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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Namibia was 21.60 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 36.00 in 2003, while its lowest value was 21.00 in 2016.

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 36.00
2004 35.20
2005 35.10
2006 35.50
2007 34.30
2008 32.40
2009 28.10
2010 29.60
2011 28.60
2012 27.00
2013 27.00
2014 26.40
2015 22.40
2016 21.00
2017 21.40
2018 22.20
2019 21.50
2020 21.60

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors