Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean

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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Rank Country Value Year
1 The Bahamas 2,004.62 2019
2 Panama 1,192.82 2019
3 Trinidad and Tobago 1,167.93 2019
4 Barbados 1,143.32 2019
5 St. Kitts and Nevis 1,087.80 2019
6 Cuba 1,031.92 2019
7 Costa Rica 921.59 2019
8 Antigua and Barbuda 760.27 2019
9 Grenada 534.27 2019
10 St. Lucia 502.18 2019
11 Dominican Republic 491.06 2019
12 Dominica 440.17 2019
13 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 354.81 2019
14 Jamaica 327.40 2019
15 El Salvador 300.05 2019
16 Belize 293.41 2019
17 Guatemala 271.02 2019
18 Honduras 187.55 2019
19 Nicaragua 160.76 2019
20 Haiti 56.99 2019

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Development Relevance: Strengthening health financing is one objective of Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG target 3.c). The levels and trends of health expenditure data identify key issues such as weaknesses and strengths and areas that need investment, for instance additional health facilities, better health information systems, or better trained human resources. Health financing is also critical for reaching universal health coverage (UHC) defined as all people obtaining the quality health services they need without suffering financial hardship (SDG 3.8). The data on out-of-pocket spending is a key indicator with regard to financial protection and hence of progress towards UHC.

Original Source Notes: The World Health Organization (WHO) has revised health expenditure data using the new international classification for health expenditures in the revised System of Health Accounts (SHA 2011). WHO’s Global Health Expenditure Database in this new version i

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The health expenditure estimates have been prepared by the World Health Organization under the framework of the System of Health Accounts 2011 (SHA 2011). The Health SHA 2011 tracks all health spending in a given country over a defined period of time regardless of the entity or institution that financed and managed that spending. It generates consistent and comprehensive data on health spending in a country, which in turn can contribute to evidence-based policy-making.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual