List of countries by health insurance coverage information
A list of countries by health insurance coverage. The table lists the percentage of the total population covered by total public and primary private health insurance, by government/social health insurance, and by primary private health insurance, including 34 members of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries.[1]
Percentage of total population covered by (OECD data from 2016)[1]
Rank
Country
Total public and primary private health insurance
Government / social health insurance
Primary private health insurance
1
Australia
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Canada
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Czech Republic
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Denmark
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Finland
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Greece
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Hungary
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Iceland
100.0
99.5
0.5
1
Ireland
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Israel
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Italy
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Japan
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
South Korea
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
New Zealand
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Norway
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Portugal
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Slovenia
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
South Africa[2]
100.0
84.0
16.0
1
Sweden
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
Switzerland
100.0
100.0
0.0
1
United Kingdom
100.0
100.0
0.0
22
Austria
99.9
99.9
0.0
22
France
99.9
99.9
0.0
22
Germany
99.9
89.3
10.7
22
Netherlands
99.9
99.9
0.0
22
Spain
99.9
99.9
0.0
27
Turkey
99.5
99.5
0.0
28
Belgium
99.0
99.0
0.0
29
India[3][4][5][6][7]
98.4
90.6
7.8
30
Luxembourg
97.2
97.2
0.0
31
Slovakia
94.5
94.5
0.0
32
Chile
94.3
74.4
19.0
33
Estonia
94.1
94.1
0.0
34
Poland
91.5
91.5
0.0
35
United States
91.2
36.3
54.9
36
Mexico
90.2
90.2
0.0
37
Algeria[8]
90.0
90.0
0.0
38
Jordan[9]
55.0
43.8
11.1
39
Paraguay[10]
27.0
20.0
7.0
^ abOECD (June 27, 2013). "OECD Health Data: Social protection". OECD Health Statistics (Database). Paris: OECD. doi:10.1787/data-00544-en. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
^"84% of South Africans get 2nd rate healthcare - Motsoaledi". News24. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^"Economic Survey 2022-23: Health Security Post Covid Driving Health Insurance Growth In India". Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^"Ayushman Bharat Yojana or National Health Protection Scheme is a program which aims to provide a service to create a healthy, capable and content new India. Presently it is running as a pilot project in Uttar Pradesh from 4 September 2018. It has two goals, one, creating a network of health and wellness infrastructure across the nation to deliver comprehensive primary healthcare services, and another is to provide insurance cover to at least 40 per cent of India's population which is majorly deprived of secondary and tertiary care services. This centrally sponsored flagship scheme aims to provide an annual health cover of up to Rs. 5 lakh to vulnerable 10 crore families (Approximately 50 crore persons – 40% of country's population) based on Socio Economic and Caste Census database".
^"Swasthya Sathi". swasthyasathi.gov.in. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^"Rajasthan launches universal health insurance scheme". The Hindu. May 2021.
^"Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) | Government of Odisha". Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^"Algeria Health Insurance". www.globalsurance.com. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
^"'55% of population, 68% of Jordanians covered by health insurance'". Jordan Times. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
^"PARAGUAY: Public Health Care Free of Charge". Inter Press Service. 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
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