Share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare was 65.98 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare in Equatorial Guinea, 2000–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 65.98 for share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 82.38 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 52.17, in 2000.
That places Equatorial Guinea 10th out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 52.17 | — |
| 2001 | 54.33 | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 82.38 | +51.6% |
| 2003 | 75.86 | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 73.3 | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 67.66 | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 61.23 | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 59.31 | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 55.94 | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 52.78 | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 58.06 | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 56.73 | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 53.35 | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 63.22 | +18.5% |
| 2014 | 63.92 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 68.15 | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 69.09 | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 70.6 | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 70.1 | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 73.77 | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 70.57 | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 64.89 | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 66.72 | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 65.98 | -1.1% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 65.98 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 30.11, 2.2× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 65.98 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 32.36, 2.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare in Equatorial Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +51.6% | 54.33 | 82.38 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 63.49 | 52.17 | 82.38 | 10 |
| 2010s | 64.7 | 53.35 | 73.77 | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.04 | 64.89 | 70.57 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.4 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 843 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.5 % 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 0.0663 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0678 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare in Equatorial Guinea?
- Share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare in Equatorial Guinea was 65.98 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 82.38 in 2002.
- What is the lowest share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.17 in 2000.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 10th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of out of pocket expenditure on healthcare. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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