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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Sierra Leone

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Sierra Leone in 2023 — 54.47%. Ranked 168 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 31.26 pp.

2023 54.47% −0.46 pp vs 2022
World rank 168of 192
Period maximum 85.73%2000
Period minimum 35.03%2014

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Sierra Leone, 2000–2023204060801002000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 85.73%2001: 77.77%2002: 73%2003: 78.76%2004: 72.85%2005: 70.35%2006: 67.11%2007: 72.2%2008: 71.6%2009: 65.35%2010: 56.21%2011: 60.23%2012: 67.69%2013: 62.78%2014: 35.03%2015: 35.6%2016: 43.71%2017: 54.5%2018: 60.99%2019: 52.89%2020: 52.34%2021: 51.41%2022: 54.93%2023: 54.47%
Change over the period: −31.26 pp Annual average: -1.36 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Sierra Leone 54.47%
World 17.33%
Sub-Saharan Africa 30.36%
Western Africa computed 47.57%
Low-income countries computed 44.09%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 54.47 −0.46 pp
2022 54.93 +3.52 pp
2021 51.41 −0.93 pp
2020 52.34 −0.55 pp
2019 52.89 −8.1 pp
2018 60.99 +6.49 pp
2017 54.5 +10.79 pp
2016 43.71 +8.11 pp
2015 35.6 +0.56 pp
2014 35.03 −27.74 pp
2013 62.78 −4.91 pp
2012 67.69 +7.46 pp
2011 60.23 +4.02 pp
2010 56.21 −9.14 pp
2009 65.35 −6.25 pp
2008 71.6 −0.6 pp
2007 72.2 +5.09 pp
2006 67.11 −3.24 pp
2005 70.35 −2.5 pp
2004 72.85 −5.91 pp
2003 78.76 +5.76 pp
2002 73 −4.78 pp
2001 77.77 −7.95 pp
2000 85.73 —

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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