Mariana Islands · Puerto Rico · Sint Maarten · St. Martin · Turks & Caicos Islands · U.S. Virgin Islands

Source & definition

Indicator definition: Composite index of essential health service coverage, on a scale of 0 to 100. This measures service coverage rather than overall healthcare quality.
Unit: index 0–100
Source & definition: World Bank · SH_UHC_SCI

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Original metadata

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.

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  "id": "SH_UHC_SCI",
  "name": "UHC service coverage index",
  "unit": "",
  "source": {
    "id": "2",
    "value": "World Development Indicators"
  },
  "sourceNote": "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.",
  "sourceOrganization": "Universal Health Coverage Dataset, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/uhc-index-of-service-coverage",
  "topics": []
}

Universal health coverage2020

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