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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in IDA only was 55.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 13 years was 69.36 in 2007, while its lowest value was 55.54 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 69.36
2009 66.67
2010 65.62
2011 64.68
2012 63.76
2013 62.36
2014 61.70
2015 60.33
2016 60.27
2017 59.74
2018 58.52
2019 57.64
2020 55.54

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors