External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region)
Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region): External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health was 8.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region), 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) recorded 8.7% for external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in 2023.
The figure is down 10.5% on the previous year and up 38.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) peaked at 9.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.2%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.2% | — |
| 2001 | 2.3% | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 3.7% | +61.9% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 3.7% | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 3.8% | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 4.1% | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 4.1% | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 3.4% | -15.8% |
| 2011 | 3.8% | +10.4% |
| 2012 | 3.8% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 6.3% | +64.4% |
| 2014 | 6.4% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 6.3% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 6.5% | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 6.6% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 6.5% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 6.4% | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 6.6% | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 9.3% | +41.0% |
| 2022 | 9.8% | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 8.7% | -10.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 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 | +64.4% | 3.8% | 6.3% |
| 2002 | +61.9% | 2.3% | 3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.5% | 2.2% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 3.4% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.6% | 6.6% | 9.8% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region)?
- External health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) was 8.7% 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 Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region)?
- The highest recorded value was 9.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health recorded in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.2% in 2000.
- How does Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) rank for external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health?
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) ranks 6th out of 11 groups with data for 2023.
- Is external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health rising or falling in Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 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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