Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Europe & Central Asia in 2023 — 16.5%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.73 pp.
2000–2023 · % of health expenditure
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.5 | +0.18 pp |
| 2022 | 16.32 | +0.27 pp |
| 2021 | 16.05 | +0.45 pp |
| 2020 | 15.6 | −2.05 pp |
| 2019 | 17.65 | −0.03 pp |
| 2018 | 17.68 | −0.15 pp |
| 2017 | 17.83 | +0.32 pp |
| 2016 | 17.51 | −0.3 pp |
| 2015 | 17.81 | −0.06 pp |
| 2014 | 17.87 | −0.06 pp |
| 2013 | 17.93 | +0.12 pp |
| 2012 | 17.81 | +0.35 pp |
| 2011 | 17.46 | +0.26 pp |
| 2010 | 17.2 | +0.51 pp |
| 2009 | 16.68 | −0.5 pp |
| 2008 | 17.19 | +0.01 pp |
| 2007 | 17.18 | +0.36 pp |
| 2006 | 16.81 | +0.16 pp |
| 2005 | 16.65 | −0.2 pp |
| 2004 | 16.85 | +0.18 pp |
| 2003 | 16.67 | −0.17 pp |
| 2002 | 16.84 | −0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 17.04 | −0.19 pp |
| 2000 | 17.23 | — |
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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