# Out-of-pocket health spending by country: data and definition

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Page last materially revised: 2026-11-02
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Indicator field guide / SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS

# Out-of-pocket health spending

Share of out-of-pocket payments of total current health expenditures.  Out-of-pocket payments are spending on health directly out-of-pocket by households.

Unit: % of current health expenditure. [Original provider definition and metadata ↗](https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS)

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## Covered economies, 2023

| Economy | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Afghanistan | 77.1% |
| Albania | 48.3% |
| Algeria | 45.0% |
| Andorra | 11.1% |
| Angola | 32.5% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 20.8% |
| Argentina | 24.5% |
| Armenia | 80.5% |
| Australia | 15.8% |
| Austria | 16.5% |
| Azerbaijan | 64.6% |
| Bahamas, The | 27.5% |
| Bahrain | 28.7% |
| Bangladesh | 79.3% |
| Barbados | 49.5% |
| Belarus | 28.5% |
| Belgium | 21.5% |
| Belize | 26.8% |
| Benin | 42.4% |
| Bhutan | 25.5% |
| Bolivia | 27.3% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31.0% |
| Botswana | 4.3% |
| Brazil | 26.2% |
| Brunei Darussalam | 7.4% |
| Bulgaria | 35.5% |
| Burkina Faso | 43.8% |
| Burundi | 24.5% |
| Cabo Verde | 25.7% |
| Cambodia | 60.6% |
| Cameroon | 67.7% |
| Canada | 15.2% |
| Central African Republic | 45.0% |
| Chad | 51.7% |
| Chile | 34.6% |
| China | 32.2% |
| Colombia | 14.6% |
| Comoros | 56.6% |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 38.0% |
| Congo, Rep. | 28.0% |
| Costa Rica | 24.1% |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 32.0% |
| Croatia | 9.4% |
| Cyprus | 17.9% |
| Czechia | 14.6% |
| Denmark | 14.0% |
| Djibouti | 28.8% |
| Dominica | 29.3% |
| Dominican Republic | 25.1% |
| Ecuador | 30.9% |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 57.2% |
| El Salvador | 32.5% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 66.0% |
| Estonia | 22.1% |
| Eswatini | 11.0% |
| Ethiopia | 46.3% |
| Fiji | 8.3% |
| Finland | 14.1% |
| France | 9.3% |
| Gabon | 17.3% |
| Gambia, The | 33.8% |
| Georgia | 58.8% |
| Germany | 11.1% |
| Ghana | 26.7% |
| Greece | 34.3% |
| Grenada | 48.5% |
| Guatemala | 57.2% |
| Guinea | 54.4% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 61.6% |
| Guyana | 26.3% |
| Haiti | 52.4% |
| Honduras | 53.1% |
| Hungary | 23.1% |
| Iceland | 14.7% |
| India | 43.9% |
| Indonesia | 31.1% |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 43.1% |
| Iraq | 54.0% |
| Ireland | 11.3% |
| Israel | 20.5% |
| Italy | 23.6% |
| Jamaica | 20.2% |
| Japan | 12.2% |
| Jordan | 34.5% |
| Kazakhstan | 27.6% |
| Kenya | 24.2% |
| Kiribati | 2.9% |
| Korea, Rep. | 31.8% |
| Kuwait | 10.0% |
| Kyrgyz Republic | 42.3% |
| Lao PDR | 44.8% |
| Latvia | 35.1% |
| Lebanon | 29.7% |
| Lesotho | 13.2% |
| Liberia | 63.2% |
| Libya | 19.2% |
| Lithuania | 31.0% |
| Luxembourg | 8.8% |
| Madagascar | 27.4% |
| Malawi | 12.0% |
| Malaysia | 37.1% |
| Maldives | 18.0% |
| Mali | 47.2% |
| Malta | 30.9% |
| Marshall Islands | 1.1% |
| Mauritania | 43.8% |
| Mauritius | 45.2% |
| Mexico | 41.2% |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 2.6% |
| Moldova | 27.5% |
| Mongolia | 48.8% |
| Montenegro | 26.3% |
| Morocco | 37.3% |
| Mozambique | 10.4% |
| Myanmar | 71.1% |
| Namibia | 7.5% |
| Naoero | 0.7% |
| Nepal | 59.4% |
| Netherlands | 12.0% |
| New Zealand | 12.6% |
| Nicaragua | 37.6% |
| Niger | 51.5% |
| Nigeria | 71.9% |
| North Macedonia | 39.6% |
| Norway | 13.7% |
| Oman | 6.3% |
| Pakistan | 52.9% |
| Palau | 12.1% |
| Panama | 40.5% |
| Papua New Guinea | 8.6% |
| Paraguay | 36.3% |
| Peru | 27.0% |
| Philippines | 44.4% |
| Poland | 15.8% |
| Portugal | 29.3% |
| Qatar | 7.4% |
| Romania | 23.0% |
| Russian Federation | 28.4% |
| Rwanda | 4.1% |
| Samoa | 13.4% |
| San Marino | 13.1% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 16.7% |
| Saudi Arabia | 14.1% |
| Senegal | 44.3% |
| Serbia | 32.1% |
| Seychelles | 28.0% |
| Sierra Leone | 54.5% |
| Singapore | 25.4% |
| Slovak Republic | 20.2% |
| Slovenia | 12.4% |
| Solomon Islands | 3.2% |
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 30.8% |
| South Africa | 6.7% |
| Spain | 20.9% |
| Sri Lanka | 54.8% |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | 41.8% |
| St. Lucia | 37.1% |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.6% |
| Sudan | 57.4% |
| Suriname | 19.7% |
| Sweden | 13.0% |
| Switzerland | 22.0% |
| Tajikistan | 62.4% |
| Tanzania | 27.9% |
| Thailand | 9.9% |
| Timor-Leste | 7.0% |
| Togo | 64.3% |
| Tonga | 5.9% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 45.3% |
| Tunisia | 37.9% |
| Turkiye | 19.0% |
| Turkmenistan | 77.4% |
| Tuvalu | 0.0% |
| Uganda | 32.2% |
| United Arab Emirates | 9.7% |
| United Kingdom | 14.6% |
| United States | 10.9% |
| Uruguay | 17.1% |
| Uzbekistan | 64.1% |
| Vanuatu | 8.4% |
| Viet Nam | 39.2% |
| West Bank and Gaza | 42.1% |
| Zambia | 10.3% |
| Zimbabwe | 10.6% |

Snapshot retrieval: 2026-11-01. Coverage is limited to the atlas comparison set. [Download and limitations](https://www.pluraterra.com/data/).