Health financing in the African Region: 2000–2009 data analysis

Table 2 Mean incidence of catastrophic expenditure, OOPS as% of THE, GINI Coefficient and GNI per capita

Country	HHICE	OOPS as% of THE	GINI coefficient	Gross national income per capita (PPP Int.$)
Burkina Faso	20.20%	37%	39.6	1,160
Chad	12.16%	78%	39.8	1,200
Cote D’Ivoire	17.53%	78%	48.4	1,780
Congo	21.89%	53%	47.3	2,880
Comoros	33.48%	47%	64.3	1,090
Ethiopia	9.35%	37%	29.8	950
Ghana	16.99%	29%	42.8	1,540
Kenya	9.85%	44%	47.7	1,580
Mali	19.14%	53%	39	980
Mauritania	12.23%	45%	39	2,400
Mauritius	8.21%	56%	39	13,180
Malawi	7.15%	10%	39	820
Namibia	4.00%	8%	74.3	6,190
Senegal	16.18%	36%	39.2	1,860
Swaziland	9.57%	10%	50.7	5,580
South Africa	7.32%	17%	57.8	10,060
Zambia	4.59%	28%	50.7	1,410
Zimbabwe	7.19%	-	50.1	500

Note: Incidence of catastrophic expenditures from Saksena et al.[26]; OOPS as% of THE from World Health Statistics 2012 [11]; GINI coefficient from UNDP Human Development Report 2009 [27]; and GINI coefficient for Mauritius from CIA World Fact Book [28]; GNI per capita from World Bank databank [29].