Barbados - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in Barbados was 6.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 7.78 in 2012, while its lowest value was 5.33 in 2000.

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.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 5.33
2001 5.53
2002 5.86
2003 6.68
2004 7.32
2005 6.77
2006 6.58
2007 6.06
2008 6.48
2009 7.15
2010 6.77
2011 6.90
2012 7.78
2013 7.50
2014 7.00
2015 6.77
2016 6.68
2017 6.62
2018 6.56
2019 6.30

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Barbados was 1,143.32 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,263.92 in 2012 and 600.81 in 2000.

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.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 600.81
2001 619.34
2002 665.92
2003 781.97
2004 915.30
2005 935.64
2006 1,000.62
2007 1,015.61
2008 1,107.05
2009 1,135.61
2010 1,087.66
2011 1,135.52
2012 1,263.92
2013 1,233.12
2014 1,153.88
2015 1,119.55
2016 1,129.19
2017 1,151.69
2018 1,164.55
2019 1,143.32

Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Barbados was 1,028.83 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,190.84 in 2012 and 677.41 in 2000.

Definition: Current expenditures on health per capita expressed in international dollars at purchasing power parity (PPP).

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 677.41
2001 697.88
2002 755.38
2003 893.52
2004 1,014.89
2005 1,002.88
2006 1,059.78
2007 1,018.62
2008 1,113.42
2009 1,170.58
2010 1,092.50
2011 1,124.90
2012 1,190.84
2013 1,149.43
2014 1,061.96
2015 1,050.83
2016 1,065.85
2017 1,045.57
2018 1,053.74
2019 1,028.83

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems