Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — ASEAN

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in ASEAN in 2023 — 37.11%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 8.8 pp.

2023 37.11% +2.06 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 46.15%2005
Period minimum 30.68%2021

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — ASEAN, 2000–202330354045502000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 45.91%2001: 44.92%2002: 45.35%2003: 45.53%2004: 44.16%2005: 46.15%2006: 42.68%2007: 41.52%2008: 41.31%2009: 40%2010: 41.71%2011: 43.45%2012: 43.06%2013: 42.28%2014: 40.02%2015: 39.39%2016: 39.35%2017: 39.43%2018: 39.69%2019: 38.99%2020: 36.7%2021: 30.68%2022: 35.04%2023: 37.11%
Change over the period: −8.8 pp Annual average: -0.38 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: ASEAN

ASEAN 37.11%
World 17.33%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — ASEAN, by year ASEAN All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 37.11 +2.06 pp
2022 35.04 +4.36 pp
2021 30.68 −6.02 pp
2020 36.7 −2.29 pp
2019 38.99 −0.71 pp
2018 39.69 +0.26 pp
2017 39.43 +0.08 pp
2016 39.35 −0.04 pp
2015 39.39 −0.63 pp
2014 40.02 −2.26 pp
2013 42.28 −0.78 pp
2012 43.06 −0.39 pp
2011 43.45 +1.74 pp
2010 41.71 +1.71 pp
2009 40 −1.31 pp
2008 41.31 −0.21 pp
2007 41.52 −1.15 pp
2006 42.68 −3.47 pp
2005 46.15 +1.99 pp
2004 44.16 −1.37 pp
2003 45.53 +0.18 pp
2002 45.35 +0.43 pp
2001 44.92 −0.99 pp
2000 45.91

About the indicator

Payments people make for medical care directly at the point of use — as a percent of all current health expenditure in the country. Insurance contributions and taxes are excluded: only what a person takes out of their pocket at the counter. The indicator is considered a key measure of financial protection: the higher it is, the more often illness means ruin, and WHO tracks it as an indicator of the risk of catastrophic household spending.

Important: A high value means weak protection, not an active private sector: voluntary insurance is not part of this indicator, so a country with developed private insurance can have a low share of out-of-pocket payments.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.