Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Mongolia

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Mongolia in 2023 — 48.8%. Ranked 159 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 30.29 pp.

2023 48.8% +9.85 pp vs 2022
World rank 159of 192
Period maximum 48.8%2023
Period minimum 18.51%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Mongolia, 2000–202310203040502000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 18.51%2001: 20.77%2002: 20.99%2003: 23.92%2004: 24.66%2005: 31.5%2006: 25.56%2007: 23.28%2008: 21.42%2009: 22.76%2010: 28.06%2011: 32%2012: 31.51%2013: 37.1%2014: 34.68%2015: 36.38%2016: 34.82%2017: 38.05%2018: 43.94%2019: 43.11%2020: 43.71%2021: 30.87%2022: 38.95%2023: 48.8%
Change over the period: +30.29 pp Annual average: 1.32 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Mongolia 48.8%
World 17.33%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Mongolia, by year Mongolia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 48.8 +9.85 pp
2022 38.95 +8.08 pp
2021 30.87 −12.84 pp
2020 43.71 +0.6 pp
2019 43.11 −0.83 pp
2018 43.94 +5.89 pp
2017 38.05 +3.23 pp
2016 34.82 −1.56 pp
2015 36.38 +1.7 pp
2014 34.68 −2.42 pp
2013 37.1 +5.59 pp
2012 31.51 −0.49 pp
2011 32 +3.95 pp
2010 28.06 +5.3 pp
2009 22.76 +1.33 pp
2008 21.42 −1.86 pp
2007 23.28 −2.27 pp
2006 25.56 −5.94 pp
2005 31.5 +6.83 pp
2004 24.66 +0.74 pp
2003 23.92 +2.93 pp
2002 20.99 +0.22 pp
2001 20.77 +2.26 pp
2000 18.51

Eastern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.