Out-of-pocket health expenditure in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 30.38%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.63 pp.
2000–2023 · % of health expenditure
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30.38 | −0.44 pp |
| 2022 | 30.82 | +0.71 pp |
| 2021 | 30.11 | −0.31 pp |
| 2020 | 30.42 | −1.66 pp |
| 2019 | 32.08 | −0.52 pp |
| 2018 | 32.61 | −0.54 pp |
| 2017 | 33.14 | +0.28 pp |
| 2016 | 32.86 | −0.99 pp |
| 2015 | 33.85 | −0.09 pp |
| 2014 | 33.94 | −0.66 pp |
| 2013 | 34.6 | −0.11 pp |
| 2012 | 34.71 | −0.3 pp |
| 2011 | 35.01 | +0.15 pp |
| 2010 | 34.86 | −0.29 pp |
| 2009 | 35.15 | −1.19 pp |
| 2008 | 36.34 | −0.44 pp |
| 2007 | 36.78 | −0.86 pp |
| 2006 | 37.64 | −0.38 pp |
| 2005 | 38.02 | +0.21 pp |
| 2004 | 37.81 | −0.76 pp |
| 2003 | 38.57 | +0.18 pp |
| 2002 | 38.39 | +0.39 pp |
| 2001 | 37.99 | −0.02 pp |
| 2000 | 38.01 | — |
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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