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Out-of-pocket health spending

The share of current health spending paid directly by households, outside insurance and government budgets, from the World Bank. A higher share means illness is more likely to cost families directly.

16.2%Poland · 2024

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-10-08
Saved data version: retrieved 2026-11-05, ID 6a729c02e775Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 2000–2024; observations: 25; missing years: 0

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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25 rows for Poland

Time range:
15.020.025.030.035.020002005201020152020202416.2
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Poland

Period statistics

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Poland

31.1→16.2

Total change
−14.9 pp
Period
2000–2024

Poland: 31.1 (2000) → 16.2 (2024). Difference: −14.9 pp. Peak value of 31.1 in 2000; lowest value of 15.8 in 2023.

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Out-of-pocket health spending — Poland
YearCountryValue
2024Poland16.2%
2023Poland15.8%
2022Poland18.4%
2021Poland19.8%
2020Poland19.5%
2019Poland20.1%
2018Poland20.4%
2017Poland22.7%
2016Poland22.7%
2015Poland23%
2014Poland22.7%
2013Poland23.6%
2012Poland24.3%
2011Poland24%
2010Poland23.7%
2009Poland24.4%
2008Poland24.4%
2007Poland26.3%
2006Poland27.1%
2005Poland27.7%
Source
World Bank Open Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Published by source
2026-10-08
Retrieved
2026-11-05
Indicator code in source
SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS
Unit of measure
percent
Data version
v45

Cite

Longseries, “Out-of-pocket health spending”. World Bank Open Data (SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS), 2000–2024, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-11-05. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 6a729c02e7755bcfa08fccd4c640ebc3877fdf456b6230b5115ca09976d94694. https://longseries.com/en/d/health-out-of-pocket/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — Italy; lowest — France

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
India202343.9%43.9%
China202332.2%32.2%
Brazil202326.2%26.2%
Highest value in the comparable yearItaly202422.3%22.3%
Spain202320.9%20.9%
World202317.3%17.3%
Poland202416.2%16.2%
United Kingdom202414.6%14.6%
Remaining locations (7)

    About this series

    Out-of-pocket spending as % of current health expenditure. World Bank.

    Indicator definition

    Direct household payments as a share of current health expenditure, including service fees and medicines. See also: Public health spending (% of GDP).

    How to read the data

    A low share does not always mean good care. Pair: Public health spending (% of GDP).

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