Lower middle income vs East Timor: Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care over time
- Lower middle income
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 87.2% against 42.9% in Lower middle income, a difference of 44.3%.
That makes East Timor's figure about 2.0 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 12 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 12th and East Timor ranks 11th of 39 groups.
East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.5% | 86.1% | 7.6% | East Timor |
| 2010s | 66.6% | 89.9% | 23.4% | East Timor |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care, Lower middle income or East Timor?
- East Timor, at 87.2% against 42.9% in Lower middle income as of 2014.
- What is the difference in risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care between Lower middle income and East Timor?
- 44.3%, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and East Timor?
- 12 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2014.
- How do Lower middle income and East Timor rank globally for risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care?
- Lower middle income ranks 12th and East Timor ranks 11th of 39 groups.
- 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).