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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Cuba

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Cuba in 2023 — 16.58%. Ranked 56 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.35 pp.

2023 16.58% +5.45 pp vs 2022
World rank 56of 192
Period maximum 20.33%2003
Period minimum 8.1%2009

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Cuba, 2000–20235101520252000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 16.23%2001: 18.71%2002: 19.38%2003: 20.33%2004: 19.6%2005: 14.84%2006: 14.26%2007: 9.78%2008: 8.84%2009: 8.1%2010: 9.18%2011: 10.82%2012: 13.13%2013: 12.27%2014: 9.64%2015: 9.62%2016: 10.29%2017: 10.7%2018: 11.17%2019: 10.85%2020: 8.92%2021: 8.39%2022: 11.13%2023: 16.58%
Change over the period: +0.35 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Cuba 16.58%
World 17.33%
Latin America & Caribbean 29.69%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 30.38%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Cuba, by year Cuba All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 16.58 +5.45 pp
2022 11.13 +2.74 pp
2021 8.39 −0.53 pp
2020 8.92 −1.93 pp
2019 10.85 −0.32 pp
2018 11.17 +0.47 pp
2017 10.7 +0.42 pp
2016 10.29 +0.66 pp
2015 9.62 −0.02 pp
2014 9.64 −2.63 pp
2013 12.27 −0.86 pp
2012 13.13 +2.31 pp
2011 10.82 +1.63 pp
2010 9.18 +1.08 pp
2009 8.1 −0.74 pp
2008 8.84 −0.95 pp
2007 9.78 −4.48 pp
2006 14.26 −0.58 pp
2005 14.84 −4.75 pp
2004 19.6 −0.73 pp
2003 20.33 +0.95 pp
2002 19.38 +0.67 pp
2001 18.71 +2.48 pp
2000 16.23 —

Caribbean, 2023

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

CU Cuba 16.58 JM Jamaica 20.25 AG Antigua and Barbuda 20.81 DO Dominican Republic 25.06 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 26.57 BS Bahamas 27.48 DM Dominica 29.33 LC Saint Lucia 37.14 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 41.8 TT Trinidad and Tobago 45.27 GD Grenada 48.48 BB Barbados 49.49 HT Haiti 52.4
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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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