Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (%) … people in Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America & Caribbean: Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (%) … people was 19.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Latin America & Caribbean, 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 Latin America & Caribbean stood at 19.4%.
That represents a change of up 15.0% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Latin America & Caribbean peaked at 26.3% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 16.3%, in 2020.
Latin America & Caribbean ranks 24th of 39 groups on this measure, 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 (%) … people in Latin America & Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % of people at risk | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 25.8% | — |
| 2004 | 26.3% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 25.7% | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 24.8% | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 22.6% | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 20.7% | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 19.8% | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 19.7% | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 18.3% | -7.4% |
| 2012 | 17.9% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 17.2% | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 17.3% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 16.9% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 17.5% | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 18.0% | +2.5% |
| 2018 | 16.9% | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 16.8% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 16.3% | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 16.9% | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 19.4% | +15.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.7% | 19.8% | 26.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 17.6% | 16.8% | 19.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.5% | 16.3% | 19.4% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean
More health data for Latin America & Caribbean
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0354 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate 0.1453 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per capita 0.0394 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per capita 0.0401 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female, annual growth rate -1.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per capita 0.0399 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Latin America & Caribbean was 19.4% 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 Latin America & Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 26.3% in 2004.
- What is the lowest risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care recorded in Latin America & Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.3% in 2020.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean rank for risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care?
- Latin America & Caribbean ranks 24th out of 39 groups with data for 2022.
- Is risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean 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).