Health · Mexico
Yearly data from 2000 to 2023, from the World Bank.
Mexico's out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure) was 41.24% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.36 percentage points from 39.88% in 2013.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 41.24% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 42.31% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 39.88% | 2013 |
| Highest | 55.66% | 2003 |
| Lowest | 38.76% | 2020 |
| Average since 2014 | 41.01% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 52.22% | 2000 |
Over five years it is down 1.07 percentage points from 42.31% in 2018. Since 2000 it is down 10.99 percentage points from 52.22% in 2000.
In 2023, Mexico's out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure) rose 2.15 percentage points on 2022 (from 39.09% to 41.24%).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was −0.6 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.81 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.61 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.9 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 9% 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.
In 2023, Mexico had the 55th highest value of the 168 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 41.24% | 2023 |
| World | 17.33% | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 29.69% | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 31.22% | 2023 |
Share of out-of-pocket payments of total current health expenditures. Out-of-pocket payments are spending on health directly out-of-pocket by households.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
| Year | Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 41.24 |
| 2022 | 39.09 |
| 2021 | 41.37 |
| 2020 | 38.76 |
| 2019 | 42.28 |
| 2018 | 42.31 |
| 2017 | 41.79 |
| 2016 | 41.37 |
| 2015 | 41.04 |
| 2014 | 40.87 |
| 2013 | 39.88 |
| 2012 | 40.64 |
| 2011 | 40.73 |
| 2010 | 43.51 |
| 2009 | 47.35 |
| 2008 | 48.6 |
| 2007 | 52.5 |
| 2006 | 53.76 |
| 2005 | 54.59 |
| 2004 | 53.69 |
| 2003 | 55.66 |
| 2002 | 54.36 |
| 2001 | 53.43 |
| 2000 | 52.22 |
Every indicator for Mexico is on the Mexico data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: http://apps.who.int/nha/database 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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