Out-of-pocket health expenditure — all countries

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Vietnam

Out-of-pocket health expenditure in Vietnam in 2023 — 39.2%. Ranked 135 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.62 pp.

2023 39.2% −0.42 pp vs 2022
World rank 135of 192
Period maximum 45.12%2019
Period minimum 29.7%2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of health expenditure

Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Vietnam, 2000–20232530354045502000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 34.58%2001: 29.7%2002: 34.54%2003: 34.54%2004: 34.68%2005: 34.64%2006: 34.7%2007: 34.67%2008: 34.58%2009: 34.64%2010: 34.67%2011: 34.69%2012: 40.78%2013: 41.59%2014: 41.03%2015: 42.13%2016: 41.36%2017: 42.59%2018: 44.58%2019: 45.12%2020: 42.4%2021: 40.46%2022: 39.63%2023: 39.2%
Change over the period: +4.62 pp Annual average: 0.2 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Vietnam 39.2%
World 17.33%
South-Eastern Asia computed 34.37%
Out-of-pocket health expenditure — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 39.2 −0.42 pp
2022 39.63 −0.84 pp
2021 40.46 −1.94 pp
2020 42.4 −2.71 pp
2019 45.12 +0.54 pp
2018 44.58 +1.99 pp
2017 42.59 +1.23 pp
2016 41.36 −0.78 pp
2015 42.13 +1.1 pp
2014 41.03 −0.56 pp
2013 41.59 +0.81 pp
2012 40.78 +6.09 pp
2011 34.69 +0.01 pp
2010 34.67 +0.04 pp
2009 34.64 +0.06 pp
2008 34.58 −0.09 pp
2007 34.67 −0.03 pp
2006 34.7 +0.06 pp
2005 34.64 −0.03 pp
2004 34.68 +0.13 pp
2003 34.54 +0 pp
2002 34.54 +4.84 pp
2001 29.7 −4.88 pp
2000 34.58

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.