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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Tunisia was 0.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 16.80 in 2003, while its lowest value was 0.80 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 16.80
2004 16.30
2005 12.80
2006 12.50
2007 10.40
2008 10.00
2009 8.70
2010 6.50
2011 5.40
2012 4.80
2013 3.70
2014 3.60
2015 1.50
2016 1.50
2017 1.20
2018 1.10
2019 0.90
2020 0.80

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors