Capital health expenditure in El Salvador
El Salvador: Capital health expenditure was 0.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Capital health expenditure in El Salvador, 2017–2023
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
El Salvador recorded 0.5% for capital health expenditure in 2023. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.0% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
That places El Salvador 26th out of 128 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Capital health expenditure in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.4% | — |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -23.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -41.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +108.8% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -28.7% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +62.2% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +7.0% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2%, 2.4× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.2%, 2.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 23 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5% compare
- 24 Canada 0.5% compare
- 25 Timor-Leste 0.5%
- 27 Kenya 0.5%
- 28 Afghanistan 0.5% compare
- 29 India 0.5% compare
More health data for El Salvador
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4574 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,537 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 104 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.9135 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0374 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.8849 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is capital health expenditure in El Salvador?
- Capital health expenditure in El Salvador was 0.5% in 2023, 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest capital health expenditure recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2019.
- How does El Salvador rank for capital health expenditure?
- El Salvador ranks 26th out of 128 countries with data for 2023.
- Is capital health expenditure rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.