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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Gambia

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in the Gambia in 2023 — 33.78%. Ranked 122 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 20.1 pp.

2023 33.78% +4.34 pp vs 2022
World rank 122of 192
Period maximum 33.78%2023
Period minimum 9.85%2004

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Gambia, 2000–20230102030402000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 13.68%2001: 13.39%2002: 13.15%2003: 11.73%2004: 9.85%2005: 11.51%2006: 13.04%2007: 15.07%2008: 16.44%2009: 17%2010: 18.03%2011: 19.23%2012: 19.45%2013: 20.9%2014: 26.83%2015: 23.42%2016: 30.5%2017: 26.67%2018: 20.19%2019: 20.3%2020: 24.86%2021: 27.61%2022: 29.44%2023: 33.78%
Change over the period: +20.1 pp Annual average: 0.87 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Gambia 33.78%
World 17.33%
Sub-Saharan Africa 30.36%
Western Africa computed 47.57%
Low-income countries computed 44.09%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 33.78 +4.34 pp
2022 29.44 +1.82 pp
2021 27.61 +2.76 pp
2020 24.86 +4.56 pp
2019 20.3 +0.11 pp
2018 20.19 −6.48 pp
2017 26.67 −3.83 pp
2016 30.5 +7.08 pp
2015 23.42 −3.41 pp
2014 26.83 +5.93 pp
2013 20.9 +1.45 pp
2012 19.45 +0.22 pp
2011 19.23 +1.2 pp
2010 18.03 +1.03 pp
2009 17 +0.56 pp
2008 16.44 +1.37 pp
2007 15.07 +2.02 pp
2006 13.04 +1.54 pp
2005 11.51 +1.66 pp
2004 9.85 −1.88 pp
2003 11.73 −1.42 pp
2002 13.15 −0.24 pp
2001 13.39 −0.29 pp
2000 13.68 —

Western Africa, 2023

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

CV Cabo Verde 25.74 GH Ghana 26.68 CI Côte d'Ivoire 31.99 GM Gambia 33.78 BJ Benin 42.41 MR Mauritania 43.77 BF Burkina Faso 43.82 SN Senegal 44.33 ML Mali 47.23 NE Niger 51.48 GN Guinea 54.42 SL Sierra Leone 54.47 GW Guinea-Bissau 61.56 LR Liberia 63.24 TG Togo 64.34 NG Nigeria 71.9
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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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