Central African Republic: Health spending as percent of GDP
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| Central African Republic |
Health spending as percent of GDP |
|---|---|
| Latest value | 9.40 |
| Year | 2020 |
| Measure | percent |
| Data availability | 2000 - 2020 |
| Average | 5.21 |
| Min - Max | 3.57 - 11.00 |
| Source | The World Bank |
The latest value from 2020 is 9.4 percent, an increase from 7.83 percent in 2019. In comparison, the world average is 7.04 percent, based on data from 179 countries. Historically, the average for the Central African Republic from 2000 to 2020 is 5.21 percent. The minimum value, 3.57 percent, was reached in 2010 while the maximum of 11 percent was recorded in 2018.
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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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| Related indicators | Latest | Reference | Measure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health spending per capita | 41.96 | 2020 | U.S. dollars |
| Health spending as percent of GDP | 9.40 | 2020 | percent |
| Life expectancy | 54.48 | 2022 | years |
| Life expectancy, female | 56.83 | 2022 | years |
| Life expectancy, male | 52.26 | 2022 | years |
| Birth rate | 42.68 | 2021 | births per 1000 people |
| Death rate | 11.00 | 2022 | deaths per 1000 people |
| Fertility rate | 5.92 | 2022 | births per woman |
| HIV infections | 3.40 | 2022 | percent |
| Tuberculosis | 540.00 | 2022 | cases per 100,000 people |
| Diabetes prevalence | 5.80 | 2021 | percent |
| Prevalence of anemia among children | 73.60 | 2019 | percent |
| Prevalence of undernourishment | 48.70 | 2021 | percent |
| Access to drinking water, rural | 2.2 | 2022 | percent |
| Access to drinking water, urban | 11.3 | 2022 | percent |
| Suicides | 12.30 | 2019 | suicides per 100,000 people |
| DPT immunization rate | 42 | 2022 | percent |
| Hepatitis B immunization rate | 42 | 2022 | percent |
| Measles immunization rate | 41 | 2022 | percent |
| Traffic accident deaths | 37.70 | 2019 | deaths per 100,000 people |