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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Liberia

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Liberia in 2023 — 63.24%. Ranked 179 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 6.36 pp.

2023 63.24% +0.95 pp vs 2022
World rank 179of 192
Period maximum 73.49%2004
Period minimum 34.84%2008

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Liberia, 2000–20233040506070802000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 69.6%2001: 57.3%2002: 53.58%2003: 57.17%2004: 73.49%2005: 67.08%2006: 64.51%2007: 42.22%2008: 34.84%2009: 39.71%2010: 42.7%2011: 40.31%2012: 41.8%2013: 40.07%2014: 44.75%2015: 45.3%2016: 46.75%2017: 44.12%2018: 42.37%2019: 54.67%2020: 63.22%2021: 61.67%2022: 62.29%2023: 63.24%
Change over the period: −6.36 pp Annual average: -0.28 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Liberia 63.24%
World 17.33%
Sub-Saharan Africa 30.36%
Western Africa computed 47.57%
Low-income countries computed 44.09%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 63.24 +0.95 pp
2022 62.29 +0.62 pp
2021 61.67 −1.55 pp
2020 63.22 +8.54 pp
2019 54.67 +12.3 pp
2018 42.37 −1.75 pp
2017 44.12 −2.64 pp
2016 46.75 +1.45 pp
2015 45.3 +0.55 pp
2014 44.75 +4.68 pp
2013 40.07 −1.73 pp
2012 41.8 +1.49 pp
2011 40.31 −2.39 pp
2010 42.7 +2.99 pp
2009 39.71 +4.87 pp
2008 34.84 −7.38 pp
2007 42.22 −22.29 pp
2006 64.51 −2.57 pp
2005 67.08 −6.41 pp
2004 73.49 +16.33 pp
2003 57.17 +3.59 pp
2002 53.58 −3.72 pp
2001 57.3 −12.3 pp
2000 69.6 —

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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