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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Egypt

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Egypt in 2023 — 57.2%. Ranked 172 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.29 pp.

2023 57.2% +3.47 pp vs 2022
World rank 172of 192
Period maximum 65.41%2003
Period minimum 53.73%2022

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Egypt, 2000–202350556065702000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 62.49%2001: 63.83%2002: 63.77%2003: 65.41%2004: 64.55%2005: 64.58%2006: 60.42%2007: 60.33%2008: 61.82%2009: 60.44%2010: 62.63%2011: 60.5%2012: 60.88%2013: 57.94%2014: 55.12%2015: 58.83%2016: 59%2017: 56.4%2018: 62.61%2019: 62.51%2020: 59.31%2021: 54.9%2022: 53.73%2023: 57.2%
Change over the period: −5.29 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Egypt 57.2%
World 17.33%
Middle East & North Africa 28.25%
Northern Africa computed 42.32%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.61%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Egypt, by year Egypt All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 57.2 +3.47 pp
2022 53.73 −1.17 pp
2021 54.9 −4.41 pp
2020 59.31 −3.19 pp
2019 62.51 −0.1 pp
2018 62.61 +6.21 pp
2017 56.4 −2.6 pp
2016 59 +0.17 pp
2015 58.83 +3.71 pp
2014 55.12 −2.81 pp
2013 57.94 −2.95 pp
2012 60.88 +0.39 pp
2011 60.5 −2.13 pp
2010 62.63 +2.19 pp
2009 60.44 −1.39 pp
2008 61.82 +1.5 pp
2007 60.33 −0.09 pp
2006 60.42 −4.17 pp
2005 64.58 +0.03 pp
2004 64.55 −0.85 pp
2003 65.41 +1.64 pp
2002 63.77 −0.06 pp
2001 63.83 +1.34 pp
2000 62.49 —

Northern Africa, 2023

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

LY Libya 19.18 MA Morocco 37.25 TN Tunisia 37.94 DZ Algeria 45 EG Egypt 57.2 SD Sudan 57.37
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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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