External health expenditure channeled through government in Barbados
Barbados: External health expenditure channeled through government was 100.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
External health expenditure channeled through government in Barbados, 2000–2023
Source: Computed using World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on April 7, 2023. Measured in % of external health expenditure.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 100.0% for external health expenditure channeled through government in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external health expenditure channeled through government in Barbados peaked at 100.0% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
That places Barbados 1st out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
External health expenditure channeled through government in Barbados, year by year
| Year | % of external health expenditure | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 100.0% | — |
| 2003 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 99.8% | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 98.8% | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 96.9% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 87.3% | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 95.7% | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 90.1% | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 94.6% | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 69.9% | -26.1% |
| 2013 | 93.6% | +33.9% |
| 2014 | 94.6% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 92.7% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 92.8% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +7.8% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 100.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 19.4%, 5.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where External health expenditure channeled through government in Barbados 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +33.9% | 69.9% | 93.6% |
| 2012 | -26.1% | 94.6% | 69.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.8% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.0% | 69.9% | 100.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More health data for Barbados
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.2208 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,453 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.5046 % 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 0.0272 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.5262 % 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 external health expenditure channeled through government in Barbados?
- External health expenditure channeled through government in Barbados was 100.0% in 2023, according to Computed using 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 external health expenditure channeled through government recorded in Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2002.
- What is the lowest external health expenditure channeled through government recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Barbados rank for external health expenditure channeled through government?
- Barbados ranks 1st out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is external health expenditure channeled through government rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Barbados data come from?
- The figures come from Computed using 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 External health expenditure channeled through government (% of external health expenditure). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of external donor funding flowing through the government budgets relative to the overall external expenditures on health.