Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Cambodia

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Cambodia in 2023 — 60.6%. Ranked 176 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 8.15 pp.

2023 60.6% −0.37 pp vs 2022
World rank 176of 192
Period maximum 68.75%2000
Period minimum 41.67%2021

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Cambodia, 2000–2023405060702000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 68.75%2001: 62.39%2002: 60.83%2003: 61.9%2004: 56.65%2005: 61.24%2006: 52.65%2007: 46.53%2008: 51.08%2009: 50.5%2010: 51.91%2011: 59.74%2012: 59.58%2013: 59.98%2014: 58.1%2015: 58.42%2016: 56.05%2017: 58.24%2018: 60.97%2019: 64.39%2020: 60.25%2021: 41.67%2022: 60.97%2023: 60.6%
Change over the period: −8.15 pp Annual average: -0.35 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Cambodia 60.6%
World 17.33%
South-Eastern Asia computed 34.37%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 60.6 −0.37 pp
2022 60.97 +19.3 pp
2021 41.67 −18.58 pp
2020 60.25 −4.15 pp
2019 64.39 +3.42 pp
2018 60.97 +2.73 pp
2017 58.24 +2.18 pp
2016 56.05 −2.36 pp
2015 58.42 +0.32 pp
2014 58.1 −1.88 pp
2013 59.98 +0.41 pp
2012 59.58 −0.17 pp
2011 59.74 +7.83 pp
2010 51.91 +1.41 pp
2009 50.5 −0.57 pp
2008 51.08 +4.54 pp
2007 46.53 −6.12 pp
2006 52.65 −8.59 pp
2005 61.24 +4.59 pp
2004 56.65 −5.25 pp
2003 61.9 +1.07 pp
2002 60.83 −1.56 pp
2001 62.39 −6.36 pp
2000 68.75

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.