Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)
Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions): Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn was 78.2 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions), 2000–2023
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) recorded 78.2 for universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) peaked at 78.2 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 71.9, in 2000.
That places Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) 15th out of 76 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 71.9 | — |
| 2001 | 72.5 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 73.2 | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 74.1 | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 74.4 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 74.9 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 75.5 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 75.7 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 75.9 | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 76.6 | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 76.8 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 76.7 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 76.9 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 77.1 | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 77.1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 77.6 | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 77.8 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 77.5 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 77.8 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 77.6 | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 77.4 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 77.2 | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 77.9 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 78.2 | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 74.47 | 71.9 | 76.6 | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.29 | 76.7 | 77.8 | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.68 | 77.2 | 78.2 | 4 |
More health data for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)
- Child deaths (aged 1-4 years), annual growth rate -4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 5,092 (2100)
- Child deaths 19,504 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 5.02 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 65,564 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 46,060 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 7.1 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.08 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5402 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 76,656 (2024)
All data for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) was 78.2 in 2023, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- The highest recorded value was 78.2 in 2023.
- What is the lowest universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.9 in 2000.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) rank for universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn?
- Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) ranks 15th out of 76 groups with data for 2023.
- Is universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean (UNICEF Prog.regions) data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Universal health coverage index for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child-health interventions (Population weighted averages calculated by UNICEF using WPP2024 weights). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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