Ladakh's household health insurance coverage rose to 96.0% in 2023–24, from 17.1% in 2019–21 (+78.9 points) | India Health Observatory

Change on previous period2023–24Health economics

Ladakh's household health insurance coverage rose to 96.0% in 2023–24, from 17.1% in 2019–21 (+78.9 points).

ImprovingStrength 4 of 10Detected 3 Oct 2026, 23:11 IST

What happened

2023–24: 96.0%
2019–21: 17.1%
Change: +78.9%
Change, percentage points: +78.9 pts

0.0%

25.0%

50.0%

75.0%

100.0%

96.0%

Why it matters

Annual and multi-year figures move slowly. A step this size is compared with how far the same series usually moves from one period to the next, so an ordinary year does not read as news.

For household health insurance coverage, higher is better. This movement is therefore assessed as an improvement.

Historical context

Compared with the previous round, 2019–21. Survey rounds are years apart, so this is a change between rounds, not a recent movement.

Full history of household health insurance coverage in Ladakh

The underlying data

The stored observations this signal was computed from. Each opens its release.

Period	Value	Release	Where in the document
2023–24	96.0%	National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023-24: India and State/UT Fact Sheets (provisional)	NFHS-6 State/UT fact sheets, PDF p.157, "Ladakh - Key Indicators", indicator 7 "Households with any usual member covered under a health insurance/financing scheme (%)", column NFHS-6 (2023-24) Total
2019–21	17.1%	National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023-24: India and State/UT Fact Sheets (provisional)	NFHS-6 State/UT fact sheets, PDF p.157, "Ladakh - Key Indicators", indicator 7 "Households with any usual member covered under a health insurance/financing scheme (%)", column NFHS-5 (2019-21) Total; the publisher's restatement of NFHS-5 printed on the NFHS-6 sheet

Source and method

Publisher: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Release: National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023-24: India and State/UT Fact Sheets (provisional)Archived file Original URLFirst seen 3 Oct 2026
Method: How a change on previous period signal is computedHow household health insurance coverage is measured

Cite this

According to the India Health Observatory, Ladakh's household health insurance coverage rose to 96.0% in 2023–24, from 17.1% in 2019–21 (+78.9 points). Source: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023-24: India and State/UT Fact Sheets (provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/household-health-insurance-coverage--ladakh--2023-2024--period_change