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Government health expenditure per capita — Sub-Saharan Africa

Government health expenditure per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023 — 32 US$. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 205.4%.

2023 32 US$ −7.32% vs 2022
World rank —
Period maximum 35 US$2021
Period minimum 9 US$2002

Trend over time

2000–2023 · US$ per capita

Government health expenditure per capita — Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–20230102030402000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 10 US$2001: 10 US$2002: 9 US$2003: 14 US$2004: 18 US$2005: 20 US$2006: 23 US$2007: 26 US$2008: 27 US$2009: 28 US$2010: 32 US$2011: 35 US$2012: 35 US$2013: 33 US$2014: 32 US$2015: 30 US$2016: 27 US$2017: 30 US$2018: 30 US$2019: 30 US$2020: 32 US$2021: 35 US$2022: 34 US$2023: 32 US$
Change over the period: +21 (+205.36%) Average annual rate: 4.97 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 32 US$
World 804 US$
Government health expenditure per capita — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 32 −3 −7.32%
2022 34 −1 −3.35%
2021 35 +4 +11.24%
2020 32 +2 +5.6%
2019 30 −0 −0.75%
2018 30 +0 +1.27%
2017 30 +3 +9.37%
2016 27 −2 −7.76%
2015 30 −3 −8.06%
2014 32 −0 −1.32%
2013 33 −2 −5.25%
2012 35 −0 −1.4%
2011 35 +3 +9.48%
2010 32 +4 +15.47%
2009 28 +1 +4.27%
2008 27 +1 +3.53%
2007 26 +3 +11.95%
2006 23 +3 +15.38%
2005 20 +2 +13.08%
2004 18 +3 +24.53%
2003 14 +5 +56.52%
2002 9 −1 −6.51%
2001 10 −1 −7.03%
2000 10 — —

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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