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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Ethiopia

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Ethiopia in 2023 — 46.27%. Ranked 154 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.31 pp.

2023 46.27% +1.67 pp vs 2022
World rank 154of 192
Period maximum 46.54%2011
Period minimum 31.34%2005

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Ethiopia, 2000–202330354045502000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 35.96%2001: 34.55%2002: 37.46%2003: 34.46%2004: 34.87%2005: 31.34%2006: 38.78%2007: 37%2008: 38.48%2009: 41.54%2010: 42.29%2011: 46.54%2012: 42.17%2013: 42.4%2014: 38.47%2015: 36.74%2016: 35.43%2017: 34.4%2018: 35.49%2019: 37.82%2020: 33.08%2021: 37.01%2022: 44.6%2023: 46.27%
Change over the period: +10.31 pp Annual average: 0.45 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Ethiopia 46.27%
World 17.33%
Sub-Saharan Africa 30.36%
Eastern Africa computed 27.49%
Low-income countries computed 44.09%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 46.27 +1.67 pp
2022 44.6 +7.59 pp
2021 37.01 +3.93 pp
2020 33.08 −4.74 pp
2019 37.82 +2.33 pp
2018 35.49 +1.09 pp
2017 34.4 −1.03 pp
2016 35.43 −1.31 pp
2015 36.74 −1.73 pp
2014 38.47 −3.93 pp
2013 42.4 +0.24 pp
2012 42.17 −4.37 pp
2011 46.54 +4.25 pp
2010 42.29 +0.75 pp
2009 41.54 +3.06 pp
2008 38.48 +1.48 pp
2007 37 −1.78 pp
2006 38.78 +7.44 pp
2005 31.34 −3.53 pp
2004 34.87 +0.41 pp
2003 34.46 −3 pp
2002 37.46 +2.91 pp
2001 34.55 −1.4 pp
2000 35.96 —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

RW Rwanda 4.1 ZM Zambia 10.29 MZ Mozambique 10.37 ZW Zimbabwe 10.63 MW Malawi 12 KE Kenya 24.25 BI Burundi 24.49 SS South Sudan 27.14 MG Madagascar 27.42 TZ Tanzania 27.93 SC Seychelles 27.96 DJ Djibouti 28.84 SO Somalia 30.78 UG Uganda 32.17 MU Mauritius 45.24 ET Ethiopia 46.27 ER Eritrea 48.45 KM Comoros 56.57
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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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