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Government health expenditure per capita — Nigeria

Government health expenditure per capita in Nigeria in 2023 — 10 US$. Ranked 170 in the world out of 191. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 204.9%.

2023 10 US$ −27.35% vs 2022
World rank 170of 191
Period maximum 15 US$2015
Period minimum 3 US$2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · US$ per capita

Government health expenditure per capita — Nigeria, 2000–2023051015202000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 3 US$2001: 5 US$2002: 4 US$2003: 7 US$2004: 11 US$2005: 13 US$2006: 13 US$2007: 13 US$2008: 14 US$2009: 10 US$2010: 10 US$2011: 12 US$2012: 14 US$2013: 14 US$2014: 14 US$2015: 15 US$2016: 10 US$2017: 10 US$2018: 10 US$2019: 11 US$2020: 10 US$2021: 11 US$2022: 13 US$2023: 10 US$
Change over the period: +6 (+204.89%) Average annual rate: 4.97 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Nigeria 10 US$
World 804 US$
Sub-Saharan Africa 32 US$
Western Africa computed 15 US$
Lower-middle-income countries computed 38 US$
Government health expenditure per capita — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 10 −4 −27.35%
2022 13 +2 +21.37%
2021 11 +1 +6.91%
2020 10 −0 −4.48%
2019 11 +0 +3.93%
2018 10 +0 +2.44%
2017 10 +0 +1.63%
2016 10 −5 −35.64%
2015 15 +2 +12.05%
2014 14 −0 −2.01%
2013 14 −0 −2.28%
2012 14 +3 +22.95%
2011 12 +2 +16.62%
2010 10 −1 −5.07%
2009 10 −3 −24.42%
2008 14 +1 +3.9%
2007 13 −0 −1.15%
2006 13 +0 +0.95%
2005 13 +2 +20.2%
2004 11 +4 +59.22%
2003 7 +3 +86.46%
2002 4 −1 −22.54%
2001 5 +2 +53.69%
2000 3 — —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 170 GH Ghana 44 CI Côte d'Ivoire 36 MR Mauritania 31 BF Burkina Faso 23 SN Senegal 20 GN Guinea 13 ML Mali 12 GM Gambia 12 LR Liberia 10 NG Nigeria 10 GW Guinea-Bissau 9 BJ Benin 7 TG Togo 7 NE Niger 6 SL Sierra Leone 6
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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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