Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Vanuatu

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Vanuatu in 2023 — 8.38%. Ranked 17 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.02 pp.

2023 8.38% +0.15 pp vs 2022
World rank 17of 192
Period maximum 10.89%2001
Period minimum 7.24%2013

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Vanuatu, 2000–202378910112000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 10.4%2001: 10.89%2002: 8.86%2003: 9.63%2004: 9.41%2005: 9.82%2006: 9.1%2007: 9.43%2008: 8.94%2009: 8.95%2010: 8.86%2011: 8.51%2012: 7.99%2013: 7.24%2014: 8.85%2015: 7.64%2016: 10.51%2017: 10.37%2018: 8.26%2019: 7.66%2020: 8.4%2021: 7.81%2022: 8.23%2023: 8.38%
Change over the period: −2.02 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Vanuatu 8.38%
World 17.33%
Melanesia computed 7.1%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Vanuatu, by year Vanuatu All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 8.38 +0.15 pp
2022 8.23 +0.42 pp
2021 7.81 −0.59 pp
2020 8.4 +0.74 pp
2019 7.66 −0.61 pp
2018 8.26 −2.1 pp
2017 10.37 −0.14 pp
2016 10.51 +2.87 pp
2015 7.64 −1.21 pp
2014 8.85 +1.61 pp
2013 7.24 −0.75 pp
2012 7.99 −0.52 pp
2011 8.51 −0.35 pp
2010 8.86 −0.09 pp
2009 8.95 +0 pp
2008 8.94 −0.49 pp
2007 9.43 +0.33 pp
2006 9.1 −0.72 pp
2005 9.82 +0.41 pp
2004 9.41 −0.22 pp
2003 9.63 +0.77 pp
2002 8.86 −2.03 pp
2001 10.89 +0.49 pp
2000 10.4

Melanesia, 2023

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

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.