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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Nepal was 60.30 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 84.50 in 2003, while its lowest value was 60.30 in 2020.

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
2003 84.50
2004 83.60
2005 82.20
2006 81.80
2007 82.20
2008 82.50
2009 82.00
2010 79.40
2011 81.00
2012 73.10
2013 71.00
2014 68.10
2015 68.80
2016 68.00
2017 66.60
2018 64.20
2019 62.20
2020 60.30

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors