Out-of-pocket health expenditure in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 36.61%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 8.79 pp.
2000–2023 · % of health expenditure
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 36.61 | +1.47 pp |
| 2022 | 35.14 | +0.66 pp |
| 2021 | 34.48 | −1.82 pp |
| 2020 | 36.3 | −1.7 pp |
| 2019 | 38 | −0.99 pp |
| 2018 | 38.99 | +0.81 pp |
| 2017 | 38.18 | −0.69 pp |
| 2016 | 38.87 | +0.38 pp |
| 2015 | 38.49 | +0.19 pp |
| 2014 | 38.3 | −0.75 pp |
| 2013 | 39.05 | −0.17 pp |
| 2012 | 39.21 | −0.71 pp |
| 2011 | 39.93 | −0.63 pp |
| 2010 | 40.56 | +0.37 pp |
| 2009 | 40.19 | −1.07 pp |
| 2008 | 41.26 | −0.71 pp |
| 2007 | 41.97 | +0.1 pp |
| 2006 | 41.87 | −1.19 pp |
| 2005 | 43.06 | −0.82 pp |
| 2004 | 43.88 | −0.73 pp |
| 2003 | 44.61 | +0.06 pp |
| 2002 | 44.55 | −0.32 pp |
| 2001 | 44.87 | −0.53 pp |
| 2000 | 45.4 | — |
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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