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Government health expenditure per capita — all countries

Government health expenditure per capita — Lower-middle-income countries

Government health expenditure per capita in lower-middle-income countries in 2023 — 38 US$. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 398.5%.

2023 38 US$ −1.04% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 40 US$2021
Period minimum 8 US$2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · US$ per capita

Government health expenditure per capita — Lower-middle-income countries, 2000–20230102030402000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 8 US$2001: 8 US$2002: 8 US$2003: 9 US$2004: 10 US$2005: 12 US$2006: 14 US$2007: 17 US$2008: 19 US$2009: 20 US$2010: 22 US$2011: 26 US$2012: 27 US$2013: 27 US$2014: 28 US$2015: 29 US$2016: 30 US$2017: 32 US$2018: 29 US$2019: 30 US$2020: 33 US$2021: 40 US$2022: 39 US$2023: 38 US$
Change over the period: +31 (+398.48%) Average annual rate: 7.23 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Lower-middle-income countries 38 US$
World 804 US$
Government health expenditure per capita — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 38 −0 −1.04%
2022 39 −1 −2.88%
2021 40 +7 +22.03%
2020 33 +2 +7.01%
2019 30 +1 +3.9%
2018 29 −3 −8.46%
2017 32 +2 +7.8%
2016 30 +0 +1.64%
2015 29 +1 +3.8%
2014 28 +2 +6%
2013 27 −0 −0.71%
2012 27 +1 +4.77%
2011 26 +3 +14.84%
2010 22 +2 +9.93%
2009 20 +1 +5.59%
2008 19 +3 +15.8%
2007 17 +2 +16.62%
2006 14 +2 +16.69%
2005 12 +2 +21.47%
2004 10 +1 +13.9%
2003 9 +1 +8.54%
2002 8 +0 +3.25%
2001 8 +0 +2.23%
2000 8 — —

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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