External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Samoa
Samoa: External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health was 16.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Samoa, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2023, external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in Samoa stood at 16.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and down 29.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in Samoa peaked at 23.4% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 2001.
Samoa ranks 45th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Samoa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.4% | — |
| 2001 | 3.3% | -24.3% |
| 2002 | 9.8% | +194.8% |
| 2003 | 17.1% | +75.3% |
| 2004 | 19.4% | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 17.5% | -9.8% |
| 2006 | 15.9% | -9.4% |
| 2007 | 16.9% | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 8.3% | -51.1% |
| 2009 | 8.9% | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 11.1% | +24.8% |
| 2011 | 18.8% | +68.7% |
| 2012 | 6.8% | -64.0% |
| 2013 | 23.4% | +246.5% |
| 2014 | 11.8% | -49.6% |
| 2015 | 18.8% | +59.2% |
| 2016 | 20.4% | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 11.2% | -45.2% |
| 2018 | 8.7% | -21.7% |
| 2019 | 11.6% | +32.1% |
| 2020 | 13.2% | +14.5% |
| 2021 | 16.3% | +23.3% |
| 2022 | 16.0% | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 16.5% | +3.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 16.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9%, 19.3× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 16.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9.2%, 1.8× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Samoa 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 | +246.5% | 6.8% | 23.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.1% | 3.3% | 19.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.3% | 6.8% | 23.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.5% | 13.2% | 16.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More health data for Samoa
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.71 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 708.7 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 17 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.45 % 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 0.0591 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.5 % 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 (ext) as percentage of current health in Samoa?
- External health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in Samoa was 16.5% 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 23.4% in 2013.
- What is the lowest external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 2001.
- How does Samoa rank for external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health?
- Samoa ranks 45th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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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