External health expenditure per capita (current US$) in IBRD only
IBRD only: External health expenditure per capita (current US$) was 1.6 current US$ in 2023. ▲ Rising
External health expenditure per capita in IBRD only, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in current US$.
Analysis
IBRD only recorded 1.6 current US$ for external health expenditure per capita in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external health expenditure per capita in IBRD only peaked at 1.6 current US$ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3878 current US$, in 2000.
That places IBRD only 32nd out of 42 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
External health expenditure per capita (current US$) in IBRD only, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3878 current US$ | — |
| 2001 | 0.4278 current US$ | +10.3% |
| 2002 | 0.4537 current US$ | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 0.582 current US$ | +28.3% |
| 2004 | 1.04 current US$ | +77.9% |
| 2005 | 1.17 current US$ | +13.5% |
| 2006 | 0.9684 current US$ | -17.6% |
| 2007 | 1.16 current US$ | +19.7% |
| 2008 | 1.23 current US$ | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 1.3 current US$ | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 1.43 current US$ | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 1.53 current US$ | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 1.39 current US$ | -9.3% |
| 2013 | 1.23 current US$ | -11.3% |
| 2014 | 1.09 current US$ | -11.9% |
| 2015 | 0.7936 current US$ | -27.0% |
| 2016 | 0.7717 current US$ | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 0.7086 current US$ | -8.2% |
| 2018 | 0.5792 current US$ | -18.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6843 current US$ | +18.1% |
| 2020 | 0.787 current US$ | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 1.59 current US$ | +101.8% |
| 2022 | 1.51 current US$ | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 1.6 current US$ | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8718 current US$ | 0.3878 current US$ | 1.3 current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 current US$ | 0.5792 current US$ | 1.53 current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.37 current US$ | 0.787 current US$ | 1.6 current US$ | 4 |
Countries ranked near IBRD only
- 29 Jordan 23.73 current US$ compare
- 30 East Timor 22.07 current US$ compare
- 31 Kiribati 22.02 current US$ compare
- 32 Central African Republic 21.46 current US$ compare
- 33 Guinea-Bissau 20.65 current US$ compare
- 34 Uganda 19.93 current US$ compare
- 35 Rwanda 19.48 current US$ compare
More health data for IBRD only
- Population, female 2.48 billion (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female, annual growth rate 3.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per capita 0.6805 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Age dependency ratio, young 31.4% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 0.8062 % change on previous year (2025)
- Age dependency ratio 47.1% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per capita 0.3468 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.2137 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is external health expenditure per capita in IBRD only?
- External health expenditure per capita in IBRD only was 1.6 current US$ in 2023, according to Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest external health expenditure per capita recorded in IBRD only?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6 current US$ in 2023.
- What is the lowest external health expenditure per capita recorded in IBRD only?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3878 current US$ in 2000.
- How does IBRD only rank for external health expenditure per capita?
- IBRD only ranks 32nd out of 42 groups with data for 2023.
- Is external health expenditure per capita rising or falling in IBRD only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IBRD only data come from?
- The figures come from Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of External health expenditure per capita (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Current external expenditures on health per capita expressed in current US dollars. External sources are composed of direct foreign transfers and foreign transfers distributed by government encompassing all financial inflows into the national health system from outside the country.