Capital health expenditure in Serbia
Serbia: Capital health expenditure was 0.3% in 2018. ▲ Rising
Capital health expenditure in Serbia, 2000–2018
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
Serbia recorded 0.3% for capital health expenditure in 2018.
The figure is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, capital health expenditure in Serbia peaked at 0.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2001.
Serbia ranks 55th of 128 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Capital health expenditure in Serbia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +22.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +627.3% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | +54.9% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +24.6% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -23.8% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 0.2% | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +50.9% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +12.9% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -14.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -8.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +8.7% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -8.9% |
Serbia compared with similar countries
- Serbia's 0.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2%, 1.3× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Serbia's 0.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1%, 2.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Capital health expenditure in Serbia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +627.3% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 9 |
Countries ranked near Serbia
- 52 Dominican Republic 0.3% compare
- 53 Burkina Faso 0.3% compare
- 54 Tunisia 0.3% compare
- 56 Botswana 0.3% compare
- 57 Cape Verde 0.3% compare
- 58 Solomon Islands 0.3% compare
More health data for Serbia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -5.26 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.3584 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,502 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 18 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.67 % 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 0.022 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.67 % 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 Serbia?
- Capital health expenditure in Serbia was 0.3% in 2018, 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 Serbia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest capital health expenditure recorded in Serbia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2001.
- How does Serbia rank for capital health expenditure?
- Serbia ranks 55th out of 128 countries with data for 2018.
- Is capital health expenditure rising or falling in Serbia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Serbia 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.