Government health expenditure per capita — all countries

Government health expenditure per capita — Gambia

Government health expenditure per capita in the Gambia in 2023 — 12 US$. Ranked 164 in the world out of 191. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 177.1%.

2023 12 US$ −10.35% vs 2022
World rank 164of 191
Period maximum 14 US$2020
Period minimum 3 US$2002

Trend over time

2000–2023 · US$ per capita

Government health expenditure per capita — Gambia, 2000–20230510152000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 4 US$2001: 4 US$2002: 3 US$2003: 3 US$2004: 5 US$2005: 5 US$2006: 5 US$2007: 5 US$2008: 6 US$2009: 7 US$2010: 7 US$2011: 7 US$2012: 8 US$2013: 7 US$2014: 6 US$2015: 6 US$2016: 8 US$2017: 7 US$2018: 7 US$2019: 10 US$2020: 14 US$2021: 10 US$2022: 13 US$2023: 12 US$
Change over the period: +7 (+177.11%) Average annual rate: 4.53 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Gambia 12 US$
World 804 US$
Western Africa computed 15 US$
Low-income countries computed 7 US$
Government health expenditure per capita — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 12 −1 −10.35%
2022 13 +3 +26.1%
2021 10 −4 −27.21%
2020 14 +5 +47.9%
2019 10 +2 +30.26%
2018 7 +0 +7.03%
2017 7 −2 −18.69%
2016 8 +2 +35.56%
2015 6 −0 −0.31%
2014 6 −1 −12.45%
2013 7 −1 −15.17%
2012 8 +1 +12.63%
2011 7 +0 +0.84%
2010 7 +0 +4.82%
2009 7 +1 +12.07%
2008 6 +1 +22.35%
2007 5 −0 −5.85%
2006 5 +0 +7.96%
2005 5 +0 +8.7%
2004 5 +1 +47.74%
2003 3 +0 +0.15%
2002 3 −1 −23.53%
2001 4 −0 −1.91%
2000 4

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.