Denmark: Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2013 to 2022 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 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, Denmark had the 94th 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.

Closest to Denmark in the 2022 ranking

• Austria — 94th of 109: 0%
• Belgium — 95th of 109: 0%
• Canada — 96th of 109: 0%
• Finland — 98th of 109: 0%
• Germany — 99th of 109: 0%
• Iceland — 100th of 109: 0%

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 20 values

Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in nearby economies

• Albania — 1.8% (2022)
• Armenia — 3.3% (2022)
• Austria — 0% (2022)
• Belarus — 0.9% (2022)
• Belgium — 0% (2022)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 2.9% (2022)
• Bulgaria — 4.6% (2022)
• Croatia — 0.1% (2022)

More health data for Denmark

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.91% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 5.24% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 455,208 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 15.06% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 479,938 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 16.07% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 935,146 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 15.56% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.11% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Denmark's risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)?

0% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2003?

It is unchanged since 2003. The highest value was 0% in 2003 and the lowest 0% in 2003.

How does Denmark rank?

94th 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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