Burundi: Health spending as percent of GDP

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 Burundi

Health spending as percent of GDP

 Latest value 9.09
 Year 2023
 Measure percent
 Data availability 2000 - 2023
 Average 7.91
 Min - Max 4.22 - 11.28
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2023 is 9.09 percent, an increase from 8.67 percent in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 6.65 percent, based on data from 186 countries. Historically, the average for Burundi from 2000 to 2023 is 7.91 percent. The minimum value, 4.22 percent, was reached in 2000 while the maximum of 11.28 percent was recorded in 2010. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Burundi: Health spending as percent of GDP
 2023 9.09
 2022 8.67
 2021 8.94
 2020 10.71
 2019 9.06
 2018 7.29
 2017 6.95
 2016 7.06




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 28.14 2023 U.S. dollars
 Health spending as percent of GDP 9.09 2023 percent
 Life expectancy 63.82 2024 years
 Life expectancy, female 65.88 2024 years
 Life expectancy, male 61.75 2024 years
 Birth rate 33.21 2024 births per 1000 people
 Death rate 6.67 2024 deaths per 1000 people
 Fertility rate 4.79 2024 births per woman
 HIV infections 0.80 2024 percent
 Tuberculosis 83.00 2024 cases per 100,000 people
 Diabetes prevalence 4.30 2024 percent
 Suicides rate 7.65 2021 suicides per 100,000 people
 DPT immunization rate 89 2024 percent
 Hepatitis B immunization rate 89 2024 percent
 Measles immunization rate 86 2024 percent
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