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Bulgaria: Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure

Name: Bulgaria: Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure
Creator: World Health Organization
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35.50percent · 2023-15.2% since 2013

Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator GHED_OOPSCHE_SHA2011. Annual figures for Bulgaria from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

Year	Value (percent)	Note
2023	35.5
2022	35.08
2021	33.73
2020	35.53
2019	37.8
2018	39.33
2017	42.19
2016	43.25
2015	42.51
2014	40.24
2013	41.86
2012	47.75
2011	44.46
2010	43.14
2009	44.37
2008	42.63
2007	42.59
2006	42.65
2005	38.87
2004	39.2
2003	38.06
2002	39.79
2001	43.71
2000	40.38

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Health Organization (2026). Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-ghed-oopsche-sha2011 (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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