Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — EAEU

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in the EAEU in 2023 — 41.45%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.23 pp.

2023 41.45% +0.45 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 48.62%2015
Period minimum 37.39%2006

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — EAEU, 2000–2023354045502000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 41.68%2001: 39.65%2002: 45.41%2003: 45.1%2004: 42.45%2005: 38.73%2006: 37.39%2007: 38.23%2008: 41.08%2009: 40.01%2010: 42.5%2011: 42.87%2012: 42.76%2013: 44.77%2014: 46.67%2015: 48.62%2016: 48.15%2017: 48.28%2018: 45.62%2019: 45.42%2020: 40.25%2021: 38.68%2022: 41%2023: 41.45%
Change over the period: −0.23 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

EAEU 41.45%
World 17.33%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — EAEU, by year EAEU All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 41.45 +0.45 pp
2022 41 +2.32 pp
2021 38.68 −1.57 pp
2020 40.25 −5.17 pp
2019 45.42 −0.2 pp
2018 45.62 −2.66 pp
2017 48.28 +0.14 pp
2016 48.15 −0.48 pp
2015 48.62 +1.96 pp
2014 46.67 +1.89 pp
2013 44.77 +2.01 pp
2012 42.76 −0.1 pp
2011 42.87 +0.37 pp
2010 42.5 +2.49 pp
2009 40.01 −1.06 pp
2008 41.08 +2.84 pp
2007 38.23 +0.84 pp
2006 37.39 −1.34 pp
2005 38.73 −3.72 pp
2004 42.45 −2.65 pp
2003 45.1 −0.31 pp
2002 45.41 +5.75 pp
2001 39.65 −2.02 pp
2000 41.68

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.