Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) (World) - 2020
* Data Description : 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 $1.25 PPP/day).
* Data Source : Worldbank.org
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* Countries with the highest value of "Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)" in the World (2020) : Democratic Republic of the Congo(84,4), Madagascar(80,1), Haiti(73,8), United Republic of Tanzania(73,6), Niger(72), Togo(68,9), Uganda(68,7), Malawi(67,4), Republic of Congo(66,7), Mozambique(65,6).