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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Uzbekistan was 24.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 87.00 in 2003, while its lowest value was 24.90 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 87.00
2004 83.70
2005 79.10
2006 73.70
2007 70.50
2008 67.60
2009 59.70
2010 57.60
2011 51.80
2012 47.40
2013 43.60
2014 37.30
2015 34.10
2016 32.30
2017 31.00
2018 29.10
2019 26.80
2020 24.90

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors