Congo, Rep.'s risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) was 68% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2.2 percentage points from 65.8% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 68% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 74% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 65.8% | 2012 |
| Highest | 78.9% | 2003 |
| Lowest | 60.3% | 2015 |
| Average since 2013 | 67.13% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 78.9% | 2003 |
What the numbers say
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 11.8 percentage points in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.9 percentage points in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 16% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2022, Congo, Rep. had the 16th highest value of the 109 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Congo, Rep. | 68% | 2022 |
| World | 25.53% | 2022 |
| Lower middle income | 42.89% | 2022 |
Closest to Congo, Rep. in the 2022 ranking
- Sudan — 13th of 109: 74.5%
- Gambia, The — 14th of 109: 73.6%
- Togo — 15th of 109: 73%
- Bangladesh — 17th of 109: 67.3%
- Solomon Islands — 18th of 109: 57.8%
- Mauritania — 19th of 109: 56.8%
What this measures
The proportion of population at risk of impoverishing expenditure when surgical care is required. Impoverishing expenditure is defined as direct out of pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care which drive people below a poverty threshold (using a threshold of $2.15 PPP/day).
Limitations: Prior to 2015, global data on surgery, anesthesia and obstetric care was virtually nonexistent. With the idea that “We can’t manage what we don’t measure”, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery developed six Surgical, Obstetric and Anesthesia (SAO) indicators and collected data for them. The analysis of these data show large gaps in SAO care across countries by income groups.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 18 values
| Year | Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 68 |
| 2021 | no data |
| 2020 | no data |
| 2019 | 68.1 |
| 2018 | 73 |
| 2017 | 74 |
| 2016 | 62.2 |
| 2015 | 60.3 |
| 2014 | 64.3 |
| 2013 | 67.1 |
| 2012 |
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in nearby economies
- Angola — 54.2% (2022)
- Benin — 63.9% (2019)
- Botswana — 37.5% (2022)
- Burkina Faso — 82.2% (2022)
- Burundi — 100% (2022)
- Cabo Verde — 28% (2022)
- Cameroon — 50.5% (2022)
- Comoros — 45.8% (2022)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More health data for Congo, Rep.
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 13.9% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 14.18% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 1.28 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 39.57% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.31 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 40.31% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 2.59 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 39.94% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 13% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Congo, Rep.'s risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)?
- 68% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2003?
- It is down 10.9 percentage points from 78.9% in 2003. The highest value was 78.9% in 2003 and the lowest 60.3% in 2015.
- How does Congo, Rep. rank?
- 16th highest of 109 economies with data for 2022.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), Harvard Medical School, uri: https://www.pgssc.org/.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.SGR.IRSK.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Program in Global Surgery and Social Change (PGSSC), Harvard Medical School, uri: https://www.pgssc.org/ Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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