IBRD only - Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)

Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in IBRD only was 17.43 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 55.74 in 2003, while its lowest value was 17.43 in 2020.

Definition: The proportion of population at risk of catastrophic expenditure when surgical care is required. Catastrophic expenditure is defined as direct out of pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care exceeding 10% of total income.

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

See also:

Year Value
2003 55.74
2004 53.56
2005 52.74
2006 48.07
2007 45.47
2008 41.26
2009 37.61
2010 36.15
2011 31.48
2012 31.52
2013 28.21
2014 26.76
2015 24.45
2016 22.53
2017 20.94
2018 19.48
2019 18.51
2020 17.43

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors