* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Health spending per capita, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 19 countries was 631.84 U.S. dollars. The highest value was in Uruguay: 1620.33 U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Haiti: 57.88 U.S. dollars. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: U.S. dollars; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Health spending per capita, 2021 Global rank Available data
Uruguay 1620.33 1 2000 - 2021
Chile 1518.04 2 2000 - 2022
Panama 1415.24 3 2000 - 2021
Argentina 1044.77 4 2000 - 2021
Costa Rica 948.92 5 2000 - 2021
Brazil 761.27 6 2000 - 2021
Mexico 610.65 7 2000 - 2021
Colombia 557.54 8 2000 - 2021
Ecuador 494.31 9 2000 - 2021
Paraguay 478.71 10 2000 - 2021
El Salvador 442.21 11 2000 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 416.9 12 2000 - 2021
Peru 412.21 13 2000 - 2021
Guatemala 340.96 14 2000 - 2021
Bolivia 272.96 15 2000 - 2021
Honduras 253.92 16 2000 - 2021
Nicaragua 198.08 17 2000 - 2021
Venezuela 160.1 18 2018 - 2021
Haiti 57.88 19 2000 - 2021



Definition: Current expenditures on health per capita in current US dollars. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year.

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