Gabon - Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in Gabon was 6.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 15 years was 15.20 in 2005, while its lowest value was 6.20 in 2017.

Definition: The proportion of population at risk of impoverishing expenditure when surgical care is required. Impoverishing expenditure is defined as direct out of pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care which drive people below a poverty threshold (using a threshold of $1.25 PPP/day).

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

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Year Value
2005 15.20
2006 15.00
2007 15.00
2008 14.80
2009 14.20
2010 11.60
2011 11.10
2012 10.80
2013 10.10
2014 9.40
2015 9.40
2016 9.20
2017 6.20
2018 6.90
2019 7.00
2020 6.90

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors