External health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: External health expenditure per capita (current US$) was 3.98 current US$ in 2023. ▲ Rising
External health expenditure per capita in Low & middle income, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in current US$.
Analysis
Low & middle income recorded 3.98 current US$ for external health expenditure per capita in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external health expenditure per capita in Low & middle income peaked at 3.98 current US$ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6836 current US$, in 2001.
Low & middle income ranks 22nd of 42 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
External health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.697 current US$ | — |
| 2001 | 0.6836 current US$ | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.7797 current US$ | +14.1% |
| 2003 | 0.9787 current US$ | +25.5% |
| 2004 | 1.49 current US$ | +52.5% |
| 2005 | 1.75 current US$ | +17.1% |
| 2006 | 1.81 current US$ | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 2.07 current US$ | +14.2% |
| 2008 | 2.35 current US$ | +14.0% |
| 2009 | 2.51 current US$ | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 2.81 current US$ | +11.9% |
| 2011 | 3.21 current US$ | +14.1% |
| 2012 | 3.11 current US$ | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 3.33 current US$ | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 3.32 current US$ | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 2.79 current US$ | -16.0% |
| 2016 | 2.7 current US$ | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 2.7 current US$ | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2.72 current US$ | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 2.95 current US$ | +8.2% |
| 2020 | 2.94 current US$ | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 3.97 current US$ | +35.0% |
| 2022 | 3.95 current US$ | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 3.98 current US$ | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.51 current US$ | 0.6836 current US$ | 2.51 current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.96 current US$ | 2.7 current US$ | 3.33 current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.71 current US$ | 2.94 current US$ | 3.98 current US$ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More health data for Low & middle income
- Population ages 30-34, male, annual growth rate -0.6091 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0373 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.036 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate 1.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0379 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate 0.5649 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is external health expenditure per capita in Low & middle income?
- External health expenditure per capita in Low & middle income was 3.98 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 Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 3.98 current US$ in 2023.
- What is the lowest external health expenditure per capita recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6836 current US$ in 2001.
- How does Low & middle income rank for external health expenditure per capita?
- Low & middle income ranks 22nd out of 42 groups with data for 2023.
- Is external health expenditure per capita rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income 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.