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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Burkina Faso

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Burkina Faso in 2023 — 43.82%. Ranked 145 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 13.74 pp.

2023 43.82% +1.53 pp vs 2022
World rank 145of 192
Period maximum 58.23%2001
Period minimum 30.83%2010

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Burkina Faso, 2000–2023304050602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 57.56%2001: 58.23%2002: 56.13%2003: 52.66%2004: 43.92%2005: 43.41%2006: 39.63%2007: 34.2%2008: 35.4%2009: 32.96%2010: 30.83%2011: 32.88%2012: 32.38%2013: 33.54%2014: 34.08%2015: 36.03%2016: 31.39%2017: 31.36%2018: 36.23%2019: 34.68%2020: 38.56%2021: 41.19%2022: 42.29%2023: 43.82%
Change over the period: −13.74 pp Annual average: -0.6 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Burkina Faso 43.82%
World 17.33%
Sub-Saharan Africa 30.36%
Western Africa computed 47.57%
Low-income countries computed 44.09%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 43.82 +1.53 pp
2022 42.29 +1.1 pp
2021 41.19 +2.63 pp
2020 38.56 +3.88 pp
2019 34.68 −1.55 pp
2018 36.23 +4.87 pp
2017 31.36 −0.03 pp
2016 31.39 −4.64 pp
2015 36.03 +1.95 pp
2014 34.08 +0.54 pp
2013 33.54 +1.15 pp
2012 32.38 −0.5 pp
2011 32.88 +2.05 pp
2010 30.83 −2.13 pp
2009 32.96 −2.44 pp
2008 35.4 +1.19 pp
2007 34.2 −5.42 pp
2006 39.63 −3.79 pp
2005 43.41 −0.51 pp
2004 43.92 −8.74 pp
2003 52.66 −3.47 pp
2002 56.13 −2.1 pp
2001 58.23 +0.66 pp
2000 57.56 —

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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