Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Uganda

Uganda: Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care was 88.5 in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
88.5
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
10th
of 134 countries
All-time high
97.1
in 2005
All-time low
88.5
in 2022
Years of data
19
2003–2022

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Uganda, 2003–2022

0204060801002003201220222003: 96.52004: 96.32005: 97.12006: 96.92007: 96.82008: 95.52009: 92.52010: 92.12011: 91.22012: 91.42013: 92.32014: 92.32016: 90.32017: 91.12018: 89.62019: 88.82020: 89.22021: 88.92022: 88.5

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Uganda recorded 88.5 for risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Uganda peaked at 97.1 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 88.5, in 2022.

Uganda ranks 10th of 134 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 95.94 92.5 97.1 7
2010s 91.01 88.8 92.3 9
2020s 88.87 88.5 89.2 3

Countries ranked near Uganda

  1. 7 Sierra Leone 93.4 compare
  2. 8 Tanzania, United Republic of 91.5 compare
  3. 9 Central African Republic 89.3 compare
  4. 11 Timor-Leste 87.2 compare
  5. 12 Nepal 86.6 compare
  6. 13 Yemen 86.5 compare

See the full ranking of 134 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Uganda?
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Uganda was 88.5 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care recorded in Uganda?
The highest recorded value was 97.1 in 2005.
What is the lowest risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care recorded in Uganda?
The lowest recorded value was 88.5 in 2022.
How does Uganda rank for risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care?
Uganda ranks 10th out of 134 countries with data for 2022.
Is risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care rising or falling in Uganda?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uganda data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
134 places, 2,380 data points, 2003–2022
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