Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Italy
Italy: Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care was 0.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Italy, 2003–2022
Source: Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), Harvard Medical School. Measured in % of people at risk.
Analysis
Italy recorded 0.2% for risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in 2022. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Italy peaked at 0.2% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2004.
Italy ranks 110th of 134 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Italy, year by year
| Year | % of people at risk | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.2% | — |
| 2004 | 0.1% | -50.0% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 0.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.1%, 2.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Italy's 0.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.3%, 57% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More health data for Italy
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.44 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.1206 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,408 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 80 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.23 % 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 0.0164 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.07 % 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 risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Italy?
- Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Italy was 0.2% 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2003.
- What is the lowest risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2004.
- How does Italy rank for risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care?
- Italy ranks 110th out of 134 countries with data for 2022.
- Is risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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).