Proportion of population spending more than 10% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%) by country
Percentage of population with out-of-pocket health spending larger than 10% of total household expenditure
What the numbers show
Proportion of population spending more than 10% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure (%) is currently reported for 46 countries. The highest value is 29.2% in Georgia; the lowest is 1.6% in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.5%, and the mean is 8.7%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 19 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 282.9%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 67.1%).
Proportion of population spending more than 10% of household: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Georgia | 29.2% | 2013 | up 99.4% | rising |
| 2 | Nicaragua | 24.7% | 2014 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 18.7% | 2016 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 4 | India | 17.3% | 2011 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 5 | Albania | 16.7% | 2012 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 6 | Latvia | 16.3% | 2010 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 7 | Armenia | 16.1% | 2013 | up 51.3% | falling |
| 8 | Poland | 14.1% | 2016 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 9 | Romania | 13.4% | 2016 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 10 | Bulgaria | 12.8% | 2010 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 10.3% | 2016 | up 130.8% | rising |
| 12 | Montenegro | 10.3% | 2015 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 13 | Jamaica | 10.2% | 2004 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 9.4% | 2016 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 15 | Belarus | 9.2% | 2016 | up 247.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Israel | 9.1% | 2016 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 17 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.8% | 2015 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 18 | Lithuania | 8.6% | 2010 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 19 | Peru | 8.3% | 2015 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 20 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.2% | 2015 | up 46.4% | falling |
| 21 | Serbia | 8.0% | 2015 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 22 | Ukraine | 7.8% | 2014 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 23 | Palestine, State of | 7.6% | 2016 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 24 | Estonia | 7.4% | 2010 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 25 | Kosovo | 7.0% | 2016 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 25 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 7.0% | 2016 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 27 | United States of America | 6.9% | 2018 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 28 | Mali | 6.5% | 2016 | up 46.9% | falling |
| 29 | Taiwan, China | 6.4% | 2016 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 30 | Philippines | 6.3% | 2015 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 31 | North Macedonia | 5.4% | 2008 | up 282.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Russian Federation | 4.9% | 2014 | up 99.7% | rising |
| 33 | Pakistan | 4.5% | 2015 | up 32.6% | falling |
| 34 | Japan | 4.4% | 2015 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 35 | Slovenia | 4.1% | 2012 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 36 | Mexico | 3.8% | 2012 | down 67.1% | falling |
| 37 | Slovakia | 3.7% | 2010 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 38 | Hungary | 3.7% | 2015 | down 65.1% | falling |
| 39 | Indonesia | 3.6% | 2015 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 40 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.5% | 2016 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 41 | Türkiye | 3.2% | 2016 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 42 | Croatia | 3.1% | 2010 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 43 | Canada | 2.6% | 2010 | up 82.5% | rising |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 2.6% | 2015 | up 45.7% | falling |
| 45 | Mongolia | 2.4% | 2012 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 46 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.6% | 2013 | down 19.2% | falling |
About this data
Percentage of population with out-of-pocket health spending larger than 10% of total household expenditure