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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Middle income was 17.16 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 45.91 in 2003, while its lowest value was 17.16 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 45.91
2004 43.66
2005 42.40
2006 39.92
2007 37.03
2008 35.74
2009 34.11
2010 32.22
2011 29.62
2012 28.69
2013 24.99
2014 23.77
2015 22.69
2016 21.61
2017 20.25
2018 18.61
2019 18.06
2020 17.16

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors