Latvia: Proportion of population facing financial hardship due to out-of-pocket health expenditure (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.45 percentage points in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.03 percentage points in 2012. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2010 to 2019 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.67 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 80% of the movement over 8 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Latvia in the 2019 ranking

• Ukraine — 2nd of 3: 14.64%
• Poland — 3rd of 3: 14.08%

What this measures

Proportion of population spending more than 40% of household discretionary budget on out-of-pocket health expenditure (%) The discretionary budget is defined as the total household budget, measured by consumption expenditure or income, minus the societal poverty line (SPL ). Using 2017 purchasing power parities (PPPs), the SPL corresponds to whichever is greater: $2.15 (the international poverty line) or $1.15 + 50% of median household consumption expenditure or income, excluding out-of-pocket household expenditure on health. Out-of-pocket health expenditure is defined as any spending incurred by a household when any member uses a health good or service to receive any type of care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, long-term or palliative care); provided by any type of provider; for any type of disease, illness or health condition; in any type of setting (outpatient, inpatient, at home).

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 17 values

Proportion of population facing financial hardship due to out-of-pocket health expenditure (%) in nearby economies

• Armenia — 23.52% (2020)
• Belarus — 12.18% (2020)
• Bulgaria — 18.75% (2023)
• Czechia — 10% (2023)
• Georgia — 27.87% (2024)
• Greece — 18.85% (2023)
• Kazakhstan — 9.77% (2018)
• Kyrgyz Republic

More health data for Latvia

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 3.76% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 4.63% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 135,470 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 13.68% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 145,158 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 16.93% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 280,628 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 15.19% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 4.93% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

What is Latvia's proportion of population facing financial hardship due to out-of-pocket health expenditure (%)?

18.59% in 2019, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1997?

It is up 4.87 percentage points from 13.72% in 1997. The highest value was 18.59% in 2019 and the lowest 12.09% in 2010.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Universal Health Coverage Dataset, World Health Organization (WHO); World Bank (WB), note: Universal Health Coverage Dataset.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH_UHC_FH40, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Universal Health Coverage Dataset, World Health Organization (WHO); World Bank (WB), note: Universal Health Coverage Dataset 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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