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Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, 2019 compilation

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Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, 2019 compilation covers 139 countries. Georgia is highest, at 31.208; Somalia is lowest, at 0.133. The middle country reads 6.516. 22 readings are more than ten years older than the file and are listed but not compared.

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Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending · Latest available · compiled 2019

HighestGeorgia

31.208

LowestSomalia

0.133

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, 2019 compilation, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 139 countries · select a heading to sort

Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, 2019 compilation: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia · 2017 reading201731.208GEO_2017_HIS_v02_M_v01_A_ECAPOV
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa · 2017 reading201731.144EGY_2017_HIECS_v01_M_v01_A_MNAPOV
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia · 2016 reading201626.931AFG_2016_LCS_v01_M
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia · 2016 reading201625.626BGD_2016_HIES_v01_M
NicaraguaNICCentral America · 2014 reading201424.732NIC_2014_EMNV_v01_M
ChinaCHNEastern Asia · 2016 reading201623.980CHN_2016_CFPS_v01_M
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia · 2017 reading201720.976ARM_2017_ILCS_v01_M_v01_A_ECAPOV
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa · 2013 reading201320.042MAR_2013_ENCDM_v01_M_v03_A_MNAPOV
ColombiaCOLSouth America · 2008 reading, too old to compare200820.012COL_2008_ECV_v02_M_v01_A_SHES
ChileCHLSouth America · 2016 reading201618.849CHL_2016_EPF_v01_M
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe · 2016 reading201618.684MDA_2016_HBS_v01_M_v01_A_ECAPOV
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe · 2011 reading201118.378PRT_2011_HBS_v01_M_v01_A_EUROSTAT
SudanSDNNorthern Africa · 2009 reading200918.357SDN_2009_NBHS_v01_M
IndiaINDSouthern Asia · 2011 reading201117.912IND_2011_NSS68-SCH1.0-T1_v01_M_v02_A_SARMD
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean · 2007 reading, too old to compare200717.703DOM_2007_ENIGH_v01_M_v01_A_LIS
TogoTGOWestern Africa · 2011 reading201117.556TGO_2011_QUIBB_v01_M_v01_A_SSAPOV
IranIRNSouthern Asia · 2016 reading201617.555IRN_2016_HEIS_v02_M_v02_A_MNAPOV
ArgentinaARGSouth America · 2004 reading, too old to compare200416.903ARG_2004_ENGH_v01_M
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe · 2012 reading201216.725ALB_2012_LSMS_v01_M_v03_A_ECAPOV
BarbadosBRBCaribbean · 2016 reading201616.507BRB_2016_LCS_v01_M
LatviaLVANorthern Europe · 2010 reading201016.327LVA_2010_HBS_v01_M_v01_A_EUROSTAT
CyprusCYPWestern Asia · 2009 reading200916.068CYP_2009_HBS_v01_M_v01_A_EUROSTAT
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa · 2018 reading201815.909SLE_2018_SLIHS_v01_M
YemenYEMWestern Asia · 2014 reading201415.825YEM_2014_HBS_v01_M_v01_A_MNAPOV
UgandaUGAEastern Africa · 2016 reading201615.271UGA_2016_UNHS_v01_M

02In Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, 2019 compilation

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline. Readings too old to compare take no part.

Highest

  1. Georgia31.208
  2. Egypt31.144
  3. Afghanistan26.931
  4. Bangladesh25.626
  5. Nicaragua24.732

Lowest

  1. Somalia0.133
  2. Gambia0.198
  3. Zambia0.288
  4. Ghana0.435
  5. South Africa0.751

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 6.516. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • Readings from many years

    Each country’s newest reading as of 2019, from 1993 to 2019. 22 are more than ten years older than the file: listed and marked, but left out of the ends and the changes.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 139 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2019). Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, 2019 compilation [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/catastrophic-health-spending/2019

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06Questions

Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, 2019 compilation: questions and answers

Which country has the highest catastrophic health spending in Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, 2019 compilation?

Georgia, at 31.208, of the 139 countries in the file.

How many countries does Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, 2019 compilation cover?

139.

Where can I download Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, 2019 compilation?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Catastrophic Out-of-Pocket Health Spending, 2019 compilation the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-10-03, when it was read from the publisher.

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