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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Senegal was 27.70 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 36.80 in 2004, while its lowest value was 27.70 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 36.50
2004 36.80
2005 33.10
2006 31.10
2007 30.60
2008 30.90
2009 30.60
2010 30.20
2011 32.90
2012 31.70
2013 32.60
2014 32.90
2015 31.00
2016 30.80
2017 30.60
2018 29.00
2019 28.80
2020 27.70

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors