External health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) by country
Share of current health expenditures funded from external sources. External sources compose of direct foreign transfers and foreign transfers distributed by government encompassing all financial inflows into the national health system from outside the country. External sources either flow through the government...
Countries reporting
157
Highest
71.5%
Micronesia, Federated States of
Lowest
0.0%
Uruguay
Median
3.5%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,939
What the numbers show
External health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) is currently reported for 157 countries. The highest value is 71.5% in Micronesia, Federated States of; the lowest is 0.0% in Uruguay.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.5%, and the mean is 11.8%.
Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Iran, Islamic Republic of (up 17,404.4%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
External health expenditure: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 71.5% | 2023 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 2 | Malawi | 65.5% | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 3 | South Sudan | 62.3% | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 4 | Mozambique | 57.7% | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 5 | Burundi | 57.4% | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 6 | Somalia | 54.4% | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 7 | Zambia | 47.9% | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 45.0% | 2023 | up 123.5% | rising |
| 9 | Tonga | 44.2% | 2023 | up 134.6% | rising |
| 10 | Uganda | 44.1% | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 11 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43.9% | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 12 | Lesotho | 40.5% | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Central African Republic | 39.9% | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 14 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 39.4% | 2023 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 15 | Benin | 38.4% | 2023 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 16 | Madagascar | 38.1% | 2023 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 17 | Rwanda | 37.0% | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 18 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 37.0% | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 19 | Solomon Islands | 33.9% | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 20 | Vanuatu | 32.0% | 2023 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 21 | Haiti | 31.6% | 2023 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 28.5% | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 23 | Eritrea | 28.5% | 2023 | down 19.9% | flat |
| 24 | Eswatini | 28.4% | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 25 | Tuvalu | 27.1% | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 26.9% | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 27 | Comoros | 26.8% | 2023 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 25.1% | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 29 | Djibouti | 23.6% | 2023 | up 80.2% | rising |
| 30 | Marshall Islands | 22.9% | 2023 | down 51.1% | flat |
| 31 | Chad | 22.4% | 2023 | up 179.4% | rising |
| 32 | Afghanistan | 21.2% | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 33 | Yemen | 21.1% | 2023 | up 351.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Burkina Faso | 20.9% | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 35 | Kenya | 20.1% | 2023 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 36 | Togo | 20.0% | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 37 | Mauritania | 19.5% | 2023 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Palau | 18.5% | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 39 | Liberia | 18.3% | 2023 | down 64.5% | rising |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 18.2% | 2023 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 41 | Guinea | 18.1% | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 42 | Gambia | 17.4% | 2023 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 43 | Senegal | 16.8% | 2023 | up 78.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Samoa | 16.5% | 2023 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 45 | Sudan | 16.3% | 2023 | up 225.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 15.4% | 2023 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 47 | Timor-Leste | 15.3% | 2023 | down 62.6% | falling |
| 48 | Congo | 14.9% | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 49 | Cameroon | 14.7% | 2023 | up 101.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Niger | 14.6% | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 51 | Naoero | 13.4% | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 11.9% | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 53 | Côte d'Ivoire | 11.8% | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 54 | Syrian Arab Republic | 11.8% | 2023 | up 789.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Fiji | 11.6% | 2023 | up 133.4% | falling |
| 56 | Namibia | 11.4% | 2023 | up 96.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Nigeria | 11.3% | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 58 | Cambodia | 11.3% | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 59 | Cape Verde | 11.0% | 2023 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Lebanon | 10.2% | 2023 | up 887.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Honduras | 10.1% | 2023 | up 91.4% | falling |
| 62 | Pakistan | 9.7% | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 63 | Kiribati | 9.2% | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Palestine, State of | 8.7% | 2023 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 65 | Ghana | 8.5% | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 66 | Angola | 7.2% | 2023 | up 179.4% | rising |
| 67 | Nepal | 6.9% | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 68 | Jordan | 6.9% | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Botswana | 6.5% | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 70 | Bhutan | 6.4% | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Myanmar | 6.1% | 2023 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 6.0% | 2023 | up 836.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Mali | 6.0% | 2023 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Suriname | 5.2% | 2023 | up 622.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Saint Lucia | 5.0% | 2023 | up 558.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Gabon | 4.4% | 2023 | up 1,104.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 4.4% | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Mongolia | 3.8% | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Bangladesh | 3.5% | 2023 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 80 | Egypt | 3.5% | 2023 | up 2,026.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 3.4% | 2023 | down 66.2% | falling |
| 82 | Tunisia | 3.1% | 2023 | up 2,932.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Guatemala | 3.0% | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 84 | Dominica | 2.7% | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Grenada | 2.7% | 2023 | up 1,040.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Jamaica | 2.6% | 2023 | up 224.3% | rising |
| 87 | India | 2.4% | 2023 | up 793.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Republic of Moldova | 2.1% | 2023 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 89 | South Africa | 2.1% | 2023 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Mauritius | 2.0% | 2023 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Belize | 1.6% | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.6% | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Maldives | 1.5% | 2023 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Israel | 1.4% | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.3% | 2023 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Luxembourg | 1.2% | 2024 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Guyana | 1.2% | 2023 | down 86.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.2% | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Viet Nam | 1.1% | 2023 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 100 | Iraq | 1.1% | 2022 | up 258.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.0% | 2023 | up 85.5% | volatile |
| 102 | El Salvador | 0.9% | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Barbados | 0.9% | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Albania | 0.9% | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 0.9% | 2023 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Georgia | 0.8% | 2023 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Argentina | 0.8% | 2023 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Panama | 0.8% | 2023 | up 302.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.7% | 2023 | up 17,404.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Ukraine | 0.7% | 2019 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Libya | 0.7% | 2023 | up 1,111.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Morocco | 0.6% | 2023 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Indonesia | 0.6% | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.5% | 2023 | up 1,108.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Bahamas | 0.5% | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 0.4% | 2023 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Armenia | 0.4% | 2023 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Cyprus | 0.4% | 2023 | down 66.1% | rising |
| 119 | Lithuania | 0.3% | 2023 | up 120.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Turkmenistan | 0.3% | 2023 | up 92.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Greece | 0.3% | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Ecuador | 0.3% | 2023 | up 226.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Peru | 0.2% | 2019 | down 89.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Kazakhstan | 0.2% | 2023 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 0.1% | 2023 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Thailand | 0.1% | 2023 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Philippines | 0.1% | 2023 | down 94.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2023 | up 2,792.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Belarus | 0.1% | 2023 | down 81.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 133 | Poland | 0.1% | 2023 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Russian Federation | 0.1% | 2008 | down 75.1% | falling |
| 135 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2023 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Paraguay | 0.0% | 2023 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Cuba | 0.0% | 2023 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Brazil | 0.0% | 2023 | down 72.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Colombia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Costa Rica | 0.0% | 2023 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2023 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 144 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0% | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 145 | Finland | 0.0% | 2020 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 146 | China | 0.0% | 2023 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 147 | North Macedonia | 0.0% | 2018 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Malaysia | 0.0% | 2023 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Serbia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Chile | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Malta | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Norway | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Romania | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 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.
- Low income 31.8%
- Pacific island small states 25.4%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 24.4%
- Pre-demographic dividend 22.8%
- Least developed countries 22.7%
- IDA only 20.4%
- IDA total 16.8%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 16.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 15.5%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 15.4%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 15.4%
- Africa Western and Central 13.6%
- IDA blend 11.4%
- Lower middle income 5.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 3.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 3.7%
- South Asia 2.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 2.6%
- Small states 2.4%
- Early-demographic dividend 1.9%
- Other small states 1.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 1.6%
- Arab World 1.5%
- Low & middle income 1.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 1.2%
- Middle income 0.9%
- Caribbean Small States 0.8%
- IBRD only 0.4%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.3%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.3%
- World 0.3%
- Upper middle income 0.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 0.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 0.1%
- High income 0.0%
About this data
Share of current health expenditures funded from external sources. External sources compose of direct foreign transfers and foreign transfers distributed by government encompassing all financial inflows into the national health system from outside the country. External sources either flow through the government scheme or are channeled through non-governmental organizations or other schemes.