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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Papua New Guinea

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Papua New Guinea in 2023 — 8.55%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.89 pp.

2023 8.55% −0.7 pp vs 2022
World rank 19of 192
Period maximum 12.37%2015
Period minimum 5.96%2014

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Papua New Guinea, 2000–20234681012142000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 9.44%2001: 8.87%2002: 8.75%2003: 8.78%2004: 8.48%2005: 8.2%2006: 8.11%2007: 7.78%2008: 8.7%2009: 10.39%2010: 12.28%2011: 12.24%2012: 9.22%2013: 6.57%2014: 5.96%2015: 12.37%2016: 10.14%2017: 9%2018: 9.6%2019: 9.53%2020: 10.42%2021: 10.35%2022: 9.25%2023: 8.55%
Change over the period: −0.89 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 8.55%
World 17.33%
East Asia & Pacific 26%
Melanesia computed 7.1%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.61%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 8.55 −0.7 pp
2022 9.25 −1.1 pp
2021 10.35 −0.07 pp
2020 10.42 +0.9 pp
2019 9.53 −0.07 pp
2018 9.6 +0.6 pp
2017 9 −1.15 pp
2016 10.14 −2.22 pp
2015 12.37 +6.41 pp
2014 5.96 −0.62 pp
2013 6.57 −2.65 pp
2012 9.22 −3.02 pp
2011 12.24 −0.04 pp
2010 12.28 +1.89 pp
2009 10.39 +1.7 pp
2008 8.7 +0.91 pp
2007 7.78 −0.33 pp
2006 8.11 −0.09 pp
2005 8.2 −0.28 pp
2004 8.48 −0.31 pp
2003 8.78 +0.03 pp
2002 8.75 −0.12 pp
2001 8.87 −0.58 pp
2000 9.44 —

Melanesia, 2023

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

SB Solomon Islands 3.16 FJ Fiji 8.31 VU Vanuatu 8.38 PG Papua New Guinea 8.55
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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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