Universal health coverage service coverage index

A summary of how well essential health services reach the population, from 0 to 100, based on 14 tracer indicators of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases and service capacity (SDG indicator 3.8.1).

Unit: Index from 0 to 100 Frequency: Annual Coverage: 193 countries 2000 to 2023 Source: WHO
Highest in 2023 92 Canada Lowest in 2023 26 Chad
Countries ranked for 2023 193 Updated by the source on 5 December 2025

193 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period in the data.

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Index from 0 to 100. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Universal health coverage service coverage index (index from 0 to 100), 2000 to 2023
Period United StatesChinaIndiaGermany
2023 88 85 69 87
2022 88 84 68 87
2021 87 84 67 86
2020 87 83 66 86
2019 87 82 65 86
2018 87 81 63 86
2017 87 81 64 87
2016 87 80 63 86
2015 87 79 62 86
2014 86 78 60 86
2013 86 77 57 86
2012 86 75 56 85
2011 85 74 54 85
2010 84 73 53 84
2009 84 72 51 83
2008 83 71 49 83
2007 83 70 47 82
2006 83 69 45 82
2005 82 68 43 82
2004 81 67 41 81
2003 81 66 38 81
2002 80 65 36 80
2001 79 64 34 80
2000 79 64 31 79

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • Among the 193 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Canada (92) and the lowest Chad (26).
  • Half of the countries are above 72 and half below.
  • From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 51 countries and fell in 38.

About this measure

Definition
A summary of how well essential health services reach the population, from 0 to 100, based on 14 tracer indicators of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases and service capacity (SDG indicator 3.8.1).
Unit
Index from 0 to 100
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in index points

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Dataset or series code
UHC_INDEX_REPORTED · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2023
Provider update
5 December 2025
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (WHO datasets, with additional terms)
Attribution
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory

All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Canada 92
  2. 2 Iceland 90
  3. 3 Australia 89
  4. 4 New Zealand 89
  5. 5 Norway 89
  6. 6 Singapore 88
  7. 7 South Korea 88
  8. 8 United Kingdom 88
  9. 9 United States 88
  10. 10 Germany 87
  11. 11 Switzerland 87
  12. 12 Belgium 86
  13. 13 Cuba 86
  14. 14 Finland 86
  15. 15 Japan 86
  16. 16 China 85
  17. 17 Denmark 85
  18. 18 Israel 85
  19. 19 Monaco 85
  20. 20 Netherlands 85
  21. 21 Sweden 85
  22. 22 Uruguay 85
  23. 23 Austria 84
  24. 24 Brazil 84
  25. 25 Brunei 84
  26. 26 Chile 84
  27. 27 Costa Rica 84
  28. 28 Kuwait 84
  29. 29 Qatar 84
  30. 30 Slovenia 84
  31. 31 Spain 84
  32. 32 United Arab Emirates 84
  33. 33 Czechia 83
  34. 34 Kazakhstan 83
  35. 35 Luxembourg 83
  36. 36 Portugal 83
  37. 37 Saudi Arabia 83
  38. 38 Barbados 82
  39. 39 Colombia 82
  40. 40 France 82
  41. 41 Ireland 82
  42. 42 Italy 82
  43. 43 Malta 82
  44. 44 Panama 82
  45. 45 Poland 82
  46. 46 Thailand 82
  47. 47 Antigua and Barbuda 81
  48. 48 Iran 81
  49. 49 Russia 81
  50. 50 Turkmenistan 81
  51. 51 Argentina 80
  52. 52 Bahamas 80
  53. 53 Belarus 80
  54. 54 Hungary 80
  55. 55 Malaysia 80
  56. 56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 80
  57. 57 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 80
  58. 58 Seychelles 80
  59. 59 Ukraine 80
  60. 60 El Salvador 79
  61. 61 Estonia 79
  62. 62 Mexico 79
  63. 63 Paraguay 79
  64. 64 Uzbekistan 79
  65. 65 Bahrain 78
  66. 66 Ecuador 78
  67. 67 Grenada 78
  68. 68 Lithuania 78
  69. 69 Slovakia 78
  70. 70 Greece 77
  71. 71 Latvia 77
  72. 72 North Korea 77
  73. 73 Romania 77
  74. 74 Türkiye 77
  75. 75 Croatia 76
  76. 76 Cyprus 76
  77. 77 Tunisia 76
  78. 78 Andorra 75
  79. 79 Dominica 75
  80. 80 Mauritius 75
  81. 81 Palau 75
  82. 82 Saint Lucia 75
  83. 83 Trinidad and Tobago 75
  84. 84 Venezuela 75
  85. 85 Jamaica 74
  86. 86 Jordan 74
  87. 87 Kyrgyzstan 74
  88. 88 San Marino 74
  89. 89 South Africa 74
  90. 90 Suriname 74
  91. 91 Bulgaria 73
  92. 92 Dominican Republic 73
  93. 93 Guyana 73
  94. 94 Oman 73
  95. 95 Serbia 73
  96. 96 Eswatini 72
  97. 97 Sri Lanka 72
  98. 98 Tajikistan 72
  99. 99 Albania 71
  100. 100 Cabo Verde 71
  101. 101 Egypt 71
  102. 102 Georgia 71
  103. 103 Libya 71
  104. 104 Maldives 71
  105. 105 Moldova 71
  106. 106 Tonga 71
  107. 107 Viet Nam 71
  108. 108 Algeria 70
  109. 109 Belize 70
  110. 110 Mongolia 70
  111. 111 Montenegro 70
  112. 112 Nicaragua 70
  113. 113 Syria 70
  114. 114 Armenia 69
  115. 115 Bhutan 69
  116. 116 Fiji 69
  117. 117 India 69
  118. 118 North Macedonia 69
  119. 119 Philippines 69
  120. 120 Peru 68
  121. 121 Azerbaijan 67
  122. 122 Bolivia 67
  123. 123 Indonesia 67
  124. 124 Lebanon 67
  125. 125 Marshall Islands 66
  126. 126 Namibia 66
  127. 127 Micronesia 65
  128. 128 Morocco 65
  129. 129 Tuvalu 65
  130. 130 West Bank and Gaza 65
  131. 131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64
  132. 132 Honduras 64
  133. 133 Iraq 64
  134. 134 Laos 64
  135. 135 Cambodia 62
  136. 136 Naoero 62
  137. 137 Samoa 62
  138. 138 Zambia 62
  139. 139 Botswana 60
  140. 140 São Tomé and Príncipe 60
  141. 141 Rwanda 59
  142. 142 Zimbabwe 59
  143. 143 Guatemala 58
  144. 144 Nepal 58
  145. 145 Kenya 57
  146. 146 Ghana 56
  147. 147 Pakistan 56
  148. 148 Lesotho 55
  149. 149 Bangladesh 54
  150. 150 Uganda 54
  151. 151 Gambia 53
  152. 152 Comoros 52
  153. 153 Malawi 52
  154. 154 Myanmar 52
  155. 155 Vanuatu 52
  156. 156 Kiribati 51
  157. 157 Mozambique 50
  158. 158 Equatorial Guinea 49
  159. 159 Liberia 49
  160. 160 Tanzania 49
  161. 161 Burundi 48
  162. 162 Cameroon 48
  163. 163 Gabon 48
  164. 164 Senegal 48
  165. 165 Sierra Leone 48
  166. 166 Sudan 48
  167. 167 Timor-Leste 48
  168. 168 Burkina Faso 47
  169. 169 Djibouti 47
  170. 170 Nigeria 47
  171. 171 Solomon Islands 47
  172. 172 Côte d'Ivoire 46
  173. 173 Republic of the Congo 45
  174. 174 Angola 44
  175. 175 Haiti 44
  176. 176 Guinea 43
  177. 177 Guinea-Bissau 43
  178. 178 Yemen 43
  179. 179 Afghanistan 42
  180. 180 Togo 42
  181. 181 Democratic Republic of the Congo 41
  182. 182 Mali 41
  183. 183 South Sudan 41
  184. 184 Eritrea 40
  185. 185 Mauritania 40
  186. 186 Central African Republic 39
  187. 187 Niger 39
  188. 188 Benin 38
  189. 189 Ethiopia 33
  190. 190 Madagascar 33
  191. 191 Papua New Guinea 32
  192. 192 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 30
  193. 193 Chad 26

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Grey: no value for 2023. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.