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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
External health expenditure (EXT) per capita in US$
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
190 places, 4,275 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed