Cost/benefit evaluations in low-middle/upper-middle income countries: biases about “out of pocket money”

Figures & data

Table 1. OOP and GDP trend over time in selected countries, according to income.

Country	OOP 2000 %	OOP 2010 %	OOP 2017 %	GDP per capita 2019 (USD)	OOP 2018 per capita (USD)
China^b	60.12	40.80	36.05	10,261	179.13
Cambodia^a	68.68	51.90	60.43	1643	52.09
Indonesia^b	43.86	56.98	34.60	4135	38.92
South Korea^c	43.86	34.40	33.66	31,846	826.45
Thailand^b	34.18	14.49	11.14	7806	30.38
Vietnam^a	37.19	37.42	45.25	6790	68.11
Canada^c	16.60	14.64	14.22	46,194	735.69
Italy^c	26.46	20.54	23.48	33,228	703.76
USA^c	15.46	12.20	10.99	65,297	1148.32
Low-middle				2174	47.70
Upper-middle				9036	161.06

^aLow-middle; ^bupper middle; ^chigh income countries.