Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023 — 30.36%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.39 pp.
2000–2023 · % of health expenditure
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30.36 | −1.64 pp |
| 2022 | 32 | +1.54 pp |
| 2021 | 30.46 | +0.02 pp |
| 2020 | 30.44 | +1.09 pp |
| 2019 | 29.35 | −0.01 pp |
| 2018 | 29.36 | −2.08 pp |
| 2017 | 31.44 | −2.54 pp |
| 2016 | 33.98 | −0.5 pp |
| 2015 | 34.48 | +0.5 pp |
| 2014 | 33.98 | +0.65 pp |
| 2013 | 33.33 | +2.3 pp |
| 2012 | 31.03 | +0.51 pp |
| 2011 | 30.52 | −0.65 pp |
| 2010 | 31.17 | −1.23 pp |
| 2009 | 32.4 | −3.42 pp |
| 2008 | 35.82 | +1.43 pp |
| 2007 | 34.39 | +0.12 pp |
| 2006 | 34.26 | +1.76 pp |
| 2005 | 32.5 | −0 pp |
| 2004 | 32.5 | −2.94 pp |
| 2003 | 35.45 | +0.51 pp |
| 2002 | 34.93 | +1.82 pp |
| 2001 | 33.12 | +1.36 pp |
| 2000 | 31.76 | — |
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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