Number of people pushed below the $3.65 ($ 2017 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure by country
Number of people pushed below the $3.65 ($ 2017 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure. This indicator shows the number of households experiencing impoverishing out-of-pocket health expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household would have been above the $3.65 poverty line,...
What the numbers show
Number of people pushed below the $3.65 ($ 2017 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 2.23 million in Vietnam; the lowest is 0 in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 17,500, and the mean is 231,406.
Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 105.9%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 100.0%).
Number of people pushed below the $3.65 ($ 2017 PPP) poverty line by: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vietnam | 2.23 million | 2012 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 1.69 million | 2015 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 3 | Philippines | 1.47 million | 2015 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 4 | Mexico | 834,000 | 2012 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Nicaragua | 313,000 | 2014 | up 105.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Georgia | 201,000 | 2013 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 7 | Turkey | 149,000 | 2012 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 8 | Iran | 130,000 | 2013 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Peru | 63,000 | 2015 | down 82.2% | falling |
| 10 | Romania | 60,000 | 2012 | down 73.5% | falling |
| 11 | Kyrgyzstan | 50,000 | 2011 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 12 | Poland | 33,000 | 2012 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 13 | Jamaica | 32,000 | 2004 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 14 | South Korea | 20,000 | 2008 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 14 | Kosovo | 20,000 | 2011 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 14 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 20,000 | 2011 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 17 | Moldova | 15,000 | 2013 | down 78.6% | falling |
| 18 | Serbia | 12,000 | 2010 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 19 | Russia | 11,000 | 2014 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 10,000 | 2010 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 20 | Canada | 10,000 | 2010 | unchanged | falling |
| 22 | Ukraine | 7,000 | 2013 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 23 | North Macedonia | 6,000 | 2008 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 24 | Kazakhstan | 3,000 | 2013 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Hungary | 3,000 | 2010 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Montenegro | 2,000 | 2014 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Latvia | 2,000 | 2006 | — | falling |
| 28 | Slovakia | 1,000 | 2010 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Estonia | 1,000 | 2010 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 30 | Lithuania | 0 | 2010 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 30 | United States | 0 | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 30 | Belarus | 0 | 2012 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Number of people pushed below the $3.65 ($ 2017 PPP) poverty line by out-of-pocket health care expenditure. This indicator shows the number of households experiencing impoverishing out-of-pocket health expenditures, defined as expenditures without which the household would have been above the $3.65 poverty line, but because of the expenditures is below the poverty line. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).