UHC service coverage index - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Coverage index for essential health services (based on tracer interventions that include reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases and service capacity and access). It is presented on a scale of 0 to 100.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (https://www.who.int/data/gho).

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Algeria 75.00 2019
2 Morocco 73.00 2019
3 Egypt 70.00 2019
3 Seychelles 70.00 2019
3 Tunisia 70.00 2019
6 Cabo Verde 69.00 2019
7 South Africa 67.00 2019
8 Mauritius 65.00 2019
9 Namibia 62.00 2019
10 São Tomé and Principe 60.00 2019
10 Libya 60.00 2019
12 Eswatini 58.00 2019
13 Kenya 56.00 2019
14 Zambia 55.00 2019
14 Zimbabwe 55.00 2019
16 Rwanda 54.00 2019
16 Botswana 54.00 2019
18 Eritrea 50.00 2019
18 Uganda 50.00 2019
20 Senegal 49.00 2019
20 Gabon 49.00 2019
22 The Gambia 48.00 2019
22 Lesotho 48.00 2019
22 Malawi 48.00 2019
22 Djibouti 48.00 2019
26 Mozambique 47.00 2019
27 Tanzania 46.00 2019
28 Ghana 45.00 2019
28 Côte d'Ivoire 45.00 2019
30 Cameroon 44.00 2019
30 Burundi 44.00 2019
30 Comoros 44.00 2019
30 Nigeria 44.00 2019
30 Togo 44.00 2019
30 Sudan 44.00 2019
36 Burkina Faso 43.00 2019
36 Equatorial Guinea 43.00 2019
38 Mali 42.00 2019
38 Liberia 42.00 2019
40 Mauritania 40.00 2019
40 Congo 40.00 2019
42 Angola 39.00 2019
42 Dem. Rep. Congo 39.00 2019
42 Sierra Leone 39.00 2019
45 Benin 38.00 2019
45 Ethiopia 38.00 2019
47 Guinea 37.00 2019
47 Guinea-Bissau 37.00 2019
47 Niger 37.00 2019
50 Madagascar 35.00 2019
51 Central African Republic 32.00 2019
52 Chad 28.00 2019
53 Somalia 27.00 2019

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Development Relevance: Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is about ensuring that all people can access the health services they need – without facing financial hardship – is key to improving the well-being of a country’s population. UHC is also an investment in human capital and a foundational driver of inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development. UHC is a target associated with the Sustainable Development Goals (target 3.8), and it relates directly to Goal 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages) and to Goal 1 (End poverty in all its forms everywhere).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Under SDG 3.8.1, four categories were defined RMNCH, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases and service capacity and access. Each category contains several tracers. The index is constructed from geometric means of the tracer indicators; first, within each of the four categories, and then across the four category-specific means to obtain the final summary index. See Source for details about methodology.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual