Households with out-of-pocket payments greater than 40% of capacity to pay for health care (food, housing and utilities approach - developed by WHO/Europe) (%, national) by country
Countries reporting
26
Highest
19.2%
Bulgaria
Lowest
0.8%
Slovenia
Median
8.3%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
297
What the numbers show
Households with out-of-pocket payments greater than 40% of capacity to pay for health care (food, housing and utilities approach - developed by WHO/Europe) (%, national) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 19.2% in Bulgaria; the lowest is 0.8% in Slovenia.
The median across all reporting countries is 8.3%, and the mean is 8.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 95.6%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 38.1%).
Households with out-of-pocket payments greater than 40% of capacity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 19.2% | 2018 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 2 | Georgia | 17.4% | 2018 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 3 | Ukraine | 17.1% | 2021 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 4 | Armenia | 17.1% | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 5 | Latvia | 15.0% | 2016 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 12.8% | 2014 | up 27.2% | falling |
| 7 | Serbia | 12.2% | 2019 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 8 | Hungary | 11.6% | 2015 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 9 | Moldova | 11.2% | 2021 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 10 | Greece | 10.6% | 2020 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 9.9% | 2020 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 12 | Montenegro | 9.4% | 2017 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 13 | Poland | 9.4% | 2021 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 14 | Estonia | 7.2% | 2020 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 15 | North Macedonia | 6.5% | 2018 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 16 | Israel | 5.7% | 2019 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 17 | Belgium | 5.2% | 2020 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 18 | Slovakia | 5.1% | 2015 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 19 | Turkey | 4.3% | 2018 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 3.9% | 2020 | up 19.4% | flat |
| 21 | Croatia | 3.6% | 2019 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 22 | Spain | 2.9% | 2020 | up 95.6% | rising |
| 23 | Switzerland | 2.7% | 2017 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 24 | Sweden | 1.6% | 2015 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 1.5% | 2019 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 26 | Slovenia | 0.8% | 2018 | down 3.4% | rising |