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South Africa: Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of current health expenditure

6.69percent · 2023-12.1% since 2013

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

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20236.69
20226.72
20216.61
20206.43
20195.74
20185.85
20175.83
20165.79
20155.74
20145.66
20137.61
20127.72
20117.75
20108
20098.11
20088.84
20079.7
200610.58
200511.31
200411.85
200312.33
200213.56
200114.13
200014.46

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Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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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 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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