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

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Tajikistan was 38.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 64.50 in 2003, while its lowest value was 38.90 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 64.50
2004 61.40
2005 59.10
2006 55.90
2007 53.10
2008 50.20
2009 51.70
2010 49.10
2011 43.00
2012 45.30
2013 43.80
2014 41.30
2015 42.90
2016 41.40
2017 41.90
2018 41.30
2019 40.10
2020 38.90

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors