Lower middle income vs Yemen: Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care over time
- Lower middle income
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 86.5% against 42.9% in Lower middle income, a difference of 43.6%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 2.0 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 20 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 12th and Yemen ranks 13th of 39 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, Lower middle income averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.5% | 71.7% | 6.7% | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 60.5% | 75.4% | 14.9% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 46.4% | 85.9% | 39.5% | Yemen |
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 Yemen?
- Yemen, at 86.5% against 42.9% in Lower middle income as of 2022.
- What is the difference in risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care between Lower middle income and Yemen?
- 43.6%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Yemen?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2022.
- How do Lower middle income and Yemen rank globally for risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care?
- Lower middle income ranks 12th and Yemen ranks 13th 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).