Papua New Guinea - Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Papua New Guinea was 16.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 91.00 in 2004, while its lowest value was 16.50 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/)

See also:

Year Value
2003 83.90
2004 91.00
2005 88.80
2006 85.10
2007 80.10
2008 77.20
2009 70.30
2010 65.40
2011 60.80
2012 52.60
2013 47.20
2014 43.10
2015 37.00
2016 32.00
2017 26.80
2018 22.90
2019 19.20
2020 16.50

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors