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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Mauritania

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Mauritania in 2023 — 43.77%. Ranked 144 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 34.05 pp.

2023 43.77% +2.06 pp vs 2022
World rank 144of 192
Period maximum 77.82%2000
Period minimum 41.71%2022

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Mauritania, 2000–202340506070802000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 77.82%2001: 77.13%2002: 69.98%2003: 68.39%2004: 70.49%2005: 67.13%2006: 68.16%2007: 65.3%2008: 60.94%2009: 62.77%2010: 62.64%2011: 58.38%2012: 55.43%2013: 50.21%2014: 47.62%2015: 47.74%2016: 55.74%2017: 54.06%2018: 64.95%2019: 60.29%2020: 61.51%2021: 48.19%2022: 41.71%2023: 43.77%
Change over the period: −34.05 pp Annual average: -1.48 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Mauritania 43.77%
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 — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 43.77 +2.06 pp
2022 41.71 −6.48 pp
2021 48.19 −13.32 pp
2020 61.51 +1.22 pp
2019 60.29 −4.66 pp
2018 64.95 +10.89 pp
2017 54.06 −1.68 pp
2016 55.74 +8 pp
2015 47.74 +0.12 pp
2014 47.62 −2.59 pp
2013 50.21 −5.22 pp
2012 55.43 −2.95 pp
2011 58.38 −4.26 pp
2010 62.64 −0.13 pp
2009 62.77 +1.82 pp
2008 60.94 −4.36 pp
2007 65.3 −2.86 pp
2006 68.16 +1.03 pp
2005 67.13 −3.35 pp
2004 70.49 +2.1 pp
2003 68.39 −1.59 pp
2002 69.98 −7.14 pp
2001 77.13 −0.7 pp
2000 77.82 —

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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