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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in IBRD only was 12.95 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 43.65 in 2003, while its lowest value was 12.95 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 43.65
2004 40.88
2005 39.06
2006 36.45
2007 34.21
2008 32.70
2009 30.58
2010 28.59
2011 25.79
2012 24.78
2013 20.83
2014 19.58
2015 18.56
2016 17.30
2017 16.00
2018 14.55
2019 14.23
2020 12.95

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors