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Government health expenditure per capita — Syria

Government health expenditure per capita in Syria in 2023 — 5 US$. Ranked 184 in the world out of 191. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 73.8%.

2023 5 US$ −61.65% vs 2022
World rank 184of 191
Period maximum 39 US$2010
Period minimum 5 US$2023

Trend over time

2000–2023 · US$ per capita

Government health expenditure per capita — Syria, 2000–20230102030402000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 19 US$2001: 24 US$2002: 28 US$2003: 29 US$2004: 29 US$2005: 31 US$2006: 30 US$2007: 34 US$2008: 38 US$2009: 39 US$2010: 39 US$2011: 34 US$2012: 28 US$2013: 23 US$2014: 23 US$2015: 18 US$2016: 13 US$2017: 17 US$2018: 22 US$2019: 27 US$2020: 15 US$2021: 17 US$2022: 13 US$2023: 5 US$
Change over the period: −14 (−73.79%) Average annual rate: -5.66 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Syria 5 US$
World 804 US$
Middle East & North Africa 190 US$
Western Asia computed 517 US$
Low-income countries computed 7 US$
Government health expenditure per capita — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 5 −8 −61.65%
2022 13 −4 −22.26%
2021 17 +2 +10.99%
2020 15 −12 −45.21%
2019 27 +5 +24.2%
2018 22 +5 +27.13%
2017 17 +4 +34.67%
2016 13 −5 −29.37%
2015 18 −5 −20.28%
2014 23 +0 +1.09%
2013 23 −6 −20.1%
2012 28 −5 −15.52%
2011 34 −6 −14.83%
2010 39 +0 +0.75%
2009 39 +1 +2.86%
2008 38 +4 +12.1%
2007 34 +4 +13.58%
2006 30 −1 −4.21%
2005 31 +3 +9.21%
2004 29 −0 −0%
2003 29 +0 +0.74%
2002 28 +5 +19.22%
2001 24 +5 +25.31%
2000 19 — —

Western Asia, 2023

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

IL Israel 2,562 CY Cyprus 2,226 AE United Arab Emirates 1,604 QA Qatar 1,498 KW Kuwait 1,487 SA Saudi Arabia 1,419 BH Bahrain 697 OM Oman 625 TR Türkiye 416 GE Georgia 187 JO Jordan 154 IQ Iraq 153 PS Palestine 143 AM Armenia 120 LB Lebanon 99 AZ Azerbaijan 98 SY Syria 5 YE Yemen 4
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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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