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UHC Service Coverage Index by African country

2023

WHO Universal Health Coverage service coverage index (0-100), based on tracer interventions.

Africa, 202354 of 54 countries
50.2population-weighted average
Highest in 2023Seychelles · 80.0Lowest in 2023Chad · 26.0Reported in 20230 of 54 countries surveyed
Click a country to pin it — pinned countries are named on the map. Hatching means no record.
Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 49.0Democratic Republic of the Congo — 41.0Somalia — 30.0Kenya — 57.0Sudan — 48.0Chad — 26.0South Africa — 74.0Lesotho — 55.0Zimbabwe — 59.0Botswana — 60.0Namibia — 66.0Senegal — 48.0Mali — 41.0Mauritania — 40.0Benin — 38.0Niger — 39.0Nigeria — 47.0Cameroon — 48.0Togo — 42.0Ghana — 56.0Cote d'Ivoire — 46.0Guinea — 43.0Guinea-Bissau — 43.0Liberia — 49.0Sierra Leone — 48.0Burkina Faso — 47.0Central African Republic — 39.0Republic of the Congo — 45.0Gabon — 48.0Equatorial Guinea — 49.0Zambia — 62.0Malawi — 52.0Mozambique — 50.0Eswatini — 72.0Angola — 44.0Burundi — 48.0Madagascar — 33.0Gambia — 53.0Tunisia — 76.0Algeria — 70.0Eritrea — 40.0Morocco — 65.0Egypt — 71.0Libya — 71.0Ethiopia — 33.0Djibouti — 47.0Uganda — 54.0Rwanda — 59.0South Sudan — 41.0Nigeria 47.0Nigeria 47.0Ethiopia 33.0Ethiopia 33.0Kenya 57.0Kenya 57.0South Africa 74.0South Africa 74.02023HIGHEST IN 2023Seychellesnot drawn80.0Tunisia76.0Mauritiusnot drawn75.0South Africa74.0Eswatini72.0LOWEST IN 2023Chad26.0Somalia30.0Madagascar33.0Ethiopia33.0Benin38.0PINNEDKenya57.017 of 54Nigeria47.036 of 54OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawn71.0Comorosnot drawn52.0Sao Tome and Principenot drawn60.0index · quintiles of the observed range264148526280no record
20142024
WHO · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries72.5
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries65.9
Western Africa16 of 16 countries46.4
Eastern Africa18 of 18 countries45.6
Middle Africa9 of 9 countries41.3
Africaall 54 countries · 54 with a 2023 figure50.2

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
54 countries have no usable 2024 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 49 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

UHC Service Coverage IndexWHO Universal Health Coverage service coverage index (0-100), based on tracer interventions.
SourceWHO, with processing by Africa API
Unitindex
Last updated8 Aug 2026
Next expected updateAug 2027
Date range2000–2023
Coverage54 of 54 countries · 0 reported, 54 modelled, 0 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 0 countries did so for 2023 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2023 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "UHC Service Coverage Index". Data adapted from WHO. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/universal-health-coverage
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=uhc_service_coverage_index&year=2023&limit=100

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UHC Service Coverage Index: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

54 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryUHC Service Coverage IndexPeriod
1Seychelles802023
2Tunisia762023
3Mauritius752023
4South Africa742023
5Eswatini722023
6Cabo Verde712023
7Egypt712023
8Libya712023
9Algeria702023
10Namibia662023
11Morocco652023
12Zambia622023
13Botswana602023
14Sao Tome and Principe602023
15Rwanda592023
16Zimbabwe592023
17Kenya572023
18Ghana562023
19Lesotho552023
20Uganda542023
21Gambia532023
22Comoros522023
23Malawi522023
24Mozambique502023
25Equatorial Guinea492023
26Liberia492023
27Tanzania492023
28Burundi482023
29Cameroon482023
30Gabon482023
31Senegal482023
32Sierra Leone482023
33Sudan482023
34Burkina Faso472023
35Djibouti472023
36Nigeria472023
37Cote d'Ivoire462023
38Republic of the Congo452023
39Angola442023
40Guinea432023
41Guinea-Bissau432023
42Togo422023
43Democratic Republic of the Congo412023
44Mali412023
45South Sudan412023
46Eritrea402023
47Mauritania402023
48Central African Republic392023
49Niger392023
50Benin382023
51Ethiopia332023
52Madagascar332023
53Somalia302023
54Chad262023
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 54 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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