Number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or in Peru

Peru: Number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or was 380,000.0% in 2015. ▼ Falling

Latest (2015)
380,000.0%
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
13th
of 36 countries
All-time high
749,000.0%
in 2000
All-time low
374,000.0%
in 2006
Years of data
10
2000–2015

Number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or in Peru, 2000–2015

0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k2000200720152000: 749.0k2006: 374.0k2007: 396.0k2008: 448.0k2009: 392.0k2010: 446.0k2011: 386.0k2012: 445.0k2014: 386.0k2015: 380.0k

Source: Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection).

Analysis

In 2015, number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or in Peru stood at 380,000.0%.

That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or in Peru peaked at 749,000.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 374,000.0%, in 2006.

Peru ranks 13th of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.

Number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or in Peru, year by year

Annual values for Number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure in Peru, 2000 to 2015.
Year Value Change
2000 749,000.0%
2006 374,000.0% -50.1%
2007 396,000.0% +5.9%
2008 448,000.0% +13.1%
2009 392,000.0% -12.5%
2010 446,000.0% +13.8%
2011 386,000.0% -13.5%
2012 445,000.0% +15.3%
2014 386,000.0% -13.3%
2015 380,000.0% -1.6%

Peru compared with similar countries

  • Peru's 380,000.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 183,000.0%, 2.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 471,800.0% 374,000.0% 749,000.0% 5
2010s 408,600.0% 380,000.0% 446,000.0% 5

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 10 Nicaragua 535,000.0% compare
  2. 11 Ukraine 488,000.0% compare
  3. 12 Romania 460,000.0% compare
  4. 14 Georgia 339,000.0% compare
  5. 15 United Kingdom 308,000.0% compare
  6. 16 Turkey 239,000.0% compare

See the full ranking of 36 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or in Peru?
Number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or in Peru was 380,000.0% in 2015, according to Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection).
What is the highest number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 749,000.0% in 2000.
What is the lowest number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 374,000.0% in 2006.
How does Peru rank for number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or?
Peru ranks 13th out of 36 countries with data for 2015.
Is number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Peru data come from?
The figures come from Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection), published as part of Number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure
Source
Global Health Observatory. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2023. (https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/financial-protection)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 349 data points, 1984–2015
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Number of people spending more than 25% of household consumption or income on out-of-pocket health care expenditure. 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).