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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Guinea was 46.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 61.00 in 2010, while its lowest value was 46.10 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 59.20
2004 59.50
2005 57.00
2006 55.90
2007 55.20
2008 59.40
2009 59.50
2010 61.00
2011 60.60
2012 51.80
2013 51.40
2014 50.80
2015 47.90
2016 48.90
2017 50.30
2018 51.40
2019 47.20
2020 46.10

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors