Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%) by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
83.9%
Armenia
Lowest
0.1%
Tuvalu
Median
34.3%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,876

What the numbers show

Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%) is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 83.9% in Armenia; the lowest is 0.1% in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 34.3%, and the mean is 37.5%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,365.

Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Kiribati (up 263.4%), and the largest decrease in Tuvalu (down 98.8%).

Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Armenia 83.9% 2023 down 0.8% rising
2 Myanmar 82.8% 2023 up 14.7% falling
3 Turkmenistan 82.6% 2023 up 15.8% rising
4 Bangladesh 82.0% 2023 up 14.0% rising
5 Afghanistan 77.1% 2023 up 7.1% falling
6 Nigeria 73.6% 2023 up 0.5% rising
7 Syrian Arab Republic 73.3% 2023 up 45.2% flat
8 Liberia 71.7% 2023 up 63.1% flat
9 Cameroon 70.6% 2023 down 11.2% falling
10 Yemen 70.5% 2023 down 6.8% rising
11 Togo 68.9% 2023 up 8.4% falling
12 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 67.7% 2023 up 39.9% rising
13 Azerbaijan 66.9% 2023 up 1.1% rising
14 Switzerland 66.9% 2023 up 0.6% falling
15 Equatorial Guinea 66.7% 2023 up 3.8% rising
16 Georgia 65.5% 2023 down 11.9% falling
17 Uzbekistan 64.5% 2023 up 14.4% flat
18 Egypt 64.3% 2023 down 8.9% flat
19 Guinea-Bissau 64.2% 2023 down 5.7% rising
20 Sudan 62.9% 2023 down 19.8% flat
21 Tajikistan 62.5% 2023 up 0.6% falling
22 Cambodia 61.8% 2023 down 2.4% falling
23 Nepal 61.7% 2023 down 13.9% flat
24 Niger 61.4% 2023 up 5.6% falling
25 Guatemala 61.2% 2023 up 3.8% falling
26 Sri Lanka 60.4% 2023 up 11.9% rising
27 Comoros 60.3% 2023 down 14.5% falling
28 Guinea 60.0% 2023 down 5.2% flat
29 Haiti 59.1% 2023 up 47.7% rising
30 Mali 58.6% 2023 up 57.1% falling
31 India 58.6% 2023 down 23.6% falling
32 Honduras 58.0% 2023 up 8.4% rising
33 Philippines 57.5% 2023 down 20.2% falling
34 Barbados 57.5% 2023 up 22.9% rising
35 Brazil 55.9% 2023 up 0.8% flat
36 Senegal 55.6% 2023 down 12.9% falling
37 Sierra Leone 54.8% 2023 down 13.4% falling
38 Pakistan 54.6% 2023 down 17.6% falling
39 Viet Nam 54.6% 2023 up 4.5% flat
40 Iraq 54.0% 2023 down 8.2% rising
41 Mauritius 53.7% 2023 down 5.4% rising
42 Iran, Islamic Republic of 52.6% 2023 down 15.3% falling
43 Chad 52.4% 2023 down 17.8% flat
44 Grenada 52.1% 2023 down 12.1% flat
45 Lebanon 51.9% 2023 down 5.3% falling
46 Trinidad and Tobago 51.5% 2023 up 6.5% falling
47 Mexico 51.4% 2023 up 11.1% falling
48 Mongolia 51.2% 2023 up 31.3% rising
49 Ethiopia 51.2% 2023 up 3.0% rising
50 Congo 51.1% 2023 up 60.0% falling
51 Malaysia 50.0% 2023 up 8.4% flat
52 Palestine, State of 49.9% 2023 down 0.1% flat
53 Albania 49.5% 2023 down 14.2% rising
54 Greece 49.1% 2023 up 29.9% rising
55 Bahamas 48.9% 2023 down 9.1% falling
56 Eritrea 48.4% 2023 down 0.7% rising
57 Chile 48.4% 2023 down 7.6% falling
58 Angola 48.3% 2023 up 36.4% falling
59 Jordan 48.1% 2023 up 49.6% rising
60 Panama 48.0% 2023 up 28.8% rising
61 Ukraine 47.9% 2021 down 3.0% rising
62 Burkina Faso 47.6% 2023 up 14.8% falling
63 Côte d'Ivoire 47.3% 2023 down 34.0% falling
64 Benin 46.9% 2023 down 2.9% rising
65 Algeria 46.9% 2023 up 53.1% rising
66 Mauritania 46.4% 2023 down 13.0% falling
67 United States of America 46.0% 2023 down 8.8% falling
68 Indonesia 45.8% 2023 down 34.9% falling
69 Central African Republic 45.8% 2023 down 1.1% falling
70 Saint Kitts and Nevis 45.7% 2023 down 25.8% falling
71 Lao People's Democratic Republic 44.8% 2023 down 12.6% falling
72 Saint Lucia 44.6% 2023 down 23.6% falling
73 Paraguay 44.5% 2023 down 20.0% falling
74 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 44.3% 2023 down 3.5% falling
75 China 42.9% 2023 up 0.0% falling
76 Morocco 42.8% 2023 down 34.0% falling
77 Tunisia 42.8% 2023 up 4.8% falling
78 North Macedonia 42.4% 2023 up 24.5% flat
79 Kyrgyzstan 42.3% 2023 down 8.8% falling
80 Singapore 41.5% 2023 down 28.7% falling
81 Korea 41.4% 2023 down 8.6% falling
82 Antigua and Barbuda 41.0% 2023 down 6.1% falling
83 Bahrain 40.7% 2023 up 17.0% rising
84 Latvia 40.4% 2023 up 1.0% falling
85 Nicaragua 39.2% 2023 down 0.3% falling
86 Argentina 38.9% 2023 up 7.8% falling
87 El Salvador 38.6% 2023 down 13.1% falling
88 Portugal 38.5% 2023 up 2.2% rising
89 Ecuador 37.8% 2023 down 12.1% falling
90 Gambia 37.6% 2023 up 43.1% rising
91 Bulgaria 36.7% 2023 down 15.6% falling
92 Peru 36.4% 2023 down 16.1% falling
93 South Africa 36.3% 2023 down 13.7% falling
94 Dominican Republic 35.0% 2023 down 18.3% falling
95 Kenya 35.0% 2023 down 20.0% falling
96 Lithuania 34.7% 2023 up 1.1% rising
97 Serbia 34.5% 2023 down 12.7% rising
98 Uganda 34.1% 2023 down 25.3% falling
99 Kazakhstan 34.0% 2023 up 11.6% falling
100 Malta 34.0% 2023 up 4.7% rising
101 South Sudan 33.4% 2023 up 42.4% rising
102 Belize 33.3% 2023 up 5.6% falling
103 Israel 33.3% 2023 down 5.3% falling
104 United Arab Emirates 33.2% 2023 up 18.5% rising
105 Belarus 33.2% 2023 down 10.2% rising
106 Jamaica 33.1% 2023 down 36.3% falling
107 Madagascar 33.0% 2023 down 26.5% falling
108 Costa Rica 32.8% 2023 up 13.4% falling
109 France 32.3% 2023 up 8.4% falling
110 Netherlands 31.6% 2023 up 2.1% rising
111 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 31.5% 2023 down 17.0% falling
112 Somalia 31.4% 2023 down 19.5% flat
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31.4% 2023 up 7.2% falling
114 Liechtenstein 31.0% 2023 down 7.2% falling
115 Montenegro 30.5% 2023 down 27.6% falling
116 Cape Verde 30.4% 2023 up 12.9% rising
117 Djibouti 30.3% 2023 up 21.2% falling
118 Dominica 30.2% 2023 down 17.1% falling
119 Namibia 30.1% 2023 down 29.4% falling
120 Russian Federation 30.0% 2023 down 20.4% falling
121 Gabon 29.9% 2023 down 15.8% falling
122 Seychelles 29.7% 2023 up 46.0% rising
123 Canada 29.7% 2023 up 2.2% rising
124 Colombia 29.7% 2023 down 1.6% rising
125 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 29.3% 2023 down 17.3% falling
126 Andorra 29.2% 2023 down 2.2% falling
127 Tanzania, United Republic of 29.0% 2023 up 11.4% falling
128 Eswatini 28.8% 2023 up 13.2% falling
129 Guyana 28.6% 2023 down 30.6% falling
130 Republic of Moldova 28.3% 2023 down 34.7% falling
131 Ghana 28.2% 2023 down 34.3% falling
132 Burundi 27.8% 2023 up 22.0% falling
133 Uruguay 27.6% 2023 down 17.6% falling
134 Italy 26.9% 2023 up 8.5% rising
135 Bhutan 26.9% 2023 up 25.6% rising
136 Spain 26.8% 2023 down 10.3% flat
137 Slovenia 26.8% 2023 down 9.8% falling
138 Hungary 26.6% 2023 down 21.2% falling
139 Australia 26.3% 2023 down 18.4% falling
140 Belgium 26.3% 2023 up 6.2% flat
141 Estonia 24.2% 2023 down 4.8% flat
142 Romania 24.1% 2023 up 15.9% rising
143 Türkiye 24.1% 2023 up 11.2% falling
144 Austria 23.5% 2023 down 16.0% falling
145 Ireland 23.4% 2023 down 19.2% rising
146 Cyprus 22.8% 2023 down 57.2% falling
147 Poland 22.8% 2023 down 22.8% falling
148 Zimbabwe 22.7% 2023 down 56.0% falling
149 New Zealand 22.3% 2023 up 0.5% flat
150 Saudi Arabia 22.2% 2023 down 26.9% falling
151 Thailand 22.0% 2023 down 7.2% falling
152 Malawi 21.7% 2023 up 57.9% rising
153 Slovakia 21.1% 2023 down 21.1% rising
154 Germany 20.9% 2023 down 10.1% falling
155 Palau 20.6% 2023 down 25.1% flat
156 Maldives 19.6% 2023 down 57.9% falling
157 Libya 19.2% 2023 down 27.8% falling
158 Sao Tome and Principe 19.1% 2023 up 14.6% falling
159 Finland 18.9% 2023 down 8.2% falling
160 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18.2% 2023 down 11.2% falling
161 Botswana 18.0% 2023 down 33.9% falling
162 Qatar 17.0% 2023 up 7.3% falling
163 Denmark 16.7% 2023 up 7.6% flat
164 Cuba 16.6% 2023 up 35.1% falling
165 Iceland 16.4% 2023 down 16.6% falling
166 Rwanda 16.0% 2023 down 31.0% falling
167 Croatia 15.9% 2023 up 9.6% flat
168 Mozambique 15.8% 2023 down 4.9% falling
169 Czechia 15.7% 2023 up 0.8% rising
170 Japan 15.2% 2023 down 3.6% falling
171 Oman 14.7% 2023 up 17.7% falling
172 Monaco 14.3% 2023 down 24.0% falling
173 Micronesia, Federated States of 14.3% 2023 up 11.2% rising
174 Samoa 14.2% 2023 up 21.1% falling
175 Sweden 13.9% 2023 down 12.9% falling
176 Norway 13.9% 2023 down 7.2% falling
177 Fiji 13.6% 2023 down 62.8% rising
178 Lesotho 13.2% 2023 down 5.3% falling
179 San Marino 13.1% 2023 up 19.7% falling
180 Kiribati 12.3% 2023 up 263.4% volatile
181 Luxembourg 12.2% 2023 down 17.0% falling
182 Vanuatu 11.5% 2023 up 15.7% flat
183 Kuwait 11.5% 2023 down 28.6% falling
184 Zambia 11.4% 2023 down 25.2% volatile
185 Tonga 9.5% 2023 down 34.7% falling
186 Papua New Guinea 8.6% 2023 up 30.2% rising
187 Brunei Darussalam 7.5% 2023 down 20.7% falling
188 Timor-Leste 7.0% 2023 up 0.4% volatile
189 Cook Islands 4.0% 2023 down 5.7% falling
190 Solomon Islands 3.2% 2023 down 0.6% flat
191 Naoero 2.9% 2023 down 64.5% falling
192 Marshall Islands 2.0% 2023 down 22.8% falling
193 Niue 0.4% 2023 down 67.6% falling
194 Tuvalu 0.1% 2023 down 98.8% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Domestic private health expenditure (PVT-D) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
207 places, 4,876 data points, 2000–2023
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