Which has higher capital health expenditure, Nicaragua or United States?

Nicaragua, at 0.6% against 0.6% in United States as of 2023.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and United States?

24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on April 7, 2023, published as Capital health expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Nicaragua vs United States: Capital health expenditure

Nicaragua

0.6%

in 2023

United States

0.6%

in 2023

Nicaragua rank

17th

United States rank

19th

Capital health expenditure over time

Nicaragua
United States

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in United States, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was United States ahead.

Nicaragua ranks 17th and United States ranks 19th of 128 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 1 and United States in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nicaragua	United States	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.5%	0.7%	0.2%	United States
2010s	0.3%	0.7%	0.4%	United States
2020s	0.8%	0.6%	0.2%	Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher capital health expenditure, Nicaragua or United States?: Nicaragua, at 0.6% against 0.6% in United States as of 2023.
What is the difference in capital health expenditure between Nicaragua and United States?: 0.0%, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and United States?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Nicaragua and United States rank globally for capital health expenditure?: Nicaragua ranks 17th and United States ranks 19th of 128 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on April 7, 2023, published as Capital health expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Capital health expenditure (% of GDP)
Unit: % of GDP
Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on April 7, 2023
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 128 places, 2,150 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Level of capital investments on health expressed as a percentage of GDP. Capital health investments include health infrastructure (buildings, machinery, IT) and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.