Domestic private health expenditure per capita (current US$) - Country Ranking - Africa

Definition: Current private expenditures on health per capita expressed in current US dollars. Domestic private sources include funds from households, corporations and non-profit organizations. Such expenditures can be either prepaid to voluntary health insurance or paid directly to healthcare providers.

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

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Mauritius 361.26 2019
2 Seychelles 228.98 2019
3 South Africa 219.42 2019
4 Namibia 206.99 2019
5 Equatorial Guinea 198.39 2019
6 Libya 113.63 2011
7 Egypt 106.62 2019
8 Morocco 103.50 2019
9 Tunisia 99.05 2019
10 Algeria 86.76 2019
11 Gabon 84.12 2019
12 Botswana 73.81 2019
13 Eswatini 61.12 2019
14 Zimbabwe 54.41 2019
15 Nigeria 50.96 2019
16 Cabo Verde 48.73 2019
17 Comoros 47.99 2019
18 Cameroon 44.51 2019
19 Guinea-Bissau 42.74 2019
20 Côte d'Ivoire 41.81 2019
21 Angola 39.66 2019
22 Togo 38.78 2019
23 Ghana 36.50 2019
24 Senegal 33.70 2019
25 Sudan 33.20 2019
26 Liberia 31.13 2019
27 Kenya 29.62 2019
28 Mauritania 29.32 2019
29 Guinea 28.70 2019
30 Congo 26.25 2019
31 Sierra Leone 25.85 2019
32 Central African Republic 22.81 2019
33 São Tomé and Principe 20.84 2019
34 Chad 18.58 2019
35 Burkina Faso 17.95 2019
36 Lesotho 17.61 2019
37 Djibouti 15.81 2019
38 Benin 15.44 2019
39 Niger 15.40 2019
40 Uganda 13.89 2019
41 Rwanda 13.50 2019
42 Ethiopia 11.55 2019
43 Mali 11.28 2019
44 Zambia 11.24 2019
45 Eritrea 10.91 2019
46 Dem. Rep. Congo 9.33 2019
47 Tanzania 9.27 2019
48 Burundi 8.43 2019
49 The Gambia 8.17 2019
50 Madagascar 7.86 2019
51 Malawi 7.25 2019
52 Mozambique 6.31 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