Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (%) … people in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (%) … people was 42.9% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Lower middle income, 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 Lower middle income stood at 42.9%. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 6.2% on the previous year and down 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Lower middle income peaked at 83.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 42.9%, in 2022.
That places Lower middle income 12th 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 (%) … people in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | % of people at risk | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 83.6% | — |
| 2004 | 81.9% | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 79.7% | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 77.9% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 77.1% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 75.5% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 73.4% | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 71.8% | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 68.3% | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 66.7% | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 64.5% | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 61.6% | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 59.9% | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 56.7% | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 54.4% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 51.2% | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 49.5% | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 50.6% | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 45.7% | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 42.9% | -6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.5% | 73.4% | 83.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 60.5% | 49.5% | 71.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.4% | 42.9% | 50.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
More health data for Lower middle income
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, annual growth rate 1.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per capita 0.0459 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, annual growth rate 0.9973 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.0436 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per capita 0.0487 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, annual growth rate 0.9853 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Lower middle income?
- Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care in Lower middle income was 42.9% 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 Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 83.6% in 2003.
- What is the lowest risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.9% in 2022.
- How does Lower middle income rank for risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care?
- Lower middle income ranks 12th out of 39 groups with data for 2022.
- Is risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower middle income 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).