Government health expenditure per capita — all countries

Government health expenditure per capita — Latin America & Caribbean

Government health expenditure per capita in Latin America & Caribbean in 2023 — 416 US$. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 213.3%.

2023 416 US$ +8.9% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 416 US$2023
Period minimum 108 US$2002

Trend over time

2000–2023 · US$ per capita

Government health expenditure per capita — Latin America & Caribbean, 2000–202302004006002000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 133 US$2001: 127 US$2002: 108 US$2003: 113 US$2004: 128 US$2005: 154 US$2006: 183 US$2007: 221 US$2008: 262 US$2009: 269 US$2010: 323 US$2011: 371 US$2012: 371 US$2013: 398 US$2014: 400 US$2015: 365 US$2016: 347 US$2017: 384 US$2018: 345 US$2019: 335 US$2020: 322 US$2021: 353 US$2022: 382 US$2023: 416 US$
Change over the period: +283 (+213.32%) Average annual rate: 5.09 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 416 US$
World 804 US$
Government health expenditure per capita — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 416 +34 +8.9%
2022 382 +29 +8.27%
2021 353 +30 +9.43%
2020 322 −13 −3.88%
2019 335 −10 −2.95%
2018 345 −39 −10.09%
2017 384 +38 +10.86%
2016 347 −18 −4.93%
2015 365 −36 −8.88%
2014 400 +2 +0.42%
2013 398 +27 +7.36%
2012 371 +0 +0.02%
2011 371 +48 +14.77%
2010 323 +55 +20.28%
2009 269 +7 +2.74%
2008 262 +40 +18.13%
2007 221 +39 +21.23%
2006 183 +29 +18.95%
2005 154 +26 +20.09%
2004 128 +15 +13.37%
2003 113 +5 +4.41%
2002 108 −19 −15.19%
2001 127 −5 −4%
2000 133

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.