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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Madagascar was 80.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 84.50 in 2003, while its lowest value was 80.10 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
2003 84.50
2004 82.20
2005 83.00
2006 82.50
2007 82.50
2008 81.70
2009 81.90
2010 82.30
2011 81.40
2012 82.90
2013 80.90
2014 81.40
2015 82.20
2016 82.00
2017 83.40
2018 81.60
2019 81.80
2020 80.10

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors