Government health expenditure per capita — all countries

Government health expenditure per capita — Malawi

Government health expenditure per capita in Malawi in 2023 — 5 US$. Ranked 181 in the world out of 191. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 38.5%.

2023 5 US$ −0.18% vs 2022
World rank 181of 191
Period maximum 10 US$2015
Period minimum 3 US$2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · US$ per capita

Government health expenditure per capita — Malawi, 2000–20230510152000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 4 US$2001: 3 US$2002: 4 US$2003: 4 US$2004: 3 US$2005: 4 US$2006: 4 US$2007: 3 US$2008: 7 US$2009: 6 US$2010: 7 US$2011: 9 US$2012: 5 US$2013: 7 US$2014: 8 US$2015: 10 US$2016: 8 US$2017: 9 US$2018: 9 US$2019: 9 US$2020: 9 US$2021: 8 US$2022: 5 US$2023: 5 US$
Change over the period: +1 (+38.48%) Average annual rate: 1.43 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Malawi 5 US$
World 804 US$
Eastern Africa computed 15 US$
Low-income countries computed 7 US$
Government health expenditure per capita — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 5 −0 −0.18%
2022 5 −3 −36.96%
2021 8 −1 −10.63%
2020 9 +1 +5.86%
2019 9 −0 −1.34%
2018 9 +0 +5.66%
2017 9 +0 +1.27%
2016 8 −2 −16%
2015 10 +2 +24.72%
2014 8 +1 +12.74%
2013 7 +2 +37.89%
2012 5 −3 −39.26%
2011 9 +1 +13.72%
2010 7 +1 +17.03%
2009 6 −1 −12.79%
2008 7 +4 +117.06%
2007 3 −1 −16.09%
2006 4 −0 −4.63%
2005 4 +1 +25.67%
2004 3 −1 −22.95%
2003 4 +0 +7.92%
2002 4 +1 +33.96%
2001 3 −1 −21.07%
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.