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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Ghana

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Ghana in 2023 — 26.68%. Ranked 89 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 11.34 pp.

2023 26.68% +1.65 pp vs 2022
World rank 89of 192
Period maximum 45.05%2014
Period minimum 22.65%2017

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Ghana, 2000–2023203040502000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 38.01%2001: 33.58%2002: 31.97%2003: 36.01%2004: 32.45%2005: 23.53%2006: 35.2%2007: 39.58%2008: 41.08%2009: 34.93%2010: 34.3%2011: 33%2012: 36.88%2013: 38.88%2014: 45.05%2015: 35.8%2016: 37.82%2017: 22.65%2018: 33.48%2019: 28.98%2020: 23.75%2021: 26.5%2022: 25.03%2023: 26.68%
Change over the period: −11.34 pp Annual average: -0.49 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Ghana 26.68%
World 17.33%
Sub-Saharan Africa 30.36%
Western Africa computed 47.57%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.61%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 26.68 +1.65 pp
2022 25.03 −1.47 pp
2021 26.5 +2.75 pp
2020 23.75 −5.23 pp
2019 28.98 −4.5 pp
2018 33.48 +10.83 pp
2017 22.65 −15.17 pp
2016 37.82 +2.02 pp
2015 35.8 −9.25 pp
2014 45.05 +6.17 pp
2013 38.88 +1.99 pp
2012 36.88 +3.88 pp
2011 33 −1.3 pp
2010 34.3 −0.63 pp
2009 34.93 −6.15 pp
2008 41.08 +1.5 pp
2007 39.58 +4.38 pp
2006 35.2 +11.67 pp
2005 23.53 −8.92 pp
2004 32.45 −3.56 pp
2003 36.01 +4.04 pp
2002 31.97 −1.61 pp
2001 33.58 −4.43 pp
2000 38.01 —

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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