UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access was 24 in 2023. ▲ Rising
UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access in Papua New Guinea, 2000–2023
Source: Universal Health Coverage Dataset, World Health Organization (WHO) [WHO].
Analysis
In 2023, uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access in Papua New Guinea stood at 24. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.3% on the previous year and up 41.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access in Papua New Guinea peaked at 24 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 12, in 2019.
That places Papua New Guinea 182nd out of 193 countries 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.
UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16 | — |
| 2001 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 15 | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 15 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 16 | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 17 | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 18 | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 17 | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 16 | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 16 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15 | -6.2% |
| 2019 | 12 | -20.0% |
| 2020 | 15 | +25.0% |
| 2021 | 19 | +26.7% |
| 2022 | 21 | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 24 | +14.3% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 24 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 49, 49% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 24 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 75, 32% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.5 | 15 | 16 | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.9 | 12 | 18 | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.75 | 15 | 24 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 183 Burkina Faso 23 compare
- 184 Afghanistan 22 compare
- 184 Benin 22 compare
More reference data data for Papua New Guinea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2042 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0498 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.3515 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0007 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.3515 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6846 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5295 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2811 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0038 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access in Papua New Guinea?
- Uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access in Papua New Guinea was 24 in 2023, according to Universal Health Coverage Dataset, World Health Organization (WHO) [WHO].
- What is the highest uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 24 in 2023.
- What is the lowest uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 in 2019.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 182nd out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is uhc service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Universal Health Coverage Dataset, World Health Organization (WHO) [WHO], published as part of UHC service coverage sub-index on service capacity and access. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.