Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 59.32 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 13 years was 68.92 in 2007, while its lowest value was 59.32 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 68.92
2009 66.00
2010 64.80
2011 64.91
2012 64.06
2013 62.98
2014 62.80
2015 61.74
2016 62.73
2017 62.85
2018 62.21
2019 61.78
2020 59.32

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors