Out-of-pocket expenditure as share of health spending in Colombia 2010-2020
In 2020, Colombia's out-of-pocket health payments from households accounted for approximately 13.6 percent of the total health expenditure in the country, down from 14.1 percent reported a year prior. This figure declined by around 3.4 percentage points compared to the beginning of the decade, when out-of-pocket spending on health represented approximately 17 percent of Colombia's total health expenditure. As of 2020, Colombian households spent around 3.3 billion U.S. dollars on health care.
