Households further impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative poverty line reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) (%, national) by country

Countries reporting
26
Highest
3.6%
Bulgaria
Lowest
0.0%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Median
1.2%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
297

What the numbers show

Households further impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative poverty line reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) (%, national) is currently reported for 26 countries. The highest value is 3.6% in Bulgaria; the lowest is 0.0% in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.2%, and the mean is 1.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 160.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Spain (up 592.8%), and the largest decrease in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (down 67.7%).

Households further impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bulgaria 3.6% 2018 up 37.9% rising
2 Georgia 2.9% 2018 up 47.6% rising
3 Armenia 2.8% 2021 down 13.0% flat
4 Ukraine 2.8% 2021 up 47.7% rising
5 Hungary 2.1% 2015 up 143.9% rising
6 Latvia 2.0% 2016 up 29.4% rising
7 North Macedonia 1.7% 2018 up 20.2% rising
8 Republic of Moldova 1.5% 2021 down 30.2% falling
9 Greece 1.5% 2020 up 57.9% rising
10 Kyrgyzstan 1.4% 2014 up 34.3% falling
11 Serbia 1.4% 2019 down 24.5% falling
12 Italy 1.4% 2020 up 59.7% rising
13 Montenegro 1.2% 2017 down 24.6% flat
14 Poland 1.2% 2021 down 12.3% falling
15 Estonia 1.0% 2020 down 28.9% falling
16 Israel 0.7% 2019 up 3.7% rising
17 Slovakia 0.6% 2015 down 15.1% falling
18 Luxembourg 0.5% 2020 up 228.4% volatile
19 Croatia 0.4% 2019 down 47.0% falling
20 Belgium 0.4% 2020 down 31.4% falling
21 Switzerland 0.4% 2017 up 17.4% rising
22 Türkiye 0.3% 2018 down 15.6% falling
23 Spain 0.3% 2020 up 592.8% volatile
24 Sweden 0.1% 2015 up 336.6% rising
25 Slovenia 0.1% 2018 down 17.2% volatile
26 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0% 2019 down 67.7% volatile

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Indicator
Households further impoverished by out-of-pocket payments (relative poverty line reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) (%, national)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
26 places, 297 data points, 2000–2021
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