UHC Service Coverage: SDG 3.8.1 … capacity access SDG in Jamaica
Jamaica: UHC Service Coverage: SDG 3.8.1 … capacity access SDG was 63 in 2023. ▲ Rising
UHC Service Coverage sub-index on service capacity and access - SDG in Jamaica, 2000–2023
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Jamaica recorded 63 for uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access - sdg in 2023.
That represents a change of down 6.0% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access - sdg in Jamaica peaked at 67 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 42, in 2008.
That places Jamaica 22nd out of 32 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
UHC Service Coverage: SDG 3.8.1 … capacity access SDG in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 50 | — |
| 2001 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 49 | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 47 | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 46 | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 44 | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 42 | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 43 | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 45 | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 63 | +40.0% |
| 2012 | 63 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 57 | -9.5% |
| 2014 | 54 | -5.3% |
| 2015 | 62 | +14.8% |
| 2016 | 66 | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 65 | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 57 | -12.3% |
| 2019 | 63 | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 67 | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 67 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 67 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 63 | -6.0% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 63 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 73.5, 86% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 63 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.5, 86% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where UHC Service Coverage: SDG 3.8.1 … capacity access SDG in Jamaica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +40.0% | 45 | 63 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47.1 | 42 | 50 | 10 |
| 2010s | 59.5 | 45 | 66 | 10 |
| 2020s | 66 | 63 | 67 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
More health data for Jamaica
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -3.12 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.3325 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 31 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0278 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0288 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access - sdg in Jamaica?
- Uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access - sdg in Jamaica was 63 in 2023, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access - sdg recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 67 in 2020.
- What is the lowest uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access - sdg recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 42 in 2008.
- How does Jamaica rank for uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access - sdg?
- Jamaica ranks 22nd out of 32 countries with data for 2023.
- Is uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access - sdg rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of UHC Service Coverage sub-index on service capacity and access - SDG 3.8.1. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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