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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Eswatini

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Eswatini in 2023 — 11.02%. Ranked 30 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.51 pp.

2023 11.02% +0.68 pp vs 2022
World rank 30of 192
Period maximum 18.53%2000
Period minimum 9.22%2019

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Eswatini, 2000–20237.51012.51517.5202000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 18.53%2001: 17.86%2002: 16.88%2003: 15.06%2004: 14.64%2005: 13.24%2006: 12.4%2007: 12.14%2008: 10.54%2009: 10.42%2010: 10.46%2011: 10.48%2012: 10.51%2013: 10.53%2014: 10.55%2015: 10.57%2016: 10.59%2017: 10.5%2018: 10.15%2019: 9.22%2020: 11.29%2021: 10.77%2022: 10.34%2023: 11.02%
Change over the period: −7.51 pp Annual average: -0.33 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Eswatini 11.02%
World 17.33%
Sub-Saharan Africa 30.36%
Southern Africa computed 8.53%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.61%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 11.02 +0.68 pp
2022 10.34 −0.43 pp
2021 10.77 −0.52 pp
2020 11.29 +2.07 pp
2019 9.22 −0.93 pp
2018 10.15 −0.35 pp
2017 10.5 −0.09 pp
2016 10.59 +0.02 pp
2015 10.57 +0.02 pp
2014 10.55 +0.02 pp
2013 10.53 +0.02 pp
2012 10.51 +0.02 pp
2011 10.48 +0.03 pp
2010 10.46 +0.03 pp
2009 10.42 −0.12 pp
2008 10.54 −1.59 pp
2007 12.14 −0.27 pp
2006 12.4 −0.84 pp
2005 13.24 −1.4 pp
2004 14.64 −0.41 pp
2003 15.06 −1.83 pp
2002 16.88 −0.98 pp
2001 17.86 −0.66 pp
2000 18.53 —

Southern Africa, 2023

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

BW Botswana 4.26 ZA South Africa 6.69 NA Namibia 7.49 SZ Eswatini 11.02 LS Lesotho 13.2
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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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