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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Rwanda

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Rwanda in 2023 — 4.1%. Ranked 7 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 22.49 pp.

2023 4.1% −0.1 pp vs 2022
World rank 7of 192
Period maximum 28.46%2002
Period minimum 4.1%2023

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Rwanda, 2000–202301020302000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 26.59%2001: 27.68%2002: 28.46%2003: 17.12%2004: 21.22%2005: 23.8%2006: 14.27%2007: 12.49%2008: 11.79%2009: 11.38%2010: 11.09%2011: 10.8%2012: 10.18%2013: 12.31%2014: 12.06%2015: 12.18%2016: 13.24%2017: 14.05%2018: 11.51%2019: 10.08%2020: 7.21%2021: 5%2022: 4.2%2023: 4.1%
Change over the period: −22.49 pp Annual average: -0.98 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Rwanda 4.1%
World 17.33%
Sub-Saharan Africa 30.36%
Eastern Africa computed 27.49%
Low-income countries computed 44.09%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 4.1 −0.1 pp
2022 4.2 −0.8 pp
2021 5 −2.21 pp
2020 7.21 −2.87 pp
2019 10.08 −1.43 pp
2018 11.51 −2.54 pp
2017 14.05 +0.81 pp
2016 13.24 +1.06 pp
2015 12.18 +0.13 pp
2014 12.06 −0.25 pp
2013 12.31 +2.13 pp
2012 10.18 −0.62 pp
2011 10.8 −0.3 pp
2010 11.09 −0.29 pp
2009 11.38 −0.41 pp
2008 11.79 −0.7 pp
2007 12.49 −1.78 pp
2006 14.27 −9.53 pp
2005 23.8 +2.58 pp
2004 21.22 +4.1 pp
2003 17.12 −11.34 pp
2002 28.46 +0.79 pp
2001 27.68 +1.09 pp
2000 26.59 —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

RW Rwanda 4.1 ZM Zambia 10.29 MZ Mozambique 10.37 ZW Zimbabwe 10.63 MW Malawi 12 KE Kenya 24.25 BI Burundi 24.49 SS South Sudan 27.14 MG Madagascar 27.42 TZ Tanzania 27.93 SC Seychelles 27.96 DJ Djibouti 28.84 SO Somalia 30.78 UG Uganda 32.17 MU Mauritius 45.24 ET Ethiopia 46.27 ER Eritrea 48.45 KM Comoros 56.57
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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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