Capital health expenditure in India
India: Capital health expenditure was 0.5% in 2021. ▲ Rising
Capital health expenditure in India, 2000–2021
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
India recorded 0.5% for capital health expenditure in 2021. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is up 27.1% on the previous year and up 150.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, capital health expenditure in India peaked at 0.5% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
That places India 29th out of 128 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Capital health expenditure in India, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2001 | 0.1% | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | +14.4% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | +11.8% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +43.8% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | -9.7% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +11.9% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +40.3% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -21.7% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +23.6% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +27.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 2 |
Countries ranked near India
- 26 El Salvador 0.5% compare
- 27 Kenya 0.5% compare
- 28 Afghanistan 0.5% compare
- 30 Guinea-Bissau 0.5% compare
- 31 Trinidad and Tobago 0.5% compare
- 32 Armenia 0.5% compare
More health data for India
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.12 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4372 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,332 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 44,822 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 38 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.3809 % 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 0.0372 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.5922 % 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 India?
- Capital health expenditure in India was 0.5% in 2021, 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest capital health expenditure recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does India rank for capital health expenditure?
- India ranks 29th out of 128 countries with data for 2021.
- Is capital health expenditure rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 150.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.