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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Latvia was 10.20 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 16 years was 24.10 in 2005, while its lowest value was 9.60 in 2019.

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/)

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Year Value
2004 24.10
2005 24.10
2006 14.20
2007 14.70
2008 13.30
2009 19.00
2010 13.90
2011 12.50
2012 13.00
2013 11.70
2014 10.60
2015 10.10
2016 11.20
2017 12.50
2018 10.20
2019 9.60
2020 10.20

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors