Statizoid

The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Service Coverage Index by country

The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Service Coverage Index is measured on a scale from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) based on the average coverage of essential services including reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and service capacity and access.

Countries reporting
192
Highest
92
Canada
Lowest
26
Chad
Median
71.5
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,680

What the numbers show

The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Service Coverage Index is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 92 in Canada; the lowest is 26 in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 71.5, and the mean is 68.14.

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

Over the past decade 152 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%).

The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Service Coverage Index: 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 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 Italy 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
78 Cook Islands 75 2023 unchanged flat
86 Jamaica 74 2023 up 2.8% rising
86 Jordan 74 2023 down 2.6% falling
86 Kyrgyzstan 74 2023 up 4.2% rising
86 San Marino 74 2023 down 2.6% rising
86 Suriname 74 2023 up 1.4% rising
86 South Africa 74 2023 up 13.8% rising
92 Bulgaria 73 2023 up 5.8% rising
92 Dominican Republic 73 2023 down 1.4% rising
92 Guyana 73 2023 up 4.3% rising
92 Oman 73 2023 down 1.4% flat
92 Serbia 73 2023 up 10.6% rising
97 Sri Lanka 72 2023 up 5.9% rising
97 Eswatini 72 2023 up 12.5% rising
97 Tajikistan 72 2023 unchanged rising
100 Albania 71 2023 up 16.4% rising
100 Cape Verde 71 2023 up 14.5% rising
100 Egypt 71 2023 down 4.1% flat
100 Georgia 71 2023 up 1.4% rising
100 Libya 71 2023 up 1.4% rising
100 Moldova 71 2023 unchanged rising
100 Maldives 71 2023 up 4.4% rising
100 Tonga 71 2023 up 1.4% rising
100 Vietnam 71 2023 up 4.4% rising
109 Belize 70 2023 up 1.4% rising
109 Algeria 70 2023 up 1.4% flat
109 Montenegro 70 2023 up 2.9% rising
109 Mongolia 70 2023 up 2.9% rising
109 Nicaragua 70 2023 unchanged rising
109 Syria 70 2023 down 1.4% rising
115 Armenia 69 2023 unchanged rising
115 Bhutan 69 2023 up 19.0% rising
115 Fiji 69 2023 down 2.8% rising
115 India 69 2023 up 21.1% rising
115 North Macedonia 69 2023 up 6.2% rising
115 Philippines 69 2023 up 6.2% rising
121 Peru 68 2023 down 1.4% rising
122 Azerbaijan 67 2023 up 6.3% rising
122 Bolivia 67 2023 up 15.5% rising
122 Indonesia 67 2023 up 19.6% rising
122 Lebanon 67 2023 down 1.5% rising
122 Niue 67 2023 down 1.5% rising
127 Marshall Islands 66 2023 up 1.5% flat
127 Namibia 66 2023 up 13.8% rising
129 Micronesia (country) 65 2023 up 10.2% rising
129 Morocco 65 2023 unchanged rising
129 Palestine 65 2023 down 5.8% flat
129 Tuvalu 65 2023 up 1.6% rising
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64 2023 up 3.2% rising
133 Honduras 64 2023 up 4.9% rising
133 Iraq 64 2023 down 7.2% rising
133 Laos 64 2023 up 23.1% rising
137 Cambodia 62 2023 up 26.5% rising
137 Nauru 62 2023 up 8.8% rising
137 Samoa 62 2023 up 1.6% rising
137 Zambia 62 2023 up 19.2% rising
141 Botswana 60 2023 up 7.1% rising
141 Sao Tome and Principe 60 2023 up 17.6% rising
143 Rwanda 59 2023 up 18.0% rising
143 Zimbabwe 59 2023 up 25.5% rising
145 Guatemala 58 2023 down 1.7% flat
145 Nepal 58 2023 up 34.9% rising
147 Kenya 57 2023 up 7.5% rising
148 Ghana 56 2023 up 21.7% rising
148 Pakistan 56 2023 up 19.1% rising
150 Lesotho 55 2023 up 5.8% rising
151 Bangladesh 54 2023 up 31.7% rising
151 Uganda 54 2023 up 14.9% rising
153 Gambia 53 2023 down 1.9% rising
154 Comoros 52 2023 up 10.6% rising
154 Myanmar 52 2023 up 4.0% rising
154 Malawi 52 2023 up 13.0% rising
154 Vanuatu 52 2023 down 5.5% rising
158 Kiribati 51 2023 up 4.1% rising
159 Mozambique 50 2023 up 31.6% rising
160 Equatorial Guinea 49 2023 up 16.7% rising
160 Liberia 49 2023 up 32.4% rising
160 Tanzania 49 2023 up 16.7% rising
163 Burundi 48 2023 up 6.7% rising
163 Cameroon 48 2023 up 4.3% rising
163 Gabon 48 2023 down 11.1% rising
163 Sudan 48 2023 up 6.7% rising
163 Senegal 48 2023 up 14.3% rising
163 Sierra Leone 48 2023 up 20.0% rising
163 East Timor 48 2023 up 20.0% rising
170 Burkina Faso 47 2023 up 23.7% rising
170 Djibouti 47 2023 up 11.9% rising
170 Nigeria 47 2023 up 23.7% rising
170 Solomon Islands 47 2023 up 6.8% rising
174 Cote d'Ivoire 46 2023 up 24.3% rising
175 Congo 45 2023 up 4.7% rising
176 Angola 44 2023 up 18.9% rising
176 Haiti 44 2023 up 12.8% rising
178 Guinea 43 2023 up 19.4% rising
178 Guinea-Bissau 43 2023 up 7.5% rising
178 Yemen 43 2023 down 2.3% rising
181 Afghanistan 42 2023 up 10.5% rising
181 Togo 42 2023 up 13.5% rising
183 Democratic Republic of Congo 41 2023 up 5.1% rising
183 Mali 41 2023 up 13.9% rising
183 South Sudan 41 2023 up 24.2% rising
186 Eritrea 40 2023 up 2.6% rising
186 Mauritania 40 2023 up 37.9% rising
188 Central African Republic 39 2023 up 39.3% rising
188 Niger 39 2023 up 30.0% rising
190 Benin 38 2023 up 26.7% rising
191 Ethiopia 33 2023 up 26.9% rising
191 Madagascar 33 2023 up 13.8% rising
193 Papua New Guinea 32 2023 up 18.5% rising
194 Somalia 30 2023 up 25.0% rising
195 Chad 26 2023 up 8.3% rising

About this data

Indicator
The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Service Coverage Index
Source
World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
195 places, 4,680 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

The Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Service Coverage Index is measured on a scale from 0 (worst) to 100 (best) based on the average coverage of essential services including reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and service capacity and access.