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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Guatemala was 17.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 31.60 in 2003, while its lowest value was 17.70 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/)

See also:

Year Value
2003 31.60
2004 31.40
2005 30.60
2006 30.60
2007 28.60
2008 29.50
2009 28.70
2010 29.40
2011 28.50
2012 28.10
2013 28.10
2014 20.30
2015 19.20
2016 19.90
2017 19.60
2018 19.00
2019 18.20
2020 17.70

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors