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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Sri Lanka was 14.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 36.00 in 2003, while its lowest value was 14.80 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 36.00
2004 35.10
2005 34.30
2006 32.70
2007 29.00
2008 29.50
2009 25.50
2010 23.30
2011 19.80
2012 22.40
2013 20.00
2014 18.60
2015 17.90
2016 17.60
2017 16.20
2018 16.00
2019 15.80
2020 14.80

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors