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Coverage of essential health services by country

Coverage of essential health services is measured as an index on a scale of 0 to 100 (where higher is better). This index is based on risk-standardized death rates – which give a measure of healthcare access and quality – and whether common interventions are carried out.

Countries reporting
193
Highest
92
Canada
Lowest
26
Chad
Median
72
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,632

What the numbers show

Coverage of essential health services is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 92 in Canada; the lowest is 26 in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 72, and the mean is 68.33.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 154 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 39.3%), and the largest decrease in Gabon (down 11.1%).

Coverage of essential health services: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Canada 92 2023 up 1.1% rising
2 Iceland 90 2023 up 2.3% rising
3 Australia 89 2023 unchanged rising
3 Norway 89 2023 up 3.5% rising
3 New Zealand 89 2023 up 1.1% rising
6 United Kingdom 88 2023 up 3.5% rising
6 South Korea 88 2023 up 3.5% rising
6 Singapore 88 2023 unchanged flat
6 United States 88 2023 up 2.3% rising
10 Switzerland 87 2023 up 2.4% rising
10 Germany 87 2023 up 1.2% rising
12 Belgium 86 2023 up 1.2% rising
12 Cuba 86 2023 up 3.6% rising
12 Finland 86 2023 up 2.4% rising
12 Japan 86 2023 up 4.9% rising
16 China 85 2023 up 10.4% rising
16 Denmark 85 2023 up 3.7% rising
16 Israel 85 2023 up 4.9% rising
16 Monaco 85 2023 up 1.2% rising
16 Netherlands 85 2023 up 2.4% rising
16 Sweden 85 2023 up 3.7% rising
16 Uruguay 85 2023 up 1.2% rising
23 United Arab Emirates 84 2023 up 6.3% rising
23 Austria 84 2023 up 2.4% rising
23 Brazil 84 2023 up 3.7% rising
23 Brunei 84 2023 up 1.2% rising
23 Chile 84 2023 up 10.5% rising
23 Costa Rica 84 2023 up 1.2% rising
23 Spain 84 2023 up 6.3% rising
23 Kuwait 84 2023 up 1.2% rising
23 Qatar 84 2023 up 2.4% flat
23 Slovenia 84 2023 up 5.0% rising
33 Czechia 83 2023 up 1.2% rising
33 Kazakhstan 83 2023 up 1.2% rising
33 Luxembourg 83 2023 down 1.2% rising
33 Portugal 83 2023 down 1.2% flat
33 Saudi Arabia 83 2023 up 1.2% rising
38 Barbados 82 2023 unchanged rising
38 Colombia 82 2023 up 6.5% rising
38 France 82 2023 unchanged rising
38 Ireland 82 2023 up 1.2% rising
38 Italy 82 2023 up 1.2% rising
38 Malta 82 2023 up 1.2% rising
38 Panama 82 2023 up 5.1% rising
38 Poland 82 2023 up 3.8% rising
38 Thailand 82 2023 up 3.8% rising
47 Antigua and Barbuda 81 2023 down 1.2% rising
47 Iran 81 2023 up 5.2% rising
47 Russia 81 2023 up 6.6% rising
47 Turkmenistan 81 2023 up 1.2% flat
51 Argentina 80 2023 unchanged rising
51 Bahamas 80 2023 unchanged flat
51 Belarus 80 2023 up 3.9% rising
51 Hungary 80 2023 unchanged rising
51 Saint Kitts and Nevis 80 2023 up 1.3% rising
51 Malaysia 80 2023 up 1.3% rising
51 Seychelles 80 2023 up 5.3% rising
51 Ukraine 80 2023 up 2.6% rising
51 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 80 2023 up 1.3% rising
60 Estonia 79 2023 up 3.9% rising
60 Mexico 79 2023 up 3.9% rising
60 Paraguay 79 2023 up 14.5% rising
60 El Salvador 79 2023 unchanged rising
60 Uzbekistan 79 2023 down 2.5% flat
65 Bahrain 78 2023 unchanged rising
65 Ecuador 78 2023 up 6.8% rising
65 Grenada 78 2023 up 2.6% rising
65 Lithuania 78 2023 up 5.4% rising
65 Slovakia 78 2023 down 3.7% rising
70 Greece 77 2023 up 4.1% rising
70 Latvia 77 2023 up 2.7% rising
70 North Korea 77 2023 unchanged rising
70 Romania 77 2023 up 6.9% rising
70 Turkey 77 2023 up 4.1% rising
75 Cyprus 76 2023 up 2.7% rising
75 Croatia 76 2023 up 1.3% rising
75 Tunisia 76 2023 up 8.6% rising
78 Andorra 75 2023 up 8.7% rising
78 Dominica 75 2023 down 1.3% rising
78 Saint Lucia 75 2023 up 5.6% rising
78 Mauritius 75 2023 up 4.2% rising
78 Palau 75 2023 unchanged rising
78 Trinidad and Tobago 75 2023 down 1.3% rising
78 Venezuela 75 2023 up 1.4% rising
85 Jamaica 74 2023 up 2.8% rising
85 Jordan 74 2023 down 2.6% falling
85 Kyrgyzstan 74 2023 up 4.2% rising
85 San Marino 74 2023 down 2.6% rising
85 Suriname 74 2023 up 1.4% rising
85 South Africa 74 2023 up 13.8% rising
91 Bulgaria 73 2023 up 5.8% rising
91 Dominican Republic 73 2023 down 1.4% rising
91 Guyana 73 2023 up 4.3% rising
91 Oman 73 2023 down 1.4% flat
91 Serbia 73 2023 up 10.6% rising
96 Sri Lanka 72 2023 up 5.9% rising
96 Eswatini 72 2023 up 12.5% rising
96 Tajikistan 72 2023 unchanged rising
99 Albania 71 2023 up 16.4% rising
99 Cape Verde 71 2023 up 14.5% rising
99 Egypt 71 2023 down 4.1% flat
99 Georgia 71 2023 up 1.4% rising
99 Libya 71 2023 up 1.4% rising
99 Moldova 71 2023 unchanged rising
99 Maldives 71 2023 up 4.4% rising
99 Tonga 71 2023 up 1.4% rising
99 Vietnam 71 2023 up 4.4% rising
108 Belize 70 2023 up 1.4% rising
108 Algeria 70 2023 up 1.4% flat
108 Montenegro 70 2023 up 2.9% rising
108 Mongolia 70 2023 up 2.9% rising
108 Nicaragua 70 2023 unchanged rising
108 Syria 70 2023 down 1.4% rising
114 Armenia 69 2023 unchanged rising
114 Bhutan 69 2023 up 19.0% rising
114 Fiji 69 2023 down 2.8% rising
114 India 69 2023 up 21.1% rising
114 North Macedonia 69 2023 up 6.2% rising
114 Philippines 69 2023 up 6.2% rising
120 Peru 68 2023 down 1.4% rising
121 Azerbaijan 67 2023 up 6.3% rising
121 Bolivia 67 2023 up 15.5% rising
121 Indonesia 67 2023 up 19.6% rising
121 Lebanon 67 2023 down 1.5% rising
125 Marshall Islands 66 2023 up 1.5% flat
125 Namibia 66 2023 up 13.8% rising
127 Micronesia (country) 65 2023 up 10.2% rising
127 Morocco 65 2023 unchanged rising
127 Palestine 65 2023 down 5.8% flat
127 Tuvalu 65 2023 up 1.6% rising
131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64 2023 up 3.2% rising
131 Honduras 64 2023 up 4.9% rising
131 Iraq 64 2023 down 7.2% rising
131 Laos 64 2023 up 23.1% rising
135 Cambodia 62 2023 up 26.5% rising
135 Nauru 62 2023 up 8.8% rising
135 Samoa 62 2023 up 1.6% rising
135 Zambia 62 2023 up 19.2% rising
139 Botswana 60 2023 up 7.1% rising
139 Sao Tome and Principe 60 2023 up 17.6% rising
141 Rwanda 59 2023 up 18.0% rising
141 Zimbabwe 59 2023 up 25.5% rising
143 Guatemala 58 2023 down 1.7% flat
143 Nepal 58 2023 up 34.9% rising
145 Kenya 57 2023 up 7.5% rising
146 Ghana 56 2023 up 21.7% rising
146 Pakistan 56 2023 up 19.1% rising
148 Lesotho 55 2023 up 5.8% rising
149 Bangladesh 54 2023 up 31.7% rising
149 Uganda 54 2023 up 14.9% rising
151 Gambia 53 2023 down 1.9% rising
152 Comoros 52 2023 up 10.6% rising
152 Myanmar 52 2023 up 4.0% rising
152 Malawi 52 2023 up 13.0% rising
152 Vanuatu 52 2023 down 5.5% rising
156 Kiribati 51 2023 up 4.1% rising
157 Mozambique 50 2023 up 31.6% rising
158 Equatorial Guinea 49 2023 up 16.7% rising
158 Liberia 49 2023 up 32.4% rising
158 Tanzania 49 2023 up 16.7% rising
161 Burundi 48 2023 up 6.7% rising
161 Cameroon 48 2023 up 4.3% rising
161 Gabon 48 2023 down 11.1% rising
161 Sudan 48 2023 up 6.7% rising
161 Senegal 48 2023 up 14.3% rising
161 Sierra Leone 48 2023 up 20.0% rising
161 East Timor 48 2023 up 20.0% rising
168 Burkina Faso 47 2023 up 23.7% rising
168 Djibouti 47 2023 up 11.9% rising
168 Nigeria 47 2023 up 23.7% rising
168 Solomon Islands 47 2023 up 6.8% rising
172 Cote d'Ivoire 46 2023 up 24.3% rising
173 Congo 45 2023 up 4.7% rising
174 Angola 44 2023 up 18.9% rising
174 Haiti 44 2023 up 12.8% rising
176 Guinea 43 2023 up 19.4% rising
176 Guinea-Bissau 43 2023 up 7.5% rising
176 Yemen 43 2023 down 2.3% rising
179 Afghanistan 42 2023 up 10.5% rising
179 Togo 42 2023 up 13.5% rising
181 Democratic Republic of Congo 41 2023 up 5.1% rising
181 Mali 41 2023 up 13.9% rising
181 South Sudan 41 2023 up 24.2% rising
184 Eritrea 40 2023 up 2.6% rising
184 Mauritania 40 2023 up 37.9% rising
186 Central African Republic 39 2023 up 39.3% rising
186 Niger 39 2023 up 30.0% rising
188 Benin 38 2023 up 26.7% rising
189 Ethiopia 33 2023 up 26.9% rising
189 Madagascar 33 2023 up 13.8% rising
191 Papua New Guinea 32 2023 up 18.5% rising
192 Somalia 30 2023 up 25.0% rising
193 Chad 26 2023 up 8.3% rising

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About this data

Indicator
Coverage of essential health services
Source
Universal Health Coverage Dataset, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
193 places, 4,632 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

Coverage of essential health services is measured as an index on a scale of 0 to 100 (where higher is better). This index is based on risk-standardized death rates – which give a measure of healthcare access and quality – and whether common interventions are carried out.