Government health expenditure per capita — all countries

Government health expenditure per capita — Southern Africa

Government health expenditure per capita in Southern Africa in 2023 — 316 US$. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 272.6%.

2023 316 US$ −5.63% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 358 US$2021
Period minimum 63 US$2002

Trend over time

2000–2023 · US$ per capita

Government health expenditure per capita — Southern Africa, 2000–202301002003004002000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 85 US$2001: 69 US$2002: 63 US$2003: 112 US$2004: 140 US$2005: 155 US$2006: 187 US$2007: 209 US$2008: 202 US$2009: 230 US$2010: 302 US$2011: 337 US$2012: 318 US$2013: 291 US$2014: 287 US$2015: 269 US$2016: 249 US$2017: 292 US$2018: 305 US$2019: 301 US$2020: 309 US$2021: 358 US$2022: 334 US$2023: 316 US$
Change over the period: +231 (+272.63%) Average annual rate: 5.89 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Southern Africa 316 US$
World 804 US$
Government health expenditure per capita — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 316 −19 −5.63%
2022 334 −24 −6.57%
2021 358 +49 +15.81%
2020 309 +8 +2.79%
2019 301 −4 −1.45%
2018 305 +13 +4.48%
2017 292 +43 +17.43%
2016 249 −20 −7.47%
2015 269 −18 −6.35%
2014 287 −4 −1.45%
2013 291 −27 −8.5%
2012 318 −19 −5.67%
2011 337 +36 +11.82%
2010 302 +72 +31.42%
2009 230 +28 +13.83%
2008 202 −7 −3.39%
2007 209 +22 +11.55%
2006 187 +32 +20.5%
2005 155 +16 +11.09%
2004 140 +28 +25.19%
2003 112 +49 +77.63%
2002 63 −6 −8.36%
2001 69 −16 −19%
2000 85

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.