External health expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): External health expenditure was 0.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
External health expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of current health expenditure.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 0.1% for external health expenditure in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 42.9% on the previous year and down 66.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external health expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 0.7% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2023.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 36th of 42 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
External health expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of current health expenditure | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5% | — |
| 2001 | 0.7% | +61.5% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | -27.8% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 0.7% | +21.6% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | +7.6% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | -25.6% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | -15.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -42.1% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -16.9% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -31.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +141.1% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | -43.9% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | -42.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where External health expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +141.1% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More health data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.0353 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 1.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0424 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 2.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0396 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per capita 0.0341 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is external health expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- External health expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 0.1% in 2023, according to Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest external health expenditure recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2001.
- What is the lowest external health expenditure recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2023.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for external health expenditure?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 36th out of 42 groups with data for 2023.
- Is external health expenditure rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high 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 (% of current health expenditure). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.