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Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Uganda

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Uganda in 2023 — 32.17%. Ranked 118 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10.86 pp.

2023 32.17% −1.67 pp vs 2022
World rank 118of 192
Period maximum 54.48%2007
Period minimum 27.36%2021

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Uganda, 2000–202320304050602000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 43.03%2001: 43.39%2002: 44.01%2003: 45.42%2004: 38.38%2005: 48.6%2006: 54.05%2007: 54.48%2008: 52.74%2009: 42.85%2010: 37.39%2011: 33.01%2012: 37.51%2013: 42.52%2014: 40.15%2015: 39.47%2016: 40.61%2017: 38.09%2018: 35.63%2019: 38.26%2020: 29.94%2021: 27.36%2022: 33.84%2023: 32.17%
Change over the period: −10.86 pp Annual average: -0.47 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Uganda 32.17%
World 17.33%
Sub-Saharan Africa 30.36%
Eastern Africa computed 27.49%
Low-income countries computed 44.09%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Uganda, by year Uganda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 32.17 −1.67 pp
2022 33.84 +6.48 pp
2021 27.36 −2.58 pp
2020 29.94 −8.32 pp
2019 38.26 +2.63 pp
2018 35.63 −2.46 pp
2017 38.09 −2.52 pp
2016 40.61 +1.14 pp
2015 39.47 −0.68 pp
2014 40.15 −2.37 pp
2013 42.52 +5.01 pp
2012 37.51 +4.5 pp
2011 33.01 −4.38 pp
2010 37.39 −5.46 pp
2009 42.85 −9.89 pp
2008 52.74 −1.74 pp
2007 54.48 +0.43 pp
2006 54.05 +5.45 pp
2005 48.6 +10.22 pp
2004 38.38 −7.04 pp
2003 45.42 +1.41 pp
2002 44.01 +0.62 pp
2001 43.39 +0.36 pp
2000 43.03 —

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
Full table for all countries

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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