Samoa vs East Timor: External health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)
External health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) over time
- Samoa
- East Timor
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 78.44 current international $ against 70.57 current international $ in East Timor, a difference of 7.87 current international $.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times East Timor's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 17th and East Timor ranks 18th of 177 countries.
East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 31.09 current international $ | 31.8 current international $ | 0.7134 current international $ | East Timor |
| 2010s | 46.4 current international $ | 67.29 current international $ | 20.9 current international $ | East Timor |
| 2020s | 68.25 current international $ | 110.05 current international $ | 41.8 current international $ | East Timor |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher external health expenditure per capita, ppp, Samoa or East Timor?
- Samoa, at 78.44 current international $ against 70.57 current international $ in East Timor as of 2023.
- What is the difference in external health expenditure per capita, ppp between Samoa and East Timor?
- 7.87 current international $, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and East Timor?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and East Timor rank globally for external health expenditure per capita, ppp?
- Samoa ranks 17th and East Timor ranks 18th of 177 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as External health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Current external expenditures on health per capita expressed in international dollars at purchasing power parity. External sources are composed of direct foreign transfers and foreign transfers distributed by government encompassing all financial inflows into the national health system from outside the country.