Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Egypt
Egypt: Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures was 1.7% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Latest (2017)
1.7%
Change on year
up 42.9%
World rank
3rd
of 40 countries
All-time high
1.7%
in 2017
All-time low
0.4%
in 2008
Years of data
5
1997–2017
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Egypt, 1997–2017
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 1.7% for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in 2017. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 42.9% on the previous year and up 286.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Egypt peaked at 1.7% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2008.
Egypt ranks 3rd of 40 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.5% | — |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -18.5% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | +131.8% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | +42.9% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 1.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8%, 2.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 1 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More health data for Egypt
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.46 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7884 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 946 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 7,225 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.3993 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0487 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.4524 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Egypt?
- Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Egypt was 1.7% in 2017, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1.7% in 2017.
- What is the lowest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2008.
- How does Egypt rank for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures?
- Egypt ranks 3rd out of 40 countries with data for 2017.
- Is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 286.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures, expressed as a proportion of a relative poverty line - 60% of median daily per capita consumption or income (%, national, rural, urban). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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