Iran vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Domestic general government health expenditure
Iran
19.1%
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
11.3%
in 2019
Iran rank
16th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
15th
Domestic general government health expenditure over time
- Iran
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
How they compare
Iran currently reports 19.1% against 11.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 7.8%.
That makes Iran's figure about 1.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Iran has been ahead every year.
Iran ranks 16th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 15th of 193 countries.
Iran has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher domestic general government health expenditure, Iran or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Iran, at 19.1% against 11.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in domestic general government health expenditure between Iran and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 7.8%, with Iran ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
- How do Iran and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for domestic general government health expenditure?
- Iran ranks 16th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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.