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Table 1 Poverty and health funding profile

From: Health shocks in Sub-Saharan Africa: are the poor and uninsured households more vulnerable?

Country

National poverty line (CFA Franc)

% of State budget allocated to health

Direct payments by households in percentage of private health expenditure (%)

Private health expenditure in % of total health expenditure

Population health insurance cover (%)

Burkina-Faso

153,530

12.50

82.69

38.40

Less than 2

Niger

182,635

6.58

83.85

40.00

Less than 3

Togo

344,408

3.62

84.6

48.6

7.66