Share of the population at risk of catastrophic expenditure when surgical care is required by country
Countries reporting
132
Highest
100
Cote d'Ivoire
Lowest
0
Sweden
Median
12.4
Years covered
20
2003–2022
Data points
2,380
What the numbers show
Share of the population at risk of catastrophic expenditure when surgical care is required is currently reported for 132 countries. The highest value is 100 in Cote d'Ivoire; the lowest is 0 in Sweden.
The median across all reporting countries is 12.4, and the mean is 24.13.
Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 95 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 1,983.3%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom (down 100.0%).
Share of the population at risk of catastrophic expenditure when: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cote d'Ivoire | 100 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Burundi | 97.8 | 2022 | up 3.9% | flat |
| 3 | Yemen | 93.4 | 2022 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 4 | Latvia | 89.9 | 2022 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 89.7 | 2008 | — | flat |
| 6 | Syria | 87.5 | 2020 | up 1,983.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Guinea-Bissau | 86.5 | 2022 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 8 | Niger | 86.3 | 2018 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 85 | 2022 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 10 | Sierra Leone | 84.3 | 2019 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 11 | Chad | 82.4 | 2022 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 12 | Estonia | 78.3 | 2020 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 13 | Togo | 72.4 | 2022 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 14 | Mauritania | 69.1 | 2022 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 15 | Uganda | 68.4 | 2022 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 16 | Tajikistan | 68.2 | 2022 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 17 | Congo | 63.7 | 2022 | up 30.3% | falling |
| 18 | Sudan | 63.3 | 2022 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 19 | Madagascar | 59 | 2016 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 20 | Nepal | 58.2 | 2022 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea | 57.5 | 2019 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 56.2 | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 23 | Cameroon | 54.3 | 2022 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 24 | Angola | 51.7 | 2022 | up 73.5% | falling |
| 25 | Gambia | 51.6 | 2022 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 51 | 2022 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 27 | Comoros | 47.8 | 2022 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 28 | Benin | 47.4 | 2019 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 29 | Mali | 46.6 | 2022 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 30 | Tanzania | 45.9 | 2019 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 31 | Honduras | 45.8 | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 32 | Guatemala | 44.1 | 2022 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 33 | Iran | 43.7 | 2022 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 34 | Papua New Guinea | 39.5 | 2022 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 35 | Nicaragua | 38.3 | 2022 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 36 | Pakistan | 33.7 | 2022 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 37 | Lithuania | 32.6 | 2022 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 38 | Lesotho | 30 | 2022 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 39 | Belize | 29.5 | 2022 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 40 | Sri Lanka | 29.2 | 2022 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 41 | Senegal | 28.4 | 2022 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 42 | Egypt | 26.6 | 2022 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 43 | Iraq | 26.4 | 2018 | up 312.5% | rising |
| 44 | Paraguay | 25.2 | 2022 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 45 | Azerbaijan | 23.1 | 2011 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Brazil | 23.1 | 2022 | up 55.0% | falling |
| 47 | Iceland | 22.6 | 2022 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 48 | Cape Verde | 21.6 | 2022 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 49 | Botswana | 20.9 | 2022 | up 39.3% | falling |
| 49 | Morocco | 20.9 | 2022 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 51 | Laos | 20.5 | 2022 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 52 | India | 20.4 | 2022 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 53 | Hungary | 20.2 | 2022 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 54 | Haiti | 19.1 | 2022 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 55 | Armenia | 19 | 2022 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 56 | Ecuador | 18.2 | 2022 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 57 | Indonesia | 17.3 | 2022 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 57 | Kenya | 17.3 | 2020 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 57 | Rwanda | 17.3 | 2022 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 60 | Philippines | 16.6 | 2022 | down 60.1% | falling |
| 61 | Gabon | 15.8 | 2022 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Colombia | 15.1 | 2022 | up 31.3% | falling |
| 63 | Bolivia | 14.3 | 2022 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 64 | Chile | 13.8 | 2021 | up 42.3% | falling |
| 65 | Tunisia | 13.6 | 2022 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 66 | El Salvador | 13.3 | 2022 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 67 | Namibia | 11.5 | 2022 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 67 | South Africa | 11.5 | 2022 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 69 | Malaysia | 11.3 | 2018 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 70 | Algeria | 10.8 | 2022 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 70 | Russia | 10.8 | 2020 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 70 | Seychelles | 10.8 | 2022 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Mongolia | 10.4 | 2022 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 74 | Ghana | 9.1 | 2022 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 8.9 | 2022 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 76 | Mauritius | 8.8 | 2022 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 77 | Venezuela | 8.6 | 2022 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 78 | Mexico | 8.2 | 2022 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 79 | Cyprus | 6.1 | 2022 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 5.7 | 2022 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Ethiopia | 5.6 | 2022 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 81 | Ukraine | 5.6 | 2022 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Portugal | 5.2 | 2022 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 5 | 2022 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 84 | Serbia | 5 | 2022 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 86 | Montenegro | 4.7 | 2022 | down 58.4% | falling |
| 87 | Argentina | 4.5 | 2022 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Peru | 4.4 | 2022 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Lebanon | 4.1 | 2015 | down 68.0% | falling |
| 90 | China | 3.7 | 2022 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Solomon Islands | 3.3 | 2022 | up 450.0% | rising |
| 92 | Albania | 3.1 | 2022 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 92 | Jamaica | 3.1 | 2022 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 94 | East Timor | 2.9 | 2014 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Georgia | 2.6 | 2022 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Greece | 2.3 | 2022 | down 52.1% | rising |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.2 | 2022 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Samoa | 1.8 | 2016 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 99 | Israel | 1.7 | 2022 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 100 | Bhutan | 1.6 | 2022 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Belarus | 1.5 | 2022 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Switzerland | 1 | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 103 | Moldova | 0.9 | 2022 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Spain | 0.7 | 2022 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 104 | Italy | 0.7 | 2022 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 104 | Vanuatu | 0.7 | 2022 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 107 | Japan | 0.5 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 108 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4 | 2022 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Croatia | 0.4 | 2022 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | 0.4 | 2022 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Luxembourg | 0.4 | 2022 | down 63.6% | rising |
| 112 | Thailand | 0.3 | 2022 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 112 | United States | 0.3 | 2022 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 114 | Austria | 0.2 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 114 | Tonga | 0.2 | 2008 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 116 | Australia | 0.1 | 2021 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 116 | Canada | 0.1 | 2022 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 116 | France | 0.1 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Ireland | 0.1 | 2022 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 116 | South Korea | 0.1 | 2022 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 116 | Poland | 0.1 | 2021 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Romania | 0.1 | 2022 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Slovenia | 0.1 | 2022 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 124 | Belgium | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Germany | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Denmark | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Finland | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 124 | United Kingdom | 0 | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Netherlands | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Norway | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Slovakia | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Sweden | 0 | 2022 | — | volatile |