Capital health expenditure in Colombia
Colombia: Capital health expenditure was 0.9% in 2014. ▲ Rising
Capital health expenditure in Colombia, 2000–2014
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 2014, capital health expenditure in Colombia stood at 0.9%. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 216.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, capital health expenditure in Colombia peaked at 0.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2004.
Colombia ranks 7th of 128 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Capital health expenditure in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5% | — |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -7.6% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -12.9% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | -22.9% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +27.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | +9.7% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | +36.4% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | +14.6% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | +13.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | +19.2% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | +4.6% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 0.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2%, 4.2× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 0.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.2%, 3.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is capital health expenditure in Colombia?
- Capital health expenditure in Colombia was 0.9% in 2014, 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest capital health expenditure recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2004.
- How does Colombia rank for capital health expenditure?
- Colombia ranks 7th out of 128 countries with data for 2014.
- Is capital health expenditure rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 216.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.