Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) by country

Countries reporting
32
Highest
83.39
Cuba
Lowest
9.34
Haiti
Median
59.6
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
750

What the numbers show

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 83.39 in Cuba; the lowest is 9.34 in Haiti.

The median across all reporting countries is 59.6, and the mean is 55.77.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 13 fell. The largest increase was in Suriname (up 47.3%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (down 38.4%).

Domestic general government health expenditure: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cuba 83.39 2023 down 4.8% rising
2 Uruguay 72.36 2023 up 8.9% rising
3 Colombia 70.33 2023 up 0.7% falling
4 Guyana 70.14 2023 up 41.3% rising
5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.09 2023 up 9.5% flat
6 Bolivia 67.28 2023 up 15.0% rising
7 Costa Rica 67.16 2023 down 5.4% rising
8 Dominica 67.13 2023 up 9.4% rising
9 Belize 65.08 2023 down 1.6% rising
10 Jamaica 64.35 2023 up 36.1% rising
11 Dominican Republic 64.09 2023 up 13.4% rising
12 Peru 63.58 2023 up 13.4% rising
13 Suriname 62 2023 up 47.3% rising
14 Ecuador 61.95 2023 up 8.8% rising
15 El Salvador 60.55 2023 up 15.1% rising
16 Argentina 60.23 2023 down 5.1% rising
17 Antigua and Barbuda 58.98 2023 up 5.2% rising
18 Nicaragua 57.43 2023 up 13.4% rising
19 Paraguay 55.42 2023 up 26.7% rising
20 Saint Kitts and Nevis 54.25 2023 up 42.5% rising
21 Chile 51.61 2023 up 8.3% rising
22 Panama 51.22 2023 down 18.1% falling
23 Saint Lucia 50.39 2023 up 23.2% rising
24 Mexico 48.63 2023 down 9.5% rising
25 Trinidad and Tobago 48.38 2023 down 6.1% rising
26 Grenada 45.19 2023 up 11.6% flat
27 Brazil 44.13 2023 down 0.9% flat
28 Barbados 41.64 2023 down 19.0% falling
29 Guatemala 35.81 2023 down 6.7% rising
30 Honduras 31.92 2023 down 22.5% falling
31 Venezuela 31.73 2023 down 38.4% falling
32 Haiti 9.34 2023 down 19.4% falling

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Indicator
Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
32 places, 750 data points, 2000–2023
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