* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Health spending per capita, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 12 countries was 603.61 U.S. dollars. The highest value was in Uruguay: 1429.51 U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Venezuela: 142.46 U.S. dollars. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2021. 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, 2020 Global rank Available data
Uruguay 1429.51 1 -
Chile 1278.18 2 -
Argentina 863.71 3 -
Brazil 700.71 4 -
Ecuador 478.53 5 -
Colombia 477.27 6 -
Suriname 459.56 7 -
Paraguay 405.63 8 -
Peru 388.55 9 -
Guyana 378.06 10 -
Bolivia 241.12 11 -
Venezuela 142.46 12 -



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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