Out-of-pocket health spending in Brazil

Households paid 26.2% of current health spending in Brazil directly out of pocket in 2023.

Measure: Out-of-pocket health spending Unit: % of current health expenditure Data: 2000 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Brazil, 2023 26.2% % of current health expenditure
Change from 2022 −1.0percentage points 2022: 27.3%
World, 2023 17.3% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2023 19.0% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2023 108th of 192 See the full ranking

Out-of-pocket health spending in Brazil over time

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% of current health expenditure. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Out-of-pocket health spending (% of current health expenditure), 2000 to 2023
Period BrazilWorld
2023 26.2% 17.3%
2022 27.3% 17.2%
2021 25.3% 17.0%
2020 26.1% 16.4%
2019 24.9% 18.0%
2018 24.8% 18.1%
2017 24.5% 18.1%
2016 24.4% 18.2%
2015 24.7% 18.4%
2014 28.2% 18.7%
2013 28.2% 19.0%
2012 29.7% 18.8%
2011 29.3% 18.6%
2010 29.4% 18.5%
2009 31.2% 18.3%
2008 30.9% 18.9%
2007 33.1% 18.9%
2006 34.4% 18.8%
2005 35.9% 18.7%
2004 35.4% 18.5%
2003 35.5% 18.6%
2002 36.4% 18.6%
2001 37.8% 18.9%
2000 36.6% 19.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.0 percentage points from 27.3% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 28.2%, the figure has changed by −1.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2023, Brazil has the 108th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 17.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization, Global Health Expenditure Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2023 for Brazil
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, Global Health Expenditure Database