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Countries by Out-of-pocket spending (2023)

Out-of-pocket spending in 2023: highest in Armenia (80.47%), lowest in Tuvalu (0.04%), median 27.56% across the 192 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Out-of-pocket spending (measured in %) across 237 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: %237 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:2000–2024

Highest Out-of-pocket spending, 2023

  1. 1.Armenia80.47%
  2. 2.Bangladesh79.31%
  3. 3.Turkmenistan77.39%
  4. 4.Afghanistan77.14%
  5. 5.Syrian Arab Republic72.4%
  6. 6.Nigeria71.9%
  7. 7.Myanmar71.13%
  8. 8.Yemen69.13%
  9. 9.Cameroon67.65%
  10. 10.Equatorial Guinea65.98%

Lowest Out-of-pocket spending, 2023

  1. 183.Oman6.31%
  2. 184.Tonga5.86%
  3. 185.Botswana4.26%
  4. 186.Rwanda4.1%
  5. 187.Solomon Islands3.16%
  6. 188.Kiribati2.91%
  7. 189.Micronesia2.58%
  8. 190.Marshall Islands1.05%
  9. 191.Nauru0.73%
  10. 192.Tuvalu0.04%

All 192 ranked countries, 2023— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Out-of-pocket spending trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

ArmeniaRank 1 of 192BangladeshRank 2 of 192TurkmenistanRank 3 of 192AfghanistanRank 4 of 192Syrian Arab RepublicRank 5 of 192NigeriaRank 6 of 192MyanmarRank 7 of 192YemenRank 8 of 192CameroonRank 9 of 192Equatorial GuineaRank 10 of 192AzerbaijanRank 11 of 192TogoRank 12 of 192UzbekistanRank 13 of 192LiberiaRank 14 of 192TajikistanRank 15 of 192Guinea-BissauRank 16 of 192CambodiaRank 17 of 192NepalRank 18 of 192GeorgiaRank 19 of 192SudanRank 20 of 192EgyptRank 21 of 192GuatemalaRank 22 of 192ComorosRank 23 of 192Sri LankaRank 24 of 192Sierra LeoneRank 25 of 192GuineaRank 26 of 192IraqRank 27 of 192HondurasRank 28 of 192PakistanRank 29 of 192HaitiRank 30 of 192ChadRank 31 of 192NigerRank 32 of 192BarbadosRank 33 of 192MongoliaRank 34 of 192GrenadaRank 35 of 192EritreaRank 36 of 192AlbaniaRank 37 of 192MaliRank 38 of 192EthiopiaRank 39 of 192Trinidad and TobagoRank 40 of 192MauritiusRank 41 of 192Central African RepublicRank 42 of 192AlgeriaRank 43 of 192Lao PDRRank 44 of 192PhilippinesRank 45 of 192SenegalRank 46 of 192IndiaRank 47 of 192Burkina FasoRank 48 of 192MauritaniaRank 49 of 192IranRank 50 of 192BeninRank 51 of 192Kyrgyz RepublicRank 52 of 192West Bank and GazaRank 53 of 192St. Kitts and NevisRank 54 of 192MexicoRank 55 of 192PanamaRank 56 of 192North MacedoniaRank 57 of 192VietnamRank 58 of 192DR CongoRank 59 of 192TunisiaRank 60 of 192NicaraguaRank 61 of 192MoroccoRank 62 of 192St. LuciaRank 63 of 192MalaysiaRank 64 of 192ParaguayRank 65 of 192BulgariaRank 66 of 192LatviaRank 67 of 192ChileRank 68 of 192JordanRank 69 of 192GreeceRank 70 of 192The GambiaRank 71 of 192AngolaRank 72 of 192El SalvadorRank 73 of 192ChinaRank 74 of 192UgandaRank 75 of 192SerbiaRank 76 of 192Cote d'IvoireRank 77 of 192South KoreaRank 78 of 192IndonesiaRank 79 of 192LithuaniaRank 80 of 192Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 81 of 192MaltaRank 82 of 192EcuadorRank 83 of 192SomaliaRank 84 of 192LebanonRank 85 of 192VenezuelaRank 86 of 192DominicaRank 87 of 192PortugalRank 88 of 192DjiboutiRank 89 of 192BahrainRank 90 of 192BelarusRank 91 of 192RussiaRank 92 of 192Republic of the CongoRank 93 of 192SeychellesRank 94 of 192TanzaniaRank 95 of 192KazakhstanRank 96 of 192The BahamasRank 97 of 192MoldovaRank 98 of 192MadagascarRank 99 of 192BoliviaRank 100 of 192South SudanRank 101 of 192PeruRank 102 of 192BelizeRank 103 of 192GhanaRank 104 of 192St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 105 of 192MontenegroRank 106 of 192GuyanaRank 107 of 192BrazilRank 108 of 192Cabo VerdeRank 109 of 192BhutanRank 110 of 192SingaporeRank 111 of 192Dominican RepublicRank 112 of 192BurundiRank 113 of 192ArgentinaRank 114 of 192KenyaRank 115 of 192Costa RicaRank 116 of 192ItalyRank 117 of 192HungaryRank 118 of 192RomaniaRank 119 of 192EstoniaRank 120 of 192SwitzerlandRank 121 of 192BelgiumRank 122 of 192SpainRank 123 of 192Antigua and BarbudaRank 124 of 192IsraelRank 125 of 192JamaicaRank 126 of 192SlovakiaRank 127 of 192LiechtensteinRank 128 of 192SurinameRank 129 of 192LibyaRank 130 of 192TurkeyRank 131 of 192MaldivesRank 132 of 192CyprusRank 133 of 192GabonRank 134 of 192UruguayRank 135 of 192Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 136 of 192CubaRank 137 of 192AustriaRank 138 of 192AustraliaRank 139 of 192PolandRank 140 of 192CanadaRank 141 of 192IcelandRank 142 of 192ColombiaRank 143 of 192United KingdomRank 144 of 192Czech RepublicRank 145 of 192Saudi ArabiaRank 146 of 192FinlandRank 147 of 192DenmarkRank 148 of 192NorwayRank 149 of 192SamoaRank 150 of 192LesothoRank 151 of 192San MarinoRank 152 of 192SwedenRank 153 of 192New ZealandRank 154 of 192SloveniaRank 155 of 192JapanRank 156 of 192PalauRank 157 of 192NetherlandsRank 158 of 192MalawiRank 159 of 192IrelandRank 160 of 192AndorraRank 161 of 192GermanyRank 162 of 192EswatiniRank 163 of 192United StatesRank 164 of 192ZimbabweRank 165 of 192MozambiqueRank 166 of 192ZambiaRank 167 of 192KuwaitRank 168 of 192ThailandRank 169 of 192United Arab EmiratesRank 170 of 192CroatiaRank 171 of 192FranceRank 172 of 192LuxembourgRank 173 of 192Papua New GuineaRank 174 of 192MonacoRank 175 of 192VanuatuRank 176 of 192FijiRank 177 of 192NamibiaRank 178 of 192QatarRank 179 of 192Brunei DarussalamRank 180 of 192Timor-LesteRank 181 of 192South AfricaRank 182 of 192OmanRank 183 of 192TongaRank 184 of 192BotswanaRank 185 of 192RwandaRank 186 of 192Solomon IslandsRank 187 of 192KiribatiRank 188 of 192MicronesiaRank 189 of 192Marshall IslandsRank 190 of 192NauruRank 191 of 192TuvaluRank 192 of 192

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Out-of-pocket spending Data Coverage

This page lists 237 countries with available Out-of-pocket spending data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.