Capital health expenditure (% of GDP) in El Salvador
El Salvador: Capital health expenditure (% of GDP) 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 (% of GDP) 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 Cote d'Ivoire 0.5% compare
- 24 Canada 0.5% compare
- 25 East Timor 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)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 104 (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)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0392 units per person (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.