Health spending per capita - Country rankings
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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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