Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care

The proportion of population at risk of catastrophic expenditure when surgical care is required. Catastrophic expenditure is defined as direct out of pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care exceeding 10% of total income.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
141
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.

  1. Produced by

    Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard

    Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), Harvard Medical School, uri: https://www.pgssc.org/

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Albania20223.10percent
Algeria202210.80percent
Angola202251.70percent
Argentina20224.50percent
Armenia202219percent
Austria20220.20percent
Bangladesh202251percent
Belarus20221.50percent
Belgium20220percent
Belize202229.50percent

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