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External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%) by country

Countries reporting
162
Highest
71.5%
Micronesia, Federated States of
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
3.4%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,875

What the numbers show

External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%) is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 71.5% in Micronesia, Federated States of; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.4%, and the mean is 11.8%.

Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Iran, Islamic Republic of (up 17,404.4%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Micronesia, Federated States of 71.5% 2023 down 4.0% flat
2 Malawi 65.5% 2023 down 4.0% rising
3 South Sudan 62.3% 2023 down 8.5% falling
4 Mozambique 57.7% 2023 down 1.5% rising
5 Burundi 57.4% 2023 down 3.2% rising
6 Somalia 54.4% 2023 down 4.4% falling
7 Niue 54.4% 2023 up 93.1% volatile
8 Zambia 47.9% 2023 down 14.7% rising
9 Zimbabwe 45.0% 2023 up 123.5% rising
10 Tonga 44.2% 2023 up 134.6% rising
11 Uganda 44.1% 2023 up 17.7% rising
12 Sao Tome and Principe 43.9% 2023 down 11.8% rising
13 Lesotho 40.5% 2023 up 33.4% volatile
14 Central African Republic 39.9% 2023 up 20.5% rising
15 Tanzania, United Republic of 39.4% 2023 down 18.8% rising
16 Benin 38.4% 2023 up 53.6% rising
17 Madagascar 38.1% 2023 up 88.0% rising
18 Rwanda 37.0% 2023 down 17.4% falling
19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 37.0% 2023 down 7.9% rising
20 Solomon Islands 33.9% 2023 down 6.5% rising
21 Vanuatu 32.0% 2023 down 18.0% rising
22 Haiti 31.6% 2023 down 34.8% rising
23 Sierra Leone 28.5% 2023 down 4.3% rising
24 Eritrea 28.5% 2023 down 19.9% flat
25 Eswatini 28.4% 2023 down 5.0% rising
26 Tuvalu 27.1% 2023 up 17.1% volatile
27 Ethiopia 26.9% 2023 up 15.5% rising
28 Comoros 26.8% 2023 up 61.6% volatile
29 Guinea-Bissau 25.1% 2023 up 4.5% falling
30 Djibouti 23.6% 2023 up 80.2% rising
31 Marshall Islands 22.9% 2023 down 51.1% flat
32 Chad 22.4% 2023 up 179.4% rising
33 Afghanistan 21.2% 2023 down 7.5% rising
34 Yemen 21.1% 2023 up 351.6% volatile
35 Burkina Faso 20.9% 2023 down 29.1% falling
36 Kenya 20.1% 2023 down 11.1% flat
37 Togo 20.0% 2023 up 21.8% rising
38 Mauritania 19.5% 2023 up 118.2% volatile
39 Palau 18.5% 2023 down 16.9% falling
40 Liberia 18.3% 2023 down 64.5% rising
41 Papua New Guinea 18.2% 2023 down 33.1% rising
42 Guinea 18.1% 2023 down 19.7% falling
43 Gambia 17.4% 2023 down 62.1% falling
44 Senegal 16.8% 2023 up 78.3% volatile
45 Samoa 16.5% 2023 down 29.5% rising
46 Sudan 16.3% 2023 up 225.5% volatile
47 Lao People's Democratic Republic 15.4% 2023 down 19.1% rising
48 Timor-Leste 15.3% 2023 down 62.6% falling
49 Congo 14.9% 2023 down 25.1% falling
50 Cameroon 14.7% 2023 up 101.2% volatile
51 Niger 14.6% 2023 up 23.1% rising
52 Naoero 13.4% 2023 down 62.5% volatile
53 Nigeria 12.2% 2023 down 1.6% rising
54 Tajikistan 11.9% 2023 up 35.0% rising
55 Côte d'Ivoire 11.8% 2023 up 35.9% rising
56 Syrian Arab Republic 11.8% 2023 up 789.2% volatile
57 Fiji 11.6% 2023 up 133.4% falling
58 Namibia 11.4% 2023 up 96.8% volatile
59 Cambodia 11.3% 2023 down 21.5% falling
60 Cape Verde 11.0% 2023 down 28.0% volatile
61 Lebanon 10.2% 2023 up 887.6% volatile
62 Honduras 10.1% 2023 up 91.4% falling
63 Pakistan 9.7% 2023 up 29.2% rising
64 Kiribati 9.2% 2023 down 36.3% volatile
65 Palestine, State of 8.7% 2023 down 54.9% falling
66 Ghana 8.5% 2023 down 48.5% falling
67 Cook Islands 8.2% 2023 down 8.1% volatile
68 Angola 7.2% 2023 up 179.4% rising
69 Nepal 6.9% 2023 down 41.7% falling
70 Jordan 6.9% 2023 up 9.5% volatile
71 Botswana 6.5% 2023 down 26.1% falling
72 Bhutan 6.4% 2023 down 33.5% volatile
73 Myanmar 6.1% 2023 down 31.7% rising
74 Sri Lanka 6.0% 2023 up 836.6% volatile
75 Mali 6.0% 2023 down 85.8% volatile
76 Saint Lucia 5.0% 2023 up 558.8% volatile
77 Gabon 4.4% 2023 up 1,104.6% volatile
78 Kyrgyzstan 4.4% 2023 down 19.1% volatile
79 Mongolia 3.8% 2023 down 25.6% volatile
80 Bangladesh 3.5% 2023 down 61.1% falling
81 Egypt 3.5% 2023 up 2,026.4% volatile
82 Nicaragua 3.4% 2023 down 66.2% falling
83 Tunisia 3.1% 2023 up 2,932.0% volatile
84 Guatemala 3.0% 2023 up 13.0% falling
85 Dominica 2.7% 2023 up 19.2% volatile
86 Grenada 2.7% 2023 up 1,040.1% volatile
87 Jamaica 2.6% 2023 up 224.3% rising
88 India 2.4% 2023 up 793.3% volatile
89 Republic of Moldova 2.1% 2023 down 78.8% volatile
90 South Africa 2.1% 2023 down 69.5% volatile
91 Mauritius 2.0% 2023 up 38.6% volatile
92 Belize 1.6% 2023 down 30.0% volatile
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.6% 2023 up 7.5% volatile
94 Maldives 1.5% 2023 up 73.6% volatile
95 Israel 1.4% 2023 up 4.3% falling
96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3% 2023 up 33.6% volatile
97 Guyana 1.2% 2023 down 86.4% volatile
98 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.2% 2023 down 65.2% volatile
99 Luxembourg 1.2% 2023 down 16.8% volatile
100 Viet Nam 1.1% 2023 down 55.4% falling
101 Equatorial Guinea 1.0% 2023 up 85.5% volatile
102 El Salvador 0.9% 2023 down 70.6% volatile
103 Barbados 0.9% 2023 down 51.7% volatile
104 Albania 0.9% 2023 down 29.3% volatile
105 Dominican Republic 0.9% 2023 up 41.7% volatile
106 Georgia 0.8% 2023 down 70.9% volatile
107 Argentina 0.8% 2023 up 93.0% volatile
108 Panama 0.8% 2023 up 302.1% volatile
109 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.7% 2023 up 17,404.4% volatile
110 Libya 0.7% 2023 up 1,111.2% volatile
111 Morocco 0.6% 2023 up 93.0% volatile
112 Indonesia 0.6% 2023 down 51.3% volatile
113 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.5% 2023 up 1,108.0% volatile
114 Bulgaria 0.5% 2023 — volatile
115 Bahamas 0.5% 2023 down 6.4% falling
116 Azerbaijan 0.4% 2023 down 40.6% volatile
117 Armenia 0.4% 2023 down 81.3% volatile
118 Cyprus 0.4% 2023 down 66.1% rising
119 Lithuania 0.3% 2023 up 120.6% volatile
120 Turkmenistan 0.3% 2023 up 92.7% volatile
121 Greece 0.3% 2023 down 66.7% volatile
122 Ecuador 0.3% 2023 up 226.5% volatile
123 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2023 up 0.4% volatile
124 Latvia 0.1% 2023 — volatile
125 Montenegro 0.1% 2023 — volatile
126 Uzbekistan 0.1% 2023 down 93.4% volatile
127 Thailand 0.1% 2023 down 68.7% volatile
128 Philippines 0.1% 2023 down 94.9% volatile
129 Croatia 0.1% 2023 — volatile
130 Belarus 0.1% 2023 down 81.1% volatile
131 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2023 down 10.6% volatile
132 Portugal 0.1% 2023 up 20.7% rising
133 Poland 0.1% 2023 down 55.1% volatile
134 Slovenia 0.0% 2023 — volatile
135 Algeria 0.0% 2023 up 87.6% volatile
136 Paraguay 0.0% 2023 down 94.2% volatile
137 Cuba 0.0% 2023 down 80.7% volatile
138 Brazil 0.0% 2023 down 72.3% volatile
139 Colombia 0.0% 2023 — volatile
140 Belgium 0.0% 2023 — volatile
141 Costa Rica 0.0% 2023 down 71.6% volatile
142 Netherlands 0.0% 2023 down 51.2% volatile
143 Estonia 0.0% 2023 down 92.0% volatile
144 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0% 2023 down 10.8% rising
145 China 0.0% 2023 down 90.8% volatile
146 Malaysia 0.0% 2023 — volatile
147 Serbia 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Chile 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Finland 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Iraq 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Mexico 0.0% 2023 — volatile
148 North Macedonia 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Malta 0.0% 2023 — volatile
148 Norway 0.0% 2023 — volatile
148 Peru 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Romania 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Russian Federation 0.0% 2023 — volatile
148 Seychelles 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Ukraine 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Uruguay 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
External health expenditure (EXT) 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, 4,875 data points, 2000–2023
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