Capital health expenditure in China
China: Capital health expenditure was 0.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Capital health expenditure in China, 2000–2020
Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on April 7, 2023. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2020, capital health expenditure in China stood at 0.6%.
The figure is up 7.0% on the previous year and up 50.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, capital health expenditure in China peaked at 0.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
That places China 18th out of 128 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Capital health expenditure in China, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +132.7% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +15.2% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +27.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +12.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -9.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +41.7% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is capital health expenditure in China?
- Capital health expenditure in China was 0.6% in 2020, according to World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on April 7, 2023.
- What is the highest capital health expenditure recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest capital health expenditure recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does China rank for capital health expenditure?
- China ranks 18th out of 128 countries with data for 2020.
- Is capital health expenditure rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures 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 part of Capital health expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.