Egypt vs Paraguay: Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care
Egypt
23.2%
in 2022
Paraguay
21.1%
in 2022
Egypt rank
62nd
Paraguay rank
65th
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care over time
- Egypt
- Paraguay
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 23.2% against 21.1% in Paraguay, a difference of 2.1%.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times Paraguay's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 62nd and Paraguay ranks 65th of 134 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 41.6% | 38.7% | 2.9% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 29.1% | 27.0% | 2.0% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 24.0% | 19.8% | 4.2% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care, Egypt or Paraguay?
- Egypt, at 23.2% against 21.1% in Paraguay as of 2022.
- What is the difference in risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care between Egypt and Paraguay?
- 2.1%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Paraguay?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2022.
- How do Egypt and Paraguay rank globally for risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care?
- Egypt ranks 62nd and Paraguay ranks 65th of 134 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), Harvard Medical School, published as Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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 $2.15 PPP/day).