High income - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in High income was 12.53 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 12.53 in 2019, while its lowest value was 9.42 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 9.42
2001 9.91
2002 10.34
2003 10.51
2004 10.48
2005 10.51
2006 10.57
2007 10.55
2008 10.72
2009 11.67
2010 11.57
2011 11.59
2012 11.71
2013 11.74
2014 11.90
2015 12.28
2016 12.45
2017 12.41
2018 12.34
2019 12.53

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in High income was 5,736 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 5,736 in 2019 and 2,456 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 2,456
2001 2,545
2002 2,755
2003 3,127
2004 3,443
2005 3,626
2006 3,820
2007 4,144
2008 4,433
2009 4,493
2010 4,634
2011 4,980
2012 4,995
2013 5,028
2014 5,174
2015 5,006
2016 5,173
2017 5,358
2018 5,629
2019 5,736

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

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in High income was 6,328 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 6,328 in 2019 and 2,579 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 2,579
2001 2,771
2002 2,977
2003 3,164
2004 3,345
2005 3,523
2006 3,757
2007 3,954
2008 4,139
2009 4,341
2010 4,472
2011 4,666
2012 4,817
2013 4,984
2014 5,179
2015 5,382
2016 5,601
2017 5,816
2018 6,086
2019 6,328

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems