Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Bosnia and Herzegovina

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2023 — 30.96%. Ranked 112 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 11.03 pp.

2023 30.96% +0.08 pp vs 2022
World rank 112of 192
Period maximum 45.2%2005
Period minimum 28.61%2016

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2000–20232530354045502000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 41.99%2001: 41.35%2002: 38.46%2003: 32.55%2004: 42.7%2005: 45.2%2006: 45%2007: 44.27%2008: 43.91%2009: 30.62%2010: 30.08%2011: 29.47%2012: 29.21%2013: 29.07%2014: 28.92%2015: 28.8%2016: 28.61%2017: 29.12%2018: 29.31%2019: 29.35%2020: 28.86%2021: 30.71%2022: 30.88%2023: 30.96%
Change over the period: −11.03 pp Annual average: -0.48 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Bosnia and Herzegovina 30.96%
World 17.33%
Southern Europe computed 24.72%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Bosnia and Herzegovina, by year Bosnia and Herzegovina All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 30.96 +0.08 pp
2022 30.88 +0.17 pp
2021 30.71 +1.85 pp
2020 28.86 −0.49 pp
2019 29.35 +0.04 pp
2018 29.31 +0.19 pp
2017 29.12 +0.51 pp
2016 28.61 −0.19 pp
2015 28.8 −0.12 pp
2014 28.92 −0.15 pp
2013 29.07 −0.15 pp
2012 29.21 −0.26 pp
2011 29.47 −0.61 pp
2010 30.08 −0.54 pp
2009 30.62 −13.29 pp
2008 43.91 −0.36 pp
2007 44.27 −0.73 pp
2006 45 −0.2 pp
2005 45.2 +2.5 pp
2004 42.7 +10.15 pp
2003 32.55 −5.91 pp
2002 38.46 −2.9 pp
2001 41.35 −0.64 pp
2000 41.99

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.