El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Domestic general government health expenditure
El Salvador
18.5%
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa
11.3%
in 2019
El Salvador rank
17th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
15th
Domestic general government health expenditure over time
- El Salvador
- Sub-Saharan Africa
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 18.5% against 11.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 7.2%.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.6 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 17th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 15th of 193 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher domestic general government health expenditure, El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa?
- El Salvador, at 18.5% against 11.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in domestic general government health expenditure between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 7.2%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
- How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for domestic general government health expenditure?
- El Salvador ranks 17th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 15th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of total public expenditure. It indicates the priority of the government to spend on health from own domestic public resources.