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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Guinea

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Guinea in 2023 — 54.42%. Ranked 167 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10.96 pp.

2023 54.42% +0.31 pp vs 2022
World rank 167of 192
Period maximum 72.5%2009
Period minimum 49.35%2015

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Guinea, 2000–202340506070802000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 65.37%2001: 63.41%2002: 59.4%2003: 62.54%2004: 69.51%2005: 70.15%2006: 70.81%2007: 71.88%2008: 70.95%2009: 72.5%2010: 69.29%2011: 59.99%2012: 62.4%2013: 61.9%2014: 58.36%2015: 49.35%2016: 49.76%2017: 64.6%2018: 67.12%2019: 59.22%2020: 57.17%2021: 53.47%2022: 54.1%2023: 54.42%
Change over the period: −10.96 pp Annual average: -0.48 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Guinea 54.42%
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 — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 54.42 +0.31 pp
2022 54.1 +0.63 pp
2021 53.47 −3.71 pp
2020 57.17 −2.04 pp
2019 59.22 −7.9 pp
2018 67.12 +2.52 pp
2017 64.6 +14.84 pp
2016 49.76 +0.41 pp
2015 49.35 −9.01 pp
2014 58.36 −3.54 pp
2013 61.9 −0.5 pp
2012 62.4 +2.41 pp
2011 59.99 −9.31 pp
2010 69.29 −3.2 pp
2009 72.5 +1.55 pp
2008 70.95 −0.93 pp
2007 71.88 +1.07 pp
2006 70.81 +0.66 pp
2005 70.15 +0.64 pp
2004 69.51 +6.97 pp
2003 62.54 +3.14 pp
2002 59.4 −4.01 pp
2001 63.41 −1.96 pp
2000 65.37 —

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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