Capital health expenditure in Panama
Panama: Capital health expenditure was 0.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Capital health expenditure in Panama, 2000–2023
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
Panama recorded 0.9% for capital health expenditure in 2023.
The figure is up 5.7% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, capital health expenditure in Panama peaked at 1.3% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2003.
Panama ranks 6th of 128 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Capital health expenditure in Panama, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4% | — |
| 2001 | 0.4% | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | +34.5% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -55.5% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | +148.9% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -32.2% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | +69.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | +28.5% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9% | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 1.3% | +29.4% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -53.5% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +19.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +9.5% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | +13.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | +5.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is capital health expenditure in Panama?
- Capital health expenditure in Panama was 0.9% 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 Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3% in 2014.
- What is the lowest capital health expenditure recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2003.
- How does Panama rank for capital health expenditure?
- Panama ranks 6th out of 128 countries with data for 2023.
- Is capital health expenditure rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.