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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Venezuela was 11.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 18.30 in 2005, while its lowest value was 8.20 in 2013.

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 16.70
2004 17.20
2005 18.30
2006 10.20
2007 8.80
2008 8.80
2009 9.50
2010 9.60
2011 9.00
2012 8.50
2013 8.20
2014 8.90
2015 9.10
2016 9.30
2017 10.10
2018 10.60
2019 11.40
2020 11.50

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors