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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Chad was 60.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 61.80 in 2008, while its lowest value was 5.30 in 2003.

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 5.30
2004 11.70
2005 21.60
2006 39.20
2007 60.10
2008 61.80
2009 57.00
2010 56.10
2011 58.00
2012 54.70
2013 52.20
2014 51.50
2015 52.70
2016 55.90
2017 59.10
2018 58.90
2019 60.50
2020 60.40

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors