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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Haiti was 73.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 8 years was 74.80 in 2019, while its lowest value was 70.20 in 2012.

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
2012 70.20
2013 71.60
2014 70.20
2015 72.60
2016 72.50
2017 72.80
2018 74.10
2019 74.80
2020 73.80

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors