Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Euro area
Euro area: Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care was 0.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Euro area, 2003–2022
Source: Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), Harvard Medical School. Measured in % of people at risk.
Analysis
Euro area recorded 0.3% for risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in 2022.
The figure is up 85.1% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Euro area peaked at 0.9% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2021.
Euro area ranks 37th of 39 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Euro area, year by year
| Year | % of people at risk | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.9% | — |
| 2004 | 0.7% | -15.9% |
| 2005 | 0.6% | -12.2% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -36.8% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -13.6% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +3.8% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +10.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -11.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -14.7% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +9.7% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -43.5% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | +85.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Euro area changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +85.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Euro area
More health data for Euro area
- Population ages 30-34, female, per capita 0.0286 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 0.1709 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0309 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate -0.1844 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0298 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, annual growth rate -1.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per capita 0.027 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate 0.1302 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Euro area?
- Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Euro area was 0.3% 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 Euro area?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2003.
- What is the lowest risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care recorded in Euro area?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2021.
- How does Euro area rank for risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care?
- Euro area ranks 37th out of 39 groups with data for 2022.
- Is risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care rising or falling in Euro area?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Euro area 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.
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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).