EU countries by UHC service coverage index
Belgium had the highest UHC service coverage index of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 86 index. Bulgaria had the lowest, at 70 index. The median was 82 index. Source: World Health Organization.
All EU countries, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | EU countries | 2016 | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 86 | 0 |
| 1 | Finland | 86 | 0 |
| 1 | Germany | 86 | 0 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 85 | 0 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 84 | 0 |
| 5 | Portugal | 84 | 0 |
| 5 | Spain | 84 | +1 |
| 8 | Austria | 83 | 0 |
| 8 | Czechia | 83 | 0 |
| 8 | Denmark | 83 | 0 |
| 8 | Italy | 83 | +1 |
| 8 | Sweden | 83 | 0 |
| 13 | France | 82 | 0 |
| 13 | Malta | 82 | 0 |
| 13 | Slovakia | 82 | 0 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 82 | 0 |
| 17 | Ireland | 81 | 0 |
| 18 | Hungary | 80 | 0 |
| 18 | Poland | 80 | 0 |
| 20 | Cyprus | 77 | +2 |
| 20 | Estonia | 77 | 0 |
| 20 | Latvia | 77 | +1 |
| 23 | Greece | 75 | +1 |
| 23 | Lithuania | 75 | 0 |
| 23 | Romania | 75 | +1 |
| 26 | Croatia | 74 | +1 |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 70 | 0 |
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About this ranking
Coverage of essential health services on a scale of 0 to 100 (SDG indicator 3.8.1): the geometric mean of 14 tracer indicators on reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health, infectious diseases, noncommunicable diseases, and service capacity and access. Published by WHO.
Some tracer indicators are proxies rather than direct measures of coverage, and WHO recalculates past years when methods change. WHO revises these series, past years included, when new national reports or estimates come in, so values can change between retrievals.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
World Health Organization, data.who.int. UHC service coverage index (UHC_INDEX_REPORTED) [Indicator]. https://data.who.int/indicators/i/3805B1E/9A706FD (Accessed on 2026-10-12). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. No changes made to source values. WHO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which EU country has the highest UHC service coverage index?
Belgium, with 86 index in 2016, according to World Health Organization.
Which EU country has the lowest UHC service coverage index?
Bulgaria, with 70 index in 2016.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Health Organization, UHC service coverage index (UHC_INDEX_REPORTED). Retrieved 2026-10-12.