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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Uganda was 68.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 83.90 in 2006, while its lowest value was 68.70 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 82.40
2004 83.60
2005 83.80
2006 83.90
2007 80.00
2008 80.40
2009 75.90
2010 74.20
2011 74.20
2012 73.90
2013 73.70
2014 74.50
2015 72.10
2016 72.30
2017 72.80
2018 70.90
2019 72.00
2020 68.70

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors