Papua New Guinea's risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) was 95.8% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 6 percentage points from 89.8% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 95.8% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 98% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 89.8% | 2012 |
| Highest | 98.3% | 2016 |
| Lowest | 89.8% | 2012 |
| Average since 2013 | 95.78% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 93.8% | 2008 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Papua New Guinea's risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) fell 0.2 percentage points on 2021 (from 96% to 95.8%).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2021), the average change was +0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.76 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.8 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 1.6 percentage points in 2011. 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 20% of the movement over 9 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, Papua New Guinea had the 4th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 95.8% | 2022 |
| World | 25.53% | 2022 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 9.76% | 2022 |
| Lower middle income | 42.89% | 2022 |
Closest to Papua New Guinea in the 2022 ranking
- Burundi — 1st of 109: 100%
- Côte d'Ivoire — 2nd of 109: 100%
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 3rd of 109: 98%
- Uganda — 5th of 109: 88.5%
- Nepal — 6th of 109: 86.6%
- Yemen, Rep. — 7th of 109: 86.5%
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 14 values
| Year | Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 95.8 |
| 2021 | 96 |
| 2020 | 96.1 |
| 2019 | no data |
| 2018 | 97.8 |
| 2017 | 98 |
| 2016 | 98.3 |
| 2015 | 96.6 |
| 2014 | 93.6 |
| 2013 | 89.8 |
| 2012 |
Risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in nearby economies
More health data for Papua New Guinea
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 11.41% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 11.56% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 1.72 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 32.84% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.85 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 33.44% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 3.57 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 33.15% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Papua New Guinea's risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)?
- 95.8% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2008?
- It is up 2 percentage points from 93.8% in 2008. The highest value was 98.3% in 2016 and the lowest 89.8% in 2012.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank?
- 4th highest of 109 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) unusual for Papua New Guinea?
- In 2022, Papua New Guinea's risk of impoverishing expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) fell 0.2 percentage points on 2021 (from 96% to 95.8%). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2009 to 2021), the average change was +0.35 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.76 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
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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