Albania: Health spending as percent of GDP

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 Albania

Health spending as percent of GDP

 Latest value 7.05
 Year 2023
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2000 - 2023
 Average 6.27
 Min - Max 5.44 - 7.54
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2023 is 7.05 percent, a decline from 7.54 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 6.65 percent, based on data from 186 countries. Historically, the average for Albania from 2000 to 2023 is 6.27 percent. The minimum value, 5.44 percent, was reached in 2008 while the maximum of 7.54 percent was recorded in 2022. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Albania: Health spending as percent of GDP
 2023 7.05
 2022 7.54
 2021 7.36
 2020 7.47
 2019 6.78
 2018 6.59
 2017 6.50
 2016 6.65




Definition: Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.

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 Health spending per capita 590.63 2023 U.S. dollars
 Health spending as percent of GDP 7.05 2023 percent
 Life expectancy 79.78 2024 years
 Life expectancy, female 81.59 2024 years
 Life expectancy, male 77.92 2024 years
 Birth rate 10.13 2024 births per 1000 people
 Death rate 8.46 2024 deaths per 1000 people
 Fertility rate 1.34 2024 births per woman
 HIV infections 0.10 2024 percent
 Tuberculosis 15.00 2024 cases per 100,000 people
 Diabetes prevalence 10.60 2024 percent
 Prevalence of undernourishment 5.40 2023 percent
 Suicides rate 2.75 2021 suicides per 100,000 people
 DPT immunization rate 97 2024 percent
 Hepatitis B immunization rate 97 2024 percent
 Measles immunization rate 81 2024 percent
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