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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Sudan was 46.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 46.40 in 2020, while its lowest value was 35.30 in 2010.

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
2009 35.50
2010 35.30
2011 38.10
2012 40.30
2013 41.00
2014 40.10
2015 37.40
2016 39.80
2017 38.80
2018 41.70
2019 46.10
2020 46.40

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors