External health expenditure in IDA total
IDA total: External health expenditure was 16.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
External health expenditure in IDA total, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of current health expenditure.
Analysis
IDA total recorded 16.8% for external health expenditure in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external health expenditure in IDA total peaked at 16.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.8%, in 2001.
That places IDA total 7th out of 42 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
External health expenditure in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of current health expenditure | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.7% | — |
| 2001 | 8.8% | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 10.1% | +14.5% |
| 2003 | 10.1% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 11.4% | +13.5% |
| 2005 | 11.9% | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 13.0% | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 12.6% | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 13.2% | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 14.4% | +9.7% |
| 2010 | 14.8% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 16.1% | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 15.4% | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 16.3% | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 16.1% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 14.3% | -10.7% |
| 2016 | 14.2% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 14.6% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 15.1% | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 16.1% | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 15.2% | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 16.1% | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 16.1% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 16.8% | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.5% | 8.8% | 14.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.3% | 14.2% | 16.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.1% | 15.2% | 16.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
More health data for IDA total
- Population ages 65 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.5007 units per person (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, annual growth rate 2.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita 0.0396 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, annual growth rate 3.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male, per capita 0.0179 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is external health expenditure in IDA total?
- External health expenditure in IDA total was 16.8% 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 IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 16.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest external health expenditure recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.8% in 2001.
- How does IDA total rank for external health expenditure?
- IDA total ranks 7th out of 42 groups with data for 2023.
- Is external health expenditure rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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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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.