UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access by country

UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access is based on three tracer indicators (i) hospital access, (ii) health workforce, (iii) health security. It is presented on a scale of 0 to 100 index points and is one of the four sub-indexes underlaying the overall UHC service coverage index.

Countries reporting
193
Highest
100
Japan
Lowest
10
Chad
Median
77
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,920

What the numbers show

UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 100 in Japan; the lowest is 10 in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 77, and the mean is 68.7.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.

Over the past decade 88 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 88.2%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 41.2%).

UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 South Korea 100 2023 unchanged rising
1 Russia 100 2023 up 5.3% flat
4 United Arab Emirates 99 2023 up 16.5% rising
4 Belarus 99 2023 up 5.3% rising
4 Canada 99 2023 down 1.0% rising
4 Cuba 99 2023 down 1.0% flat
4 Denmark 99 2023 up 4.2% rising
4 Norway 99 2023 unchanged flat
10 Albania 98 2023 up 30.7% rising
10 China 98 2023 up 18.1% rising
10 United Kingdom 98 2023 up 2.1% flat
10 Kuwait 98 2023 up 3.2% rising
10 Saudi Arabia 98 2023 down 2.0% rising
10 Singapore 98 2023 down 2.0% flat
16 Switzerland 97 2023 up 1.0% rising
16 United States 97 2023 down 2.0% flat
18 Australia 96 2023 down 3.0% flat
18 Malaysia 96 2023 down 1.0% rising
18 Sweden 96 2023 down 1.0% flat
21 Germany 95 2023 down 3.1% rising
21 France 95 2023 unchanged rising
21 Israel 95 2023 up 10.5% rising
21 Lithuania 95 2023 unchanged rising
21 New Zealand 95 2023 down 4.0% flat
26 Chile 94 2023 up 19.0% rising
26 Finland 94 2023 down 2.1% flat
26 Netherlands 94 2023 down 3.1% rising
26 Portugal 94 2023 down 4.1% flat
30 Spain 93 2023 up 16.2% rising
30 Slovenia 93 2023 up 9.4% rising
32 Czechia 92 2023 down 4.2% flat
32 Monaco 92 2023 up 2.2% rising
34 Belgium 91 2023 down 2.2% flat
34 Brazil 91 2023 down 5.2% rising
34 Croatia 91 2023 down 8.1% falling
34 Ukraine 91 2023 down 8.1% falling
34 Uruguay 91 2023 down 5.2% rising
39 Bulgaria 90 2023 up 3.4% rising
39 Estonia 90 2023 down 2.2% rising
39 Georgia 90 2023 down 7.2% falling
39 Iceland 90 2023 down 3.2% rising
39 Poland 90 2023 down 4.3% flat
39 Serbia 90 2023 up 28.6% rising
39 Turkmenistan 90 2023 down 4.3% falling
46 Brunei 89 2023 down 5.3% rising
46 Hungary 89 2023 down 10.1% flat
46 Ireland 89 2023 down 2.2% rising
46 Italy 89 2023 down 5.3% flat
46 Turkey 89 2023 up 7.2% rising
51 Austria 88 2023 down 9.3% falling
51 Barbados 88 2023 down 4.3% rising
51 Kazakhstan 88 2023 down 6.4% flat
51 Saint Kitts and Nevis 88 2023 up 6.0% flat
51 Luxembourg 88 2023 down 7.4% rising
51 Latvia 88 2023 down 7.4% rising
51 North Macedonia 88 2023 down 2.2% rising
51 Malta 88 2023 down 3.3% rising
59 Azerbaijan 87 2023 down 7.4% rising
59 Cyprus 87 2023 down 1.1% rising
59 Maldives 87 2023 down 1.1% rising
59 Mongolia 87 2023 down 5.4% flat
59 Namibia 87 2023 up 38.1% flat
59 Qatar 87 2023 up 3.6% falling
59 Tajikistan 87 2023 down 7.4% falling
59 Trinidad and Tobago 87 2023 up 2.4% rising
67 Argentina 86 2023 down 5.5% flat
67 Iran 86 2023 up 13.2% rising
67 South Africa 86 2023 up 38.7% rising
70 Dominica 85 2023 down 3.4% rising
70 Moldova 85 2023 down 6.6% flat
70 Romania 85 2023 down 3.4% flat
70 Thailand 85 2023 up 14.9% rising
70 Tonga 85 2023 up 4.9% rising
70 Uzbekistan 85 2023 down 10.5% falling
76 Bahamas 84 2023 unchanged flat
76 Greece 84 2023 down 5.6% falling
78 Armenia 83 2023 down 14.4% flat
78 Palau 83 2023 down 11.7% rising
78 North Korea 83 2023 down 3.5% rising
81 Antigua and Barbuda 82 2023 down 8.9% flat
81 Montenegro 82 2023 unchanged flat
81 Panama 82 2023 up 1.2% rising
81 Seychelles 82 2023 up 1.2% rising
81 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 82 2023 down 1.2% rising
86 Lebanon 81 2023 up 5.2% rising
86 Libya 81 2023 down 3.6% flat
86 Tuvalu 81 2023 down 9.0% falling
89 Grenada 80 2023 up 8.1% rising
89 Jordan 80 2023 down 10.1% falling
89 Eswatini 80 2023 up 31.1% falling
92 Bahrain 79 2023 down 1.2% flat
92 Slovakia 79 2023 down 20.2% rising
94 Algeria 77 2023 up 26.2% rising
94 India 77 2023 up 16.7% rising
94 Kyrgyzstan 77 2023 down 3.8% flat
94 Oman 77 2023 down 8.3% falling
98 Colombia 75 2023 up 10.3% rising
98 Fiji 75 2023 down 8.5% rising
98 Mexico 75 2023 unchanged rising
98 Marshall Islands 75 2023 up 5.6% falling
102 Andorra 74 2023 up 27.6% flat
102 Saint Lucia 74 2023 up 17.5% rising
102 Sri Lanka 74 2023 up 12.1% rising
105 Costa Rica 73 2023 down 5.2% rising
105 El Salvador 73 2023 unchanged rising
105 Tunisia 73 2023 up 4.3% rising
108 Mauritius 72 2023 down 4.0% rising
108 Nauru 72 2023 down 4.0% flat
110 Ecuador 71 2023 up 18.3% rising
110 Indonesia 71 2023 up 69.0% rising
110 Paraguay 71 2023 up 42.0% rising
110 Zimbabwe 71 2023 up 34.0% rising
114 Bosnia and Herzegovina 70 2023 down 13.6% rising
115 Philippines 68 2023 unchanged rising
116 Zambia 67 2023 up 31.4% rising
117 Micronesia (country) 66 2023 up 22.2% rising
117 San Marino 66 2023 down 16.5% falling
119 Bhutan 65 2023 up 51.2% rising
120 Cape Verde 64 2023 up 23.1% rising
120 Guyana 64 2023 up 4.9% rising
122 Jamaica 63 2023 up 10.5% rising
122 Kiribati 63 2023 down 25.0% rising
124 Suriname 62 2023 down 8.8% rising
125 Gabon 61 2023 down 6.2% falling
125 Peru 61 2023 down 14.1% falling
125 Vietnam 61 2023 down 7.6% rising
128 Botswana 60 2023 up 1.7% flat
128 Egypt 60 2023 down 9.1% falling
130 Bolivia 56 2023 up 12.0% rising
130 Syria 56 2023 down 12.5% rising
132 Iraq 55 2023 down 17.9% rising
132 Kenya 55 2023 up 19.6% rising
132 Sao Tome and Principe 55 2023 up 34.1% rising
135 Belize 54 2023 up 5.9% rising
135 Dominican Republic 54 2023 down 20.6% rising
135 Ghana 54 2023 up 35.0% rising
135 Venezuela 54 2023 down 11.5% rising
139 Comoros 53 2023 up 32.5% rising
139 Solomon Islands 53 2023 up 3.9% rising
139 Vanuatu 53 2023 down 11.7% rising
139 Samoa 53 2023 up 1.9% flat
143 Nepal 50 2023 up 51.5% rising
144 Laos 49 2023 up 16.7% rising
144 Nicaragua 49 2023 down 12.5% rising
146 Equatorial Guinea 48 2023 up 54.8% volatile
147 Lesotho 46 2023 down 11.5% rising
148 Eritrea 45 2023 down 2.2% rising
148 Haiti 45 2023 up 45.2% rising
148 Palestine 45 2023 down 16.7% falling
151 Angola 44 2023 up 41.9% rising
151 Bangladesh 44 2023 up 51.7% rising
153 Morocco 43 2023 down 12.2% flat
154 Liberia 42 2023 up 68.0% rising
155 Congo 41 2023 up 17.1% rising
155 Uganda 41 2023 up 13.9% rising
157 Cameroon 40 2023 down 21.6% falling
158 Myanmar 39 2023 down 20.4% rising
158 Nigeria 39 2023 up 21.9% rising
158 East Timor 39 2023 up 25.8% rising
161 Cambodia 38 2023 up 15.2% rising
161 Rwanda 38 2023 up 35.7% rising
163 Guinea-Bissau 37 2023 up 32.1% rising
163 Pakistan 37 2023 up 27.6% rising
165 Guatemala 36 2023 down 16.3% falling
166 Gambia 35 2023 down 18.6% falling
166 Mozambique 35 2023 up 29.6% rising
166 Malawi 35 2023 up 45.8% falling
169 Sudan 34 2023 down 19.0% rising
169 Tanzania 34 2023 up 17.2% rising
171 Honduras 33 2023 unchanged flat
172 Central African Republic 32 2023 up 88.2% falling
172 Democratic Republic of Congo 32 2023 down 5.9% rising
174 Ethiopia 31 2023 up 34.8% rising
174 South Sudan 31 2023 up 19.2% rising
176 Sierra Leone 29 2023 down 3.3% rising
177 Mauritania 27 2023 up 17.4% rising
178 Burundi 26 2023 up 4.0% rising
178 Cote d'Ivoire 26 2023 down 7.1% rising
178 Djibouti 26 2023 down 21.2% falling
178 Senegal 26 2023 up 36.8% rising
182 Papua New Guinea 24 2023 up 41.2% rising
183 Burkina Faso 23 2023 up 27.8% rising
184 Afghanistan 22 2023 up 10.0% falling
184 Benin 22 2023 unchanged falling
186 Guinea 21 2023 up 5.0% rising
186 Somalia 21 2023 up 40.0% rising
186 Togo 21 2023 unchanged rising
189 Yemen 20 2023 down 28.6% falling
190 Madagascar 19 2023 up 18.8% rising
190 Niger 19 2023 up 5.6% falling
192 Mali 16 2023 down 5.9% flat
193 Chad 10 2023 down 41.2% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access
Source
Universal Health Coverage Dataset, World Health Organization (WHO) [WHO]
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
205 places, 4,920 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access is based on three tracer indicators (i) hospital access, (ii) health workforce, (iii) health security. It is presented on a scale of 0 to 100 index points and is one of the four sub-indexes underlaying the overall UHC service coverage index.