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Government health expenditure per capita — Eritrea

Government health expenditure per capita in Eritrea in 2023 — 7 US$. Ranked 177 in the world out of 191. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 30.7%.

2023 7 US$ +3.66% vs 2022
World rank 177of 191
Period maximum 7 US$2023
Period minimum 3 US$2005

Trend over time

2000–2023 · US$ per capita

Government health expenditure per capita — Eritrea, 2000–20232345672000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 5 US$2001: 5 US$2002: 5 US$2003: 5 US$2004: 5 US$2005: 3 US$2006: 3 US$2007: 5 US$2008: 5 US$2009: 5 US$2010: 5 US$2011: 5 US$2012: 6 US$2013: 5 US$2014: 4 US$2015: 5 US$2016: 5 US$2017: 6 US$2018: 4 US$2019: 5 US$2020: 5 US$2021: 6 US$2022: 6 US$2023: 7 US$
Change over the period: +2 (+30.67%) Average annual rate: 1.17 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eritrea 7 US$
World 804 US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 32 US$
Eastern Africa computed 15 US$
Low-income countries computed 7 US$
Government health expenditure per capita — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 7 +0 +3.66%
2022 6 +0 +7.47%
2021 6 +0 +8.46%
2020 5 +1 +19.05%
2019 5 +1 +15.46%
2018 4 −2 −35.53%
2017 6 +1 +19.33%
2016 5 +0 +6.8%
2015 5 +0 +10.88%
2014 4 −1 −12.81%
2013 5 −1 −15.75%
2012 6 +1 +11.39%
2011 5 −0 −3.05%
2010 5 +1 +13.53%
2009 5 −1 −11.25%
2008 5 +1 +19.42%
2007 5 +2 +59.23%
2006 3 +0 +4.12%
2005 3 −2 −47.1%
2004 5 +1 +14.28%
2003 5 −0 −9.84%
2002 5 +0 +10.78%
2001 5 −0 −9.63%
2000 5 — —

Eastern Africa, 2023

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

SC Seychelles 538 MU Mauritius 273 KE Kenya 38 DJ Djibouti 36 ZM Zambia 32 RW Rwanda 25 ZW Zimbabwe 20 MZ Mozambique 14 KM Comoros 13 TZ Tanzania 11 UG Uganda 10 ET Ethiopia 8 ER Eritrea 7 MW Malawi 5 MG Madagascar 5 BI Burundi 4 SO Somalia 3 SS South Sudan 3
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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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