Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 was 50 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2023
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 in Sub-Saharan Africa is 50, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 50 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 27, in 2001.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa 18th out of 20 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 28 | — |
| 2001 | 27 | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 28 | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 30 | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 33 | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 35 | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 36 | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 37 | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 39 | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 42 | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 42 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 43 | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 44 | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 45 | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 46 | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 47 | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 47 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 47 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 47 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 48 | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 49 | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 50 | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.8 | 27 | 37 | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.2 | 39 | 47 | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.5 | 47 | 50 | 4 |
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More health data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female, annual growth rate 3.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per capita 0.5639 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, male, per capita 0.4985 units per person (2025)
- Population, male, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female, per capita 0.0181 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per capita 0.2801 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 in Sub-Saharan Africa was 50 in 2023, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 50 in 2023.
- What is the lowest universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 27 in 2001.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 18th out of 20 groups with data for 2023.
- Is universal health coverage (uhc) service coverage index, 2025 rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Universal health coverage (UHC) service coverage index, 2025 methodology. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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