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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Brazil was 13.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 20.80 in 2004, while its lowest value was 11.00 in 2014.

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 20.50
2004 20.80
2005 19.40
2006 19.20
2007 17.30
2008 15.40
2009 14.60
2010 13.90
2011 12.90
2012 13.10
2013 12.20
2014 11.00
2015 11.80
2016 13.30
2017 13.30
2018 13.30
2019 13.40
2020 13.40

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors