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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Timor-Leste was 49.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 68.90 in 2008, while its lowest value was 49.10 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 53.50
2004 58.20
2005 58.10
2006 57.30
2007 62.90
2008 68.90
2009 62.70
2010 59.30
2011 61.60
2012 58.10
2013 57.40
2014 55.30
2015 54.10
2016 56.20
2017 52.00
2018 53.20
2019 51.90
2020 49.10

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors