* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Health spending per capita, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 46 countries was 131.04 U.S. dollars. The highest value was in the Seychelles: 718.49 U.S. dollars and the lowest value was in Madagascar: 17.64 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
Seychelles 718.49 1 2000 - 2021
South Africa 583.67 2 2000 - 2021
Mauritius 564.9 3 2000 - 2021
Botswana 457.46 4 2000 - 2021
Namibia 456.44 5 2000 - 2021
Swaziland 279.91 6 2000 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 255.57 7 2000 - 2021
Cape Verde 247.91 8 2000 - 2021
Gabon 233.87 9 2000 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 186.1 10 2000 - 2021
Lesotho 114.71 11 2000 - 2021
Liberia 112.27 12 2000 - 2021
Ghana 100 13 2000 - 2021
Comoros 99.04 14 2000 - 2021
Kenya 94.67 15 2000 - 2021
Mauritania 89.29 16 2000 - 2021
Nigeria 83.84 17 2000 - 2021
Ivory Coast 81.87 18 2000 - 2021
R. of Congo 80.51 19 2000 - 2021
Zambia 75.34 20 2000 - 2021
Senegal 71.22 21 2000 - 2021
G.-Bissau 68.82 22 2000 - 2021
Angola 64.16 23 2000 - 2021
Cameroon 63.79 24 2000 - 2021
Zimbabwe 62.74 25 2010 - 2021
Rwanda 60.22 26 2000 - 2021
Burkina Faso 56.95 27 2000 - 2021
Togo 54.15 28 2000 - 2021
Malawi 46.56 29 2000 - 2021
Guinea 44.69 30 2000 - 2021
Mozambique 44.52 31 2000 - 2021
Uganda 43.45 32 2000 - 2021
Sierra Leone 43.16 33 2000 - 2021
C.A. Republic 42.93 34 2000 - 2021
Mali 40.12 35 2000 - 2021
Tanzania 37.16 36 2000 - 2021
Chad 35.63 37 2000 - 2021
Benin 35.13 38 2000 - 2021
Niger 34.34 39 2000 - 2021
Ethiopia 26.48 40 2000 - 2021
Eritrea 25.36 41 2000 - 2021
Gambia 24.63 42 2000 - 2021
Burundi 24.27 43 2000 - 2021
DR Congo 22.32 44 2000 - 2021
Sudan 21.58 45 2000 - 2021
Madagascar 17.64 46 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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