Out-of-pocket health spending in India
Households paid 43.9% of current health spending in India directly out of pocket in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2000.
India, 2023
43.9%
Change from 2022
−0.7percentage points
World, 2023
17.3%
Median of G20 countries, 2023
19.0%
Position in 2023
47th of 192
Out-of-pocket health spending in India 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.
| Period | India | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 43.9% | 17.3% |
| 2022 | 44.5% | 17.2% |
| 2021 | 45.1% | 17.0% |
| 2020 | 49.5% | 16.4% |
| 2019 | 52.0% | 18.0% |
| 2018 | 53.2% | 18.1% |
| 2017 | 55.1% | 18.1% |
| 2016 | 63.2% | 18.2% |
| 2015 | 64.7% | 18.4% |
| 2014 | 67.0% | 18.7% |
| 2013 | 69.1% | 19.0% |
| 2012 | 63.0% | 18.8% |
| 2011 | 62.2% | 18.6% |
| 2010 | 65.2% | 18.5% |
| 2009 | 66.8% | 18.3% |
| 2008 | 69.1% | 18.9% |
| 2007 | 70.8% | 18.9% |
| 2006 | 72.3% | 18.8% |
| 2005 | 73.1% | 18.7% |
| 2004 | 72.5% | 18.5% |
| 2003 | 73.4% | 18.6% |
| 2002 | 73.4% | 18.6% |
| 2001 | 74.1% | 18.9% |
| 2000 | 71.7% | 19.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 44.5% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 69.1%, the figure has changed by −25.2 percentage points.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2023, India has the 47th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 17.3%.
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3.3%
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Health spending per person
US$85 per person
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Life expectancy estimates and projections
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Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
15.4 years
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Healthy life expectancy
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UHC service coverage
69
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