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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Benin

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Benin in 2023 — 42.41%. Ranked 142 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 12.5 pp.

2023 42.41% −6.71 pp vs 2022
World rank 142of 192
Period maximum 55.37%2021
Period minimum 41.53%2012

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Benin, 2000–202340455055602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 54.91%2001: 49.06%2002: 51.77%2003: 51.68%2004: 48.58%2005: 46.53%2006: 45.67%2007: 48.28%2008: 44%2009: 42.44%2010: 43.39%2011: 44.49%2012: 41.53%2013: 42.58%2014: 46.49%2015: 51.41%2016: 49.56%2017: 47.98%2018: 49.22%2019: 54.7%2020: 53.51%2021: 55.37%2022: 49.11%2023: 42.41%
Change over the period: −12.5 pp Annual average: -0.54 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Benin 42.41%
World 17.33%
Sub-Saharan Africa 30.36%
Western Africa computed 47.57%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.61%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 42.41 −6.71 pp
2022 49.11 −6.25 pp
2021 55.37 +1.85 pp
2020 53.51 −1.19 pp
2019 54.7 +5.48 pp
2018 49.22 +1.24 pp
2017 47.98 −1.58 pp
2016 49.56 −1.85 pp
2015 51.41 +4.91 pp
2014 46.49 +3.91 pp
2013 42.58 +1.06 pp
2012 41.53 −2.96 pp
2011 44.49 +1.1 pp
2010 43.39 +0.95 pp
2009 42.44 −1.56 pp
2008 44 −4.28 pp
2007 48.28 +2.61 pp
2006 45.67 −0.86 pp
2005 46.53 −2.06 pp
2004 48.58 −3.09 pp
2003 51.68 −0.09 pp
2002 51.77 +2.71 pp
2001 49.06 −5.85 pp
2000 54.91 —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 25.74 GH Ghana 26.68 CI Côte d'Ivoire 31.99 GM Gambia 33.78 BJ Benin 42.41 MR Mauritania 43.77 BF Burkina Faso 43.82 SN Senegal 44.33 ML Mali 47.23 NE Niger 51.48 GN Guinea 54.42 SL Sierra Leone 54.47 GW Guinea-Bissau 61.56 LR Liberia 63.24 TG Togo 64.34 NG Nigeria 71.9
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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.

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