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Change in poverty gap due to out-of-pocket health spending ($ 2011 PPP), $21.70 poverty line by country

Countries reporting
46
Highest
0.6444
Latvia
Lowest
0.0316
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Median
0.2747
Years covered
35
1984–2018
Data points
445

What the numbers show

Change in poverty gap due to out-of-pocket health spending ($ 2011 PPP), $21.70 poverty line is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 0.6444 in Latvia; the lowest is 0.0316 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.2747, and the mean is 0.2781.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 114.0%), and the largest decrease in Taiwan, China (down 69.5%).

Change in poverty gap due to out-of-pocket health spending ($ 2011): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Latvia 0.6444 2010 up 72.4% rising
2 Nicaragua 0.5936 2014 up 114.0% rising
3 Poland 0.5435 2016 up 7.1% rising
4 Republic of Moldova 0.538 2016 up 45.8% rising
5 Bulgaria 0.4954 2010 up 64.9% volatile
6 Georgia 0.4953 2013 up 100.9% rising
7 Belarus 0.4733 2016 up 79.1% rising
8 Romania 0.4639 2016 up 66.7% rising
9 Albania 0.4389 2012 up 3.2% rising
10 Montenegro 0.4269 2015 up 28.3% rising
11 Ukraine 0.3981 2014 up 26.5% rising
12 Armenia 0.3939 2013 up 11.7% falling
13 Serbia 0.382 2015 down 0.4% rising
14 Lithuania 0.3549 2010 down 1.5% rising
15 Peru 0.326 2015 up 13.1% rising
16 Jamaica 0.3259 2004 up 49.9% rising
17 Viet Nam 0.3176 2016 up 40.4% rising
18 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3117 2015 up 4.0% falling
19 Estonia 0.3074 2010 up 28.3% rising
20 Palestine, State of 0.2922 2016 down 7.6% flat
21 Kosovo 0.2761 2016 up 65.4% rising
21 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.2761 2016 up 65.4% rising
23 Slovakia 0.276 2010 down 11.9% flat
24 Russian Federation 0.2733 2014 up 60.2% rising
25 Kazakhstan 0.2542 2015 up 47.9% rising
26 India 0.2377 2011 up 95.3% rising
27 Hungary 0.2271 2015 down 52.2% falling
28 Israel 0.2217 2016 down 28.3% falling
29 North Macedonia 0.2102 2008 up 56.8% rising
30 United States of America 0.2014 2018 up 33.1% rising
31 Croatia 0.1854 2010 up 78.9% rising
32 Philippines 0.1837 2015 up 38.7% rising
33 Bangladesh 0.1655 2016 up 39.5% rising
34 Pakistan 0.1379 2015 up 16.2% rising
35 Türkiye 0.137 2016 down 23.4% flat
36 Slovenia 0.1206 2012 up 15.1% falling
37 Mexico 0.1174 2012 down 58.7% falling
38 Japan 0.1145 2015 down 20.8% falling
39 Indonesia 0.1138 2015 up 84.9% rising
40 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1083 2015 down 65.8% falling
41 Mongolia 0.1072 2012 up 92.8% rising
42 Kyrgyzstan 0.0892 2016 up 3.9% flat
43 Taiwan, China 0.0839 2016 down 69.5% falling
44 Mali 0.0742 2016 up 14.6% volatile
45 Canada 0.0464 2010 down 2.7% falling
46 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0316 2013 up 15.1% falling

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Indicator
Change in poverty gap due to out-of-pocket health spending ($ 2011 PPP), $21.70 poverty line
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
46 places, 445 data points, 1984–2018
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