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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Kenya

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Kenya in 2023 — 24.25%. Ranked 78 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 23.09 pp.

2023 24.25% +0.24 pp vs 2022
World rank 78of 192
Period maximum 47.33%2000
Period minimum 22.65%2021

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Kenya, 2000–2023203040502000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 47.33%2001: 46.4%2002: 44.63%2003: 45.29%2004: 44.47%2005: 45.23%2006: 39.19%2007: 36.45%2008: 34.1%2009: 31.38%2010: 30.18%2011: 30.97%2012: 31.6%2013: 32.13%2014: 29.22%2015: 26.9%2016: 25%2017: 23.28%2018: 23.37%2019: 24.3%2020: 23.33%2021: 22.65%2022: 24.01%2023: 24.25%
Change over the period: −23.09 pp Annual average: -1 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Kenya 24.25%
World 17.33%
Sub-Saharan Africa 30.36%
Eastern Africa computed 27.49%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.61%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 24.25 +0.24 pp
2022 24.01 +1.36 pp
2021 22.65 −0.68 pp
2020 23.33 −0.97 pp
2019 24.3 +0.93 pp
2018 23.37 +0.08 pp
2017 23.28 −1.72 pp
2016 25 −1.9 pp
2015 26.9 −2.32 pp
2014 29.22 −2.91 pp
2013 32.13 +0.53 pp
2012 31.6 +0.64 pp
2011 30.97 +0.79 pp
2010 30.18 −1.2 pp
2009 31.38 −2.72 pp
2008 34.1 −2.35 pp
2007 36.45 −2.74 pp
2006 39.19 −6.03 pp
2005 45.23 +0.76 pp
2004 44.47 −0.82 pp
2003 45.29 +0.67 pp
2002 44.63 −1.77 pp
2001 46.4 −0.93 pp
2000 47.33 —

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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