Coverage of essential health services (Population weighted averages) in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)
East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions): Coverage of essential health services (Population weighted averages) was 79.7 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Coverage of essential health services (Population weighted averages) in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions), 2000–2023
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) recorded 79.7 for coverage of essential health services (population weighted averages) in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coverage of essential health services (population weighted averages) in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) peaked at 79.7 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 60.2, in 2000.
East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) ranks 13th of 76 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Coverage of essential health services (Population weighted averages) in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 60.2 | — |
| 2001 | 60.5 | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 61.5 | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 62.3 | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 63.2 | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 64.2 | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 65.2 | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 66 | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 67 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 67.9 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 68.6 | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 69.8 | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 70.8 | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 72.6 | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 73.7 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 74.6 | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 75.6 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 76.6 | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 76.4 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 77.3 | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 78.3 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 78.8 | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 79.1 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 79.7 | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 63.8 | 60.2 | 67.9 | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.6 | 68.6 | 77.3 | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.97 | 78.3 | 79.7 | 4 |
More health data for East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -8.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 9,751 (2100)
- Child deaths 56,161 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 4.29 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 140,023 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 83,862 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 6.95 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.66 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.4979 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 99,253 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is coverage of essential health services (population weighted averages) in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- Coverage of essential health services (population weighted averages) in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) was 79.7 in 2023, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest coverage of essential health services (population weighted averages) recorded in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- The highest recorded value was 79.7 in 2023.
- What is the lowest coverage of essential health services (population weighted averages) recorded in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.2 in 2000.
- How does East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) rank for coverage of essential health services (population weighted averages)?
- East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) ranks 13th out of 76 groups with data for 2023.
- Is coverage of essential health services (population weighted averages) rising or falling in East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia and Pacific (UNICEF Prog.regions) data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Coverage of essential health services (Population weighted averages calculated by UNICEF using WPP2024 weights). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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