Large household expenditures health by country

Countries reporting
63
Highest
9.1
Nicaragua
Lowest
0.01
Zambia
Median
1.19
Years covered
37
1985–2021
Data points
733

What the numbers show

Large household expenditures health is currently reported for 63 countries. The highest value is 9.1 in Nicaragua; the lowest is 0.01 in Zambia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.19, and the mean is 2.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 910.

Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 2,450.0%), and the largest decrease in Zambia (down 98.1%).

Large household expenditures health: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nicaragua 9.1 2014 up 181.7% volatile
2 Georgia 8.86 2021 up 25.0% rising
3 China 6.94 2018 up 18.6% rising
4 India 6.67 2017 up 139.1% rising
5 Egypt 6.1 2017 up 585.4% volatile
6 Armenia 5.93 2021 up 78.6% rising
7 Latvia 5.7 2016 up 211.5% rising
8 Nigeria 4.09 2018 down 54.1% falling
9 Uganda 3.77 2016 up 71.4% volatile
10 Iran 3.66 2021 up 19.2% rising
11 Mongolia 3.46 2021 up 1,630.0% volatile
12 Bulgaria 3.07 2018 up 303.9% volatile
13 Jamaica 2.88 2004 down 8.0% rising
14 South Korea 2.87 2018 up 52.7% rising
15 Lithuania 2.67 2008 up 65.8% rising
16 Israel 2.61 2018 up 16.5% flat
17 Moldova 2.48 2021 down 23.2% falling
18 Tunisia 2.36 2015 down 66.6% volatile
19 Romania 2.19 2016 down 10.2% rising
20 Nepal 2.1 2016 up 162.5% rising
21 Peru 2 2021 up 58.7% falling
21 Japan 2 2021 up 25.0% rising
23 Poland 1.96 2021 up 38.0% rising
24 Burkina Faso 1.76 2018 up 183.9% volatile
25 Vietnam 1.73 2020 down 19.2% falling
26 Palestine 1.5 2016 up 117.4% rising
26 North Macedonia 1.5 2019 up 120.6% volatile
28 Philippines 1.41 2015 up 43.9% rising
29 Tajikistan 1.4 2018 down 4.1% falling
30 El Salvador 1.38 2019 rising
31 Mexico 1.22 2020 up 84.8% rising
32 Bolivia 1.19 2021 down 43.6% volatile
32 Estonia 1.19 2010 up 16.7% rising
34 Belarus 1.16 2021 up 231.4% volatile
35 Ukraine 1.15 2019 up 40.2% falling
36 Spain 1.12 2019 down 13.2% rising
37 Pakistan 1.02 2018 up 2,450.0% volatile
38 Hungary 0.91 2018 down 7.1% rising
39 Morocco 0.9 2019 down 66.7% volatile
39 Russia 0.9 2020 up 66.7% volatile
39 Sri Lanka 0.9 2016 up 25.0% rising
42 United States 0.89 2021 up 4.7% falling
43 Czechia 0.83 2019 up 730.0% volatile
43 Kyrgyzstan 0.83 2020 up 130.6% volatile
45 Canada 0.8 2019 up 60.0% rising
46 Montenegro 0.78 2015 down 48.3% falling
47 Turkey 0.67 2019 down 8.2% falling
48 Panama 0.65 2017 up 124.1% volatile
49 Serbia 0.58 2019 down 10.8% falling
50 Ethiopia 0.57 2018 up 185.0% volatile
51 Cote d'Ivoire 0.56 2018 down 85.9% falling
51 United Kingdom 0.56 2020 up 27.3% rising
53 Indonesia 0.35 2021 down 61.5% rising
54 Thailand 0.33 2021 down 13.2% volatile
55 Switzerland 0.32 2017 down 34.7% falling
56 Slovenia 0.31 2018 up 106.7% rising
57 Croatia 0.26 2010 up 73.3% rising
58 Luxembourg 0.22 2021 up 46.7% volatile
59 Kazakhstan 0.17 2021 up 466.7% volatile
60 Mali 0.12 2021 down 29.4% volatile
61 Ghana 0.11 2016 down 77.6% volatile
62 Slovakia 0.04 2015 down 92.3% falling
63 Zambia 0.01 2015 down 98.1% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Large household expenditures health
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
63 places, 733 data points, 1985–2021
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