External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health was 33.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Solomon Islands, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 33.9% for external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.8% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in Solomon Islands peaked at 50.3% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2000.
Solomon Islands ranks 20th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.5% | — |
| 2001 | 4.1% | +64.7% |
| 2002 | 40.6% | +879.4% |
| 2003 | 23.0% | -43.3% |
| 2004 | 34.0% | +47.8% |
| 2005 | 26.8% | -21.2% |
| 2006 | 31.7% | +18.3% |
| 2007 | 28.0% | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 38.9% | +39.2% |
| 2009 | 50.3% | +29.1% |
| 2010 | 32.7% | -35.0% |
| 2011 | 39.6% | +21.3% |
| 2012 | 36.5% | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 36.2% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 36.6% | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 27.9% | -23.6% |
| 2016 | 27.3% | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 22.5% | -17.7% |
| 2018 | 19.6% | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 22.9% | +16.6% |
| 2020 | 22.5% | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 26.6% | +18.1% |
| 2022 | 27.4% | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 33.9% | +23.8% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 33.9% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11.9%, 2.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 33.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9.2%, 3.7× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where External health expenditure (EXT) as percentage of current health in Solomon Islands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +879.4% | 4.1% | 40.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.0% | 2.5% | 50.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.2% | 19.6% | 39.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.6% | 22.5% | 33.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 17 Madagascar 38.1% compare
- 18 Rwanda 37.0% compare
- 19 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 37.0% compare
- 21 Vanuatu 32.0% compare
- 22 Haiti 31.6% compare
- 23 Sierra Leone 28.5% compare
More health data for Solomon Islands
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.85 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8993 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 863.9 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 106 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.33 % 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 0.0612 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.35 % 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 Solomon Islands?
- External health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health in Solomon Islands was 33.9% 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 50.3% in 2009.
- What is the lowest external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2000.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health?
- Solomon Islands ranks 20th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is external health expenditure (ext) as percentage of current health rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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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