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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Palestine

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Palestine in 2023 — 42.07%. Ranked 140 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.57 pp.

2023 42.07% +8.52 pp vs 2022
World rank 140of 192
Period maximum 44.8%2015
Period minimum 33.39%2021

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Palestine, 2000–2023303540452000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 38.5%2001: 40%2002: 36%2003: 40.3%2004: 36.2%2005: 37%2006: 41.3%2007: 37.3%2008: 35.8%2009: 39.2%2010: 36%2011: 44.6%2012: 43.8%2013: 42.7%2014: 44.4%2015: 44.8%2016: 42.7%2017: 41.73%2018: 39.5%2019: 38.7%2020: 38.39%2021: 33.39%2022: 33.55%2023: 42.07%
Change over the period: +3.57 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Palestine 42.07%
World 17.33%
Middle East & North Africa 28.25%
Western Asia computed 35.52%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.61%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Palestine, by year Palestine All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 42.07 +8.52 pp
2022 33.55 +0.16 pp
2021 33.39 −5 pp
2020 38.39 −0.3 pp
2019 38.7 −0.8 pp
2018 39.5 −2.24 pp
2017 41.73 −0.97 pp
2016 42.7 −2.1 pp
2015 44.8 +0.4 pp
2014 44.4 +1.7 pp
2013 42.7 −1.1 pp
2012 43.8 −0.8 pp
2011 44.6 +8.6 pp
2010 36 −3.2 pp
2009 39.2 +3.4 pp
2008 35.8 −1.5 pp
2007 37.3 −4 pp
2006 41.3 +4.3 pp
2005 37 +0.8 pp
2004 36.2 −4.1 pp
2003 40.3 +4.3 pp
2002 36 −4 pp
2001 40 +1.5 pp
2000 38.5 —

Western Asia, 2023

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

OM Oman 6.31 QA Qatar 7.43 AE United Arab Emirates 9.67 KW Kuwait 10 SA Saudi Arabia 14.12 CY Cyprus 17.94 TR Türkiye 19.05 IL Israel 20.49 BH Bahrain 28.66 LB Lebanon 29.7 JO Jordan 34.47 PS Palestine 42.07 IQ Iraq 53.98 GE Georgia 58.76 AZ Azerbaijan 64.63 YE Yemen 69.13 SY Syria 72.4 AM Armenia 80.47
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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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