Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries): Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care was 10.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), 2003–2022
Source: Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), Harvard Medical School. Measured in % of people at risk.
Analysis
In 2022, risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) stood at 10.7%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 68.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 63.9% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 10.7%, in 2022.
That places East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 27th out of 39 groups with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), year by year
| Year | % of people at risk | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 63.9% | — |
| 2004 | 61.5% | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 58.5% | -4.8% |
| 2006 | 54.8% | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 49.4% | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 48.2% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 44.8% | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 41.7% | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 36.9% | -11.6% |
| 2012 | 34.0% | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 29.5% | -13.4% |
| 2014 | 26.8% | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 23.7% | -11.5% |
| 2016 | 21.5% | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 20.0% | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 17.6% | -11.7% |
| 2019 | 15.7% | -11.0% |
| 2020 | 16.1% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 11.1% | -30.9% |
| 2022 | 10.7% | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 54.4% | 44.8% | 63.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 26.7% | 15.7% | 41.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.6% | 10.7% | 16.1% | 3 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
- 24 Guinea 72.6% compare
- 25 Congo 68.0% compare
- 26 Bangladesh 67.3% compare
- 27 Benin 63.9% compare
- 28 Kenya 63.2% compare
- 29 Solomon Islands 57.8% compare
- 30 Mauritania 56.8% compare
More health data for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
- Population ages 45-49, female, annual growth rate -0.843 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, male, per capita 0.0329 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, female, per capita 0.0335 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, male, annual growth rate -0.6786 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per capita 0.0321 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 10-14, male, annual growth rate 0.1729 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.0353 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) was 10.7% in 2022, according to Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), Harvard Medical School.
- What is the highest risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care recorded in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The highest recorded value was 63.9% in 2003.
- What is the lowest risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care recorded in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.7% in 2022.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care?
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 27th out of 39 groups with data for 2022.
- Is risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) data come from?
- The figures come from Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), Harvard Medical School, published as part of Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 20 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
The proportion of population at risk of impoverishing expenditure when surgical care is required. Impoverishing expenditure is defined as direct out of pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care which drive people below a poverty threshold (using a threshold of $2.15 PPP/day).