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External health expenditure channeled through government (% of external health expenditure) by country

Share of external donor funding flowing through the government budgets relative to the overall external expenditures on health.

Countries reporting
138
Highest
100.0%
Belgium
Lowest
0.0%
South Africa
Median
45.3%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
3,528

What the numbers show

External health expenditure channeled through government (% of external health expenditure) is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Belgium; the lowest is 0.0% in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 45.3%, and the mean is 48.1%.

Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 23,579.2%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 100.0%).

External health expenditure channeled through government: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belgium 100.0% 2023 — volatile
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 100.0% 2019 up 156.8% volatile
1 Barbados 100.0% 2023 up 6.8% rising
1 Latvia 100.0% 2023 — volatile
1 Malaysia 100.0% 2023 unchanged volatile
1 Portugal 100.0% 2023 unchanged flat
7 Ukraine 100.0% 2019 up 912.4% volatile
8 Kiribati 99.9% 2023 up 194.4% rising
9 Niger 99.8% 2023 up 40.3% rising
10 Argentina 99.4% 2023 up 0.4% rising
11 Micronesia, Federated States of 98.0% 2023 up 0.7% flat
12 Costa Rica 97.9% 2023 up 7,078.7% volatile
13 Serbia 96.6% 2020 up 6.1% volatile
14 Marshall Islands 92.2% 2023 down 5.9% rising
15 Egypt 92.1% 2023 up 104.8% rising
16 Sri Lanka 92.0% 2023 down 7.0% falling
17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 89.5% 2019 up 47.7% volatile
18 Saint Lucia 89.4% 2023 up 21.3% rising
19 Suriname 88.4% 2023 up 25.7% rising
20 Senegal 86.4% 2023 down 12.1% rising
21 North Macedonia 85.9% 2016 up 262.7% volatile
22 Tunisia 85.4% 2023 down 14.6% falling
23 Panama 85.2% 2023 up 55.0% volatile
24 India 85.0% 2023 up 67.3% falling
25 Comoros 83.8% 2023 up 12.9% volatile
26 Poland 83.7% 2023 up 2.7% rising
27 Honduras 83.2% 2023 up 124.4% rising
28 Palau 83.1% 2023 down 12.8% falling
29 Azerbaijan 82.2% 2023 down 0.5% volatile
30 Mauritius 81.8% 2023 down 7.0% volatile
31 Estonia 81.4% 2016 up 27.7% rising
32 Gabon 81.1% 2023 up 148.2% volatile
33 Cape Verde 77.0% 2023 down 13.0% falling
34 Lithuania 73.8% 2023 up 4.0% falling
35 Belarus 73.0% 2017 up 1,844.2% volatile
36 Tuvalu 71.0% 2023 up 3.7% volatile
37 Burkina Faso 70.7% 2023 down 27.1% falling
38 Solomon Islands 70.4% 2023 down 13.5% rising
39 Mauritania 69.6% 2023 down 25.2% falling
40 Uzbekistan 69.3% 2023 up 235.6% volatile
41 Sao Tome and Principe 69.1% 2023 down 4.3% volatile
42 Morocco 68.8% 2023 down 31.1% volatile
43 Eritrea 68.0% 2023 down 21.8% volatile
44 Benin 66.9% 2023 up 92.0% rising
45 Iraq 65.7% 2022 up 218.1% volatile
46 Congo 65.3% 2023 down 32.2% falling
47 Angola 62.3% 2023 up 180.1% volatile
48 Togo 62.1% 2023 down 32.6% rising
49 Turkmenistan 61.2% 2023 up 530.8% volatile
50 Belize 61.0% 2023 up 1,933.0% volatile
51 Guinea-Bissau 60.1% 2023 up 228.0% volatile
52 Rwanda 60.0% 2023 down 16.5% rising
53 Indonesia 59.4% 2023 up 77.0% volatile
54 Palestine, State of 57.9% 2023 up 13.0% rising
55 Guatemala 55.6% 2023 down 0.6% falling
56 Cameroon 55.4% 2023 down 1.3% rising
57 Vanuatu 55.0% 2023 down 5.9% volatile
58 Zambia 52.7% 2023 up 339.8% volatile
59 Ethiopia 51.5% 2023 down 2.7% rising
60 Republic of Moldova 50.4% 2023 up 19.9% rising
61 Guinea 50.3% 2023 down 41.6% falling
62 Chad 50.0% 2023 up 73.4% volatile
63 Viet Nam 49.9% 2023 down 28.9% rising
64 Tonga 49.5% 2023 down 21.9% volatile
65 Tajikistan 48.7% 2023 up 93.1% volatile
66 Jordan 47.3% 2023 down 11.0% volatile
67 Namibia 46.7% 2023 up 19.0% falling
68 Bhutan 45.5% 2023 down 21.4% flat
69 Dominican Republic 45.3% 2023 down 36.0% rising
70 Lesotho 45.3% 2023 down 27.0% falling
71 Nicaragua 44.9% 2023 down 25.5% rising
72 Tanzania, United Republic of 44.9% 2023 up 18.8% falling
73 Pakistan 44.5% 2023 up 47.4% volatile
74 Botswana 44.5% 2023 up 171.4% rising
75 Maldives 44.3% 2023 up 6,639.8% volatile
76 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 43.9% 2023 down 12.2% rising
77 Malawi 42.7% 2023 down 14.8% falling
78 Djibouti 42.0% 2023 down 43.0% rising
79 Côte d'Ivoire 40.8% 2023 down 30.1% volatile
80 Iran, Islamic Republic of 40.8% 2023 up 65.4% volatile
81 Armenia 40.0% 2023 up 132.3% volatile
82 Grenada 39.0% 2023 down 1.9% falling
83 Kenya 37.8% 2023 up 72.9% volatile
84 Mali 37.2% 2019 down 24.1% rising
85 Nigeria 37.2% 2023 down 25.7% volatile
86 Madagascar 36.7% 2023 up 79.8% flat
87 Cyprus 36.1% 2015 down 44.8% falling
88 Liberia 36.0% 2023 down 28.9% volatile
89 Syrian Arab Republic 36.0% 2023 up 3,600.7% volatile
90 Georgia 34.8% 2023 up 39.2% volatile
91 Eswatini 33.5% 2023 up 26.8% volatile
92 Naoero 33.2% 2023 down 62.9% volatile
93 Cambodia 31.1% 2023 down 34.0% volatile
94 Haiti 30.3% 2023 up 605.4% volatile
95 Uganda 29.8% 2023 up 17.8% volatile
96 Mozambique 29.0% 2023 down 36.5% volatile
97 Timor-Leste 28.8% 2023 down 46.7% volatile
98 Burundi 28.1% 2023 down 53.5% volatile
99 Algeria 27.2% 2023 down 37.6% volatile
100 Guyana 26.0% 2023 up 553.3% volatile
101 China 23.7% 2023 — volatile
102 Central African Republic 23.3% 2023 up 0.6% volatile
103 Sudan 21.9% 2023 up 193.1% volatile
104 Paraguay 20.3% 2017 — volatile
105 Dominica 19.9% 2023 up 73.1% volatile
106 Zimbabwe 19.0% 2023 up 52.7% volatile
107 Jamaica 18.8% 2023 down 67.1% falling
108 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 18.8% 2023 down 51.4% falling
109 Libya 18.5% 2023 up 144.2% volatile
110 Samoa 16.9% 2023 down 81.3% volatile
111 Papua New Guinea 16.2% 2023 down 3.7% volatile
112 Lebanon 14.7% 2023 down 14.8% volatile
113 Brazil 14.1% 2023 down 84.7% volatile
114 El Salvador 14.0% 2023 up 655.2% volatile
115 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13.7% 2023 down 86.3% volatile
116 Ghana 12.5% 2023 down 69.7% volatile
117 Ecuador 12.4% 2023 down 80.2% volatile
118 Colombia 11.4% 2012 up 23,579.2% volatile
119 Yemen 9.6% 2023 down 77.8% volatile
120 Nepal 8.5% 2023 down 84.1% falling
121 Peru 8.1% 2019 down 84.9% volatile
122 Somalia 6.1% 2023 — volatile
123 Myanmar 5.7% 2023 up 86.2% volatile
124 Mongolia 3.2% 2021 down 96.2% volatile
125 Kyrgyzstan 2.4% 2023 down 91.7% volatile
126 Cuba 2.1% 2023 up 260.8% volatile
127 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.7% 2023 down 89.0% volatile
128 South Sudan 0.0% 2023 down 44.9% falling
129 Afghanistan 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% falling
129 Albania 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
129 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2023 — volatile
129 Fiji 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
129 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2023 — volatile
129 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
129 Seychelles 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
129 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% volatile
129 Uruguay 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
129 South Africa 0.0% 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
External health expenditure channeled through government (% of external health expenditure)
Unit
% of external health expenditure
Source
Computed using World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on April 7, 2023
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
164 places, 3,528 data points, 2000–2024
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Share of external donor funding flowing through the government budgets relative to the overall external expenditures on health.