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Government health expenditure per capita — Low-income countries

Government health expenditure per capita in low-income countries in 2023 — 7 US$. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 74.5%.

2023 7 US$ −3.12% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 9 US$2009
Period minimum 4 US$2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · US$ per capita

Government health expenditure per capita — Low-income countries, 2000–2023468102000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 4 US$2001: 4 US$2002: 4 US$2003: 5 US$2004: 5 US$2005: 6 US$2006: 6 US$2007: 8 US$2008: 8 US$2009: 9 US$2010: 8 US$2011: 8 US$2012: 8 US$2013: 8 US$2014: 8 US$2015: 7 US$2016: 7 US$2017: 7 US$2018: 7 US$2019: 7 US$2020: 8 US$2021: 8 US$2022: 7 US$2023: 7 US$
Change over the period: +3 (+74.45%) Average annual rate: 2.45 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 7 US$
World 804 US$
Government health expenditure per capita — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 7 −0 −3.12%
2022 7 −0 −4.97%
2021 8 −0 −0.41%
2020 8 +1 +15.92%
2019 7 −0 −2.84%
2018 7 +0 +3.4%
2017 7 −0 −6.72%
2016 7 +0 +3.53%
2015 7 −1 −14.66%
2014 8 +0 +6.39%
2013 8 −0 −3.74%
2012 8 +1 +6.83%
2011 8 −1 −9.76%
2010 8 −0 −3.52%
2009 9 +0 +5.76%
2008 8 +0 +2.87%
2007 8 +2 +25.12%
2006 6 +0 +4.47%
2005 6 +1 +11.68%
2004 5 +0 +6.61%
2003 5 +1 +14.68%
2002 4 +0 +0.97%
2001 4 +0 +6.19%
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.

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