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Government health expenditure per capita — Afghanistan

Government health expenditure per capita in Afghanistan in 2023 — 1 US$. Ranked 191 in the world out of 191. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 555.7%.

2023 1 US$ +54.05% vs 2022
World rank 191of 191
Period maximum 6 US$2020
Period minimum 0 US$2002

Trend over time

2002–2023 · US$ per capita

Government health expenditure per capita — Afghanistan, 2002–202302468200220052008201120142017202020232002: 0 US$2003: 1 US$2004: 1 US$2005: 1 US$2006: 1 US$2007: 2 US$2008: 2 US$2009: 2 US$2010: 3 US$2011: 3 US$2012: 2 US$2013: 3 US$2014: 3 US$2015: 3 US$2016: 3 US$2017: 3 US$2018: 3 US$2019: 2 US$2020: 6 US$2021: 3 US$2022: 1 US$2023: 1 US$
Change over the period: +1 (+555.7%) Average annual rate: 9.37 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 1 US$
World 804 US$
South Asia 31 US$
Southern Asia computed 32 US$
Low-income countries computed 7 US$
Government health expenditure per capita — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 1 +0 +54.05%
2022 1 −2 −76.46%
2021 3 −3 −55.98%
2020 6 +4 +146.39%
2019 2 −0 −10.36%
2018 3 −1 −18.68%
2017 3 +0 +9.27%
2016 3 +0 +0.56%
2015 3 +0 +4.05%
2014 3 +0 +5.34%
2013 3 +1 +24.15%
2012 2 −1 −22.16%
2011 3 +0 +15.12%
2010 3 +0 +8.77%
2009 2 −0 −4.29%
2008 2 +1 +32.03%
2007 2 +0 +36.33%
2006 1 +0 +1.53%
2005 1 +0 +12.66%
2004 1 −0 −8.22%
2003 1 +1 +767.51%
2002 0 — —

Southern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MV Maldives 915 IR Iran 125 BT Bhutan 108 LK Sri Lanka 45 IN India 33 NP Nepal 26 PK Pakistan 11 BD Bangladesh 8 AF Afghanistan 1
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About the indicator

Government spending on health in current US dollars per person. Of all the spending indicators this one separates countries the most: the gap between the top and the bottom of the table exceeds a factor of a thousand, whereas by share of GDP it is rarely more than fivefold. The reason is simple — the share is taken from economies of very different size.

Important: Converted at the market exchange rate rather than by purchasing power: the real volume of medical care one dollar buys in low-income countries is markedly larger, so the gap in the table overstates the gap in services.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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