Togo's risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) was 72.4% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1.3 percentage points from 71.1% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 72.4% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 69.7% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 71.1% | 2012 |
| Highest | 80.4% | 2003 |
| Lowest | 64.2% | 2021 |
| Average since 2013 | 69.04% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 80.4% | 2003 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Togo's risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) rose 8.2 percentage points on 2021 (from 64.2% to 72.4%).
Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2021), the average change was −1.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.81 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.2 percentage points in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.5 percentage points in 2020. 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 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, Togo had the 7th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Togo | 72.4% | 2022 |
| World | 17.66% | 2022 |
| Lower middle income | 27.35% | 2022 |
Closest to Togo in the 2022 ranking
- Latvia — 4th of 109: 89.9%
- Guinea-Bissau — 5th of 109: 86.5%
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 6th of 109: 85%
- Mauritania — 8th of 109: 69.1%
- Uganda — 9th of 109: 68.4%
- Tajikistan — 10th of 109: 68.2%
What this measures
The proportion of population at risk of catastrophic expenditure when surgical care is required. Catastrophic expenditure is defined as direct out of pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care exceeding 10% of total income.
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 catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 72.4 |
| 2021 | 64.2 |
| 2020 | 67.4 |
| 2019 | 70.9 |
| 2018 | 70.9 |
| 2017 | 69.7 |
| 2016 | 70.8 |
| 2015 | 66.9 |
| 2014 | 67.9 |
| 2013 | 69.3 |
| 2012 |
Risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) in nearby economies
- Angola — 51.7% (2022)
- Benin — 47.4% (2019)
- Botswana — 20.9% (2022)
- Burkina Faso — 56.2% (2022)
- Burundi — 97.8% (2022)
- Cabo Verde — 21.6% (2022)
- Cameroon — 54.3% (2022)
- Comoros — 47.8% (2022)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More health data for Togo
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 13.35% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 14.26% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 1.7 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 38.86% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.77 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 42.06% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 3.47 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 40.43% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 13.05% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)
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Questions people ask
- What is Togo's risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk)?
- 72.4% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2003?
- It is down 8 percentage points from 80.4% in 2003. The highest value was 80.4% in 2003 and the lowest 64.2% in 2021.
- How does Togo rank?
- 7th highest of 109 economies with data for 2022.
- Is the latest change in risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) unusual for Togo?
- In 2022, Togo's risk of catastrophic expenditure for surgical care (% of people at risk) rose 8.2 percentage points on 2021 (from 64.2% to 72.4%). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2007 to 2021), the average change was −1.06 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.81 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 5.1 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.SGR.CRSK.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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