Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Pakistan
Pakistan: Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures was 0.6% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
0.6%
Change on year
up 35.6%
World rank
22nd
of 40 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2018
All-time low
0.3%
in 2010
Years of data
8
2001–2018
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Pakistan, 2001–2018
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2018, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Pakistan stood at 0.6%. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 35.6% on the previous year and up 41.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Pakistan peaked at 0.6% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2010.
Pakistan ranks 22nd of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.4% | — |
| 2004 | 0.5% | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -18.6% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +25.7% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | +36.4% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -25.0% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +35.6% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 0.6% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8%, 79% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More health data for Pakistan
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.14 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8219 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 944.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 55,286 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 335 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.5028 % 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 0.0616 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.4109 % 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 Pakistan?
- Increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures in Pakistan was 0.6% in 2018, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2018.
- What is the lowest increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2010.
- How does Pakistan rank for increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures?
- Pakistan ranks 22nd out of 40 countries with data for 2018.
- Is increase in poverty gap due to household health expenditures rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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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