External health expenditure (EXT) per capita in US$ by country
Countries reporting
158
Highest
1,250
Niue
Lowest
0
Uruguay
Median
9.01
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,275
What the numbers show
External health expenditure (EXT) per capita in US$ is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 1,250 in Niue; the lowest is 0 in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 9.01, and the mean is 31.49.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 66 fell. The largest increase was in Iran, Islamic Republic of (up 11,245.6%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
External health expenditure (EXT) per capita in US$: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niue | 1,250 | 2023 | up 212.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Tuvalu | 467.66 | 2023 | up 316.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 362.9 | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 4 | Palau | 311.87 | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 5 | Naoero | 307.77 | 2023 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Marshall Islands | 205.1 | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 7 | Tonga | 158.17 | 2023 | up 388.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 91.4 | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Cook Islands | 88.95 | 2023 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Eswatini | 84.19 | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 11 | Sao Tome and Principe | 75.13 | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Israel | 56.84 | 2023 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 13 | Lesotho | 49.62 | 2023 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Samoa | 48.4 | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Vanuatu | 45.84 | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 16 | South Sudan | 45.33 | 2023 | up 137.2% | rising |
| 17 | Namibia | 45.21 | 2023 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Zambia | 38.11 | 2023 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Solomon Islands | 37.72 | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 20 | Saint Lucia | 32.23 | 2023 | up 769.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Botswana | 31.99 | 2023 | down 16.5% | flat |
| 22 | Cape Verde | 31.9 | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Mozambique | 30.56 | 2023 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Palestine, State of | 29.9 | 2023 | down 52.3% | rising |
| 25 | Zimbabwe | 28.31 | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 26 | Comoros | 27.37 | 2023 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Malawi | 27.03 | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 28 | Lebanon | 26.5 | 2023 | up 346.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Honduras | 25.11 | 2023 | up 170.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Fiji | 24.78 | 2023 | up 213.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Jordan | 23.73 | 2023 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Timor-Leste | 22.07 | 2023 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Kiribati | 22.02 | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Central African Republic | 21.46 | 2023 | up 273.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 20.65 | 2023 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Uganda | 19.93 | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 37 | Rwanda | 19.48 | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 38 | Liberia | 19.01 | 2023 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Djibouti | 18.3 | 2023 | up 130.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Mauritania | 17.94 | 2023 | up 262.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Maldives | 17.91 | 2023 | up 199.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Benin | 17.88 | 2023 | up 113.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Haiti | 17.17 | 2023 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Kenya | 17.11 | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 45 | Burundi | 16.16 | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Papua New Guinea | 15.49 | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 15.01 | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 48 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 14.27 | 2023 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 49 | Grenada | 14.12 | 2023 | up 1,336.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Mongolia | 13.65 | 2023 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Jamaica | 13.47 | 2023 | up 423.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Togo | 13.47 | 2023 | up 93.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Dominica | 13.33 | 2023 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 54 | Cambodia | 12.91 | 2023 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 55 | Afghanistan | 12.53 | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 56 | Argentina | 12.36 | 2023 | up 96.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Senegal | 12.3 | 2023 | up 115.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Somalia | 12.17 | 2023 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 59 | Mauritius | 12.11 | 2023 | up 94.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Panama | 11.86 | 2023 | up 677.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Guatemala | 11.65 | 2023 | up 122.9% | rising |
| 62 | Cameroon | 11.63 | 2023 | up 178.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Bahamas | 11.61 | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 64 | Gabon | 11.26 | 2023 | up 1,066.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Barbados | 11.25 | 2023 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Congo | 11.23 | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Cyprus | 11.05 | 2023 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 68 | South Africa | 11.04 | 2023 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Guinea | 10.76 | 2023 | up 83.9% | rising |
| 70 | Chad | 10.6 | 2023 | up 243.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Bhutan | 10.45 | 2023 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Côte d'Ivoire | 10.38 | 2023 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Sierra Leone | 10.19 | 2023 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Tajikistan | 10.14 | 2023 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Yemen | 10.07 | 2023 | up 215.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Tunisia | 9.97 | 2023 | up 3,284.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.89 | 2023 | up 117.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Republic of Moldova | 9.5 | 2023 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Ethiopia | 9.35 | 2023 | up 108.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 8.67 | 2023 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 8.11 | 2023 | up 844.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Eritrea | 8.06 | 2023 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 83 | Nigeria | 7.54 | 2023 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.41 | 2023 | up 68.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Nicaragua | 7.39 | 2023 | down 47.8% | rising |
| 86 | Madagascar | 6.65 | 2023 | up 69.6% | rising |
| 87 | Lithuania | 6.51 | 2023 | up 370.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Guyana | 6.25 | 2023 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Ghana | 6 | 2023 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Nepal | 5.83 | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 91 | Angola | 5.45 | 2023 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Greece | 5.37 | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Albania | 5.15 | 2023 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Belize | 4.94 | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 95 | Egypt | 4.9 | 2023 | up 2,052.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Georgia | 4.71 | 2023 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Gambia | 4.49 | 2023 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 98 | El Salvador | 4.44 | 2023 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.21 | 2023 | down 49.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.21 | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 4.19 | 2023 | up 129.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.93 | 2023 | up 529.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Niger | 3.79 | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 104 | Sudan | 3.44 | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Myanmar | 3.41 | 2023 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Iraq | 3.24 | 2022 | up 481.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Libya | 3.18 | 2023 | up 858.1% | volatile |
| 108 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.13 | 2023 | down 44.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Armenia | 2.97 | 2023 | down 63.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Pakistan | 2.95 | 2023 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.43 | 2023 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Latvia | 2.35 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Viet Nam | 2.26 | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 114 | India | 2.04 | 2023 | up 1,263.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Mali | 2.03 | 2023 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.91 | 2023 | up 11,245.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Portugal | 1.89 | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 118 | Bangladesh | 1.87 | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 119 | Turkmenistan | 1.8 | 2023 | up 229.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Ukraine | 1.65 | 2019 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Morocco | 1.44 | 2023 | up 149.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Ecuador | 1.35 | 2023 | up 301.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Croatia | 1.32 | 2023 | up 4,793.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Azerbaijan | 1.32 | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.9987 | 2023 | up 1,264.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Poland | 0.986 | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.9547 | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 128 | Kazakhstan | 0.8977 | 2023 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Indonesia | 0.7341 | 2023 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Peru | 0.7262 | 2019 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Netherlands | 0.6678 | 2023 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Belgium | 0.6676 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 133 | Cuba | 0.6674 | 2020 | up 178.4% | rising |
| 134 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.4689 | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 135 | Belarus | 0.4298 | 2023 | down 76.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Thailand | 0.3178 | 2023 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Russian Federation | 0.3078 | 2008 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 138 | Finland | 0.2892 | 2020 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Estonia | 0.212 | 2023 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Uzbekistan | 0.2003 | 2023 | down 91.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Brazil | 0.1901 | 2023 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Philippines | 0.1731 | 2023 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Paraguay | 0.1664 | 2023 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Costa Rica | 0.1289 | 2023 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Algeria | 0.0851 | 2023 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Colombia | 0.0764 | 2023 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 147 | China | 0.0388 | 2023 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 148 | North Macedonia | 0.0066 | 2018 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Malaysia | 0.0063 | 2023 | up 85.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Serbia | 0.0018 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Chile | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Malta | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Norway | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Romania | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Seychelles | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Uruguay | 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.
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 125.22
- Sur 15.34
- High income (World Bank) 42.09
- World 28.37
- Upper-middle income (World Bank) 25.13
- Lower-middle income (World Bank) 24.86
- Africa (WHO region) 19.22
- Low income (World Bank) 14.16
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 8
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 7.85
- Americas (WHO region) 7
- Europe (WHO region) 6.16