External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Bahamas
Bahamas: External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health was 0.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Bahamas, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2023, external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in Bahamas stood at 0.5%.
That represents a change of up 14.2% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in Bahamas peaked at 0.7% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2020.
That places Bahamas 115th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7% | — |
| 2001 | 0.6% | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 0.6% | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | +35.8% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | -6.6% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -6.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | -11.4% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +12.2% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -17.6% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +17.9% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +14.2% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 0.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.8%, 64% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Bahamas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +35.8% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
More health data for Bahamas
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -11.11 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.0809 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,358 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 8 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.0651 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0267 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.1813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in Bahamas?
- External health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in Bahamas was 0.5% in 2023, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2006.
- What is the lowest external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2020.
- How does Bahamas rank for external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health?
- Bahamas ranks 115th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health expenditure (CHE) (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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