Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) - Country Ranking - South America
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: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 30.70 | 2007 |
| 2 | Guyana | 18.00 | 2007 |
| 3 | Paraguay | 15.50 | 2020 |
| 4 | Ecuador | 15.10 | 2020 |
| 5 | Brazil | 13.40 | 2020 |
| 6 | Venezuela | 11.50 | 2020 |
| 7 | Colombia | 11.40 | 2020 |
| 8 | Bolivia | 11.10 | 2020 |
| 9 | Chile | 8.50 | 2020 |
| 10 | Peru | 7.60 | 2020 |
| 11 | Argentina | 4.30 | 2020 |
| 12 | Uruguay | 1.70 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Weighted average
Periodicity: Annual
