Sub-Saharan Africa vs Sweden: Domestic general government health expenditure
Sub-Saharan Africa
11.3%
in 2019
Sweden
19.5%
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
15th
Sweden rank
12th
Domestic general government health expenditure over time
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 19.5% against 11.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 8.2%.
That makes Sweden's figure about 1.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Sweden has been ahead every year.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 15th and Sweden ranks 12th of 27 groups.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher domestic general government health expenditure, Sub-Saharan Africa or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 19.5% against 11.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in domestic general government health expenditure between Sub-Saharan Africa and Sweden?
- 8.2%, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Sweden?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2019.
- How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Sweden rank globally for domestic general government health expenditure?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 15th and Sweden ranks 12th of 27 groups.
- 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.