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Health expenditure per capita — Afghanistan

Health expenditure per capita in Afghanistan in 2023 — 59 US$. Ranked 165 in the world out of 191. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 253.6%.

2023 59 US$ −26.76% vs 2022
World rank 165of 191
Period maximum 82 US$2021
Period minimum 17 US$2002

Trend over time

2002–2023 · US$ per capita

Health expenditure per capita — Afghanistan, 2002–20230255075100200220052008201120142017202020232002: 17 US$2003: 18 US$2004: 21 US$2005: 25 US$2006: 29 US$2007: 33 US$2008: 40 US$2009: 43 US$2010: 46 US$2011: 52 US$2012: 52 US$2013: 56 US$2014: 60 US$2015: 60 US$2016: 61 US$2017: 67 US$2018: 71 US$2019: 74 US$2020: 80 US$2021: 82 US$2022: 81 US$2023: 59 US$
Change over the period: +42 (+253.55%) Average annual rate: 6.2 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Afghanistan 59 US$
World 1,317 US$
South Asia 82 US$
Southern Asia computed 84 US$
Low-income countries computed 38 US$
Health expenditure per capita — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 59 −22 −26.76%
2022 81 −1 −1.07%
2021 82 +1 +1.79%
2020 80 +6 +8.13%
2019 74 +3 +3.99%
2018 71 +4 +6.59%
2017 67 +5 +8.88%
2016 61 +1 +2.42%
2015 60 −0 −0.22%
2014 60 +4 +6.92%
2013 56 +4 +7.07%
2012 52 +0 +0.51%
2011 52 +6 +12.41%
2010 46 +3 +7.63%
2009 43 +3 +8.14%
2008 40 +7 +21.94%
2007 33 +4 +13.02%
2006 29 +4 +15.24%
2005 25 +4 +17.23%
2004 21 +4 +20.72%
2003 18 +1 +6.22%
2002 17 — —

Southern Asia, 2023

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

MV Maldives 1,159 IR Iran 267 BT Bhutan 162 LK Sri Lanka 134 IN India 85 NP Nepal 84 AF Afghanistan 59 BD Bangladesh 53 PK Pakistan 30
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About the indicator

Current health expenditure per resident in current US dollars. The gap between countries reaches several hundredfold — from a few dozen dollars a year to more than ten thousand. It is this indicator, and not the share of GDP, that determines the real volume of medical care available.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its spending over all of its population, not an average of country values: a country of a billion residents weighs in it according to its size.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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