Cabo Verde - Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Cabo Verde was 11.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 13 years was 20.80 in 2008, while its lowest value was 11.00 in 2020.

Definition: The proportion of population at risk of impoverishing expenditure when surgical care is required. Impoverishing expenditure is defined as direct out of pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care which drive people below a poverty threshold (using a threshold of $1.25 PPP/day).

Source: The Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC) at Harvard Medical School (https://www.pgssc.org/)

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Year Value
2007 20.20
2008 20.80
2009 20.50
2010 20.50
2011 20.60
2012 19.90
2013 19.30
2014 20.10
2015 15.00
2016 14.80
2017 13.60
2018 13.00
2019 12.60
2020 11.00

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors