Burundi - Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Burundi was 98.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 99.30 in 2006, while its lowest value was 97.00 in 2014.

Definition: The proportion of population at risk of impoverishing expenditure when surgical care is required. Impoverishing expenditure is defined as direct out of pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care which drive people below a poverty threshold (using a threshold of $1.25 PPP/day).

Source: The Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) at Harvard Medical School (https://www.pgssc.org/)

See also:

Year Value
2003 98.40
2004 98.50
2005 98.70
2006 99.30
2007 99.00
2008 98.90
2009 98.70
2010 99.00
2011 99.00
2012 98.90
2013 97.40
2014 97.00
2015 97.40
2016 97.70
2017 98.20
2018 98.40
2019 98.20

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors