Nigeria - Domestic general government health expenditure

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure)

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) in Nigeria was 15.95 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 26.89 in 2001, while its lowest value was 13.02 in 2016.

Definition: Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic public sources for health. Domestic public sources include domestic revenue as internal transfers and grants, transfers, subsidies to voluntary health insurance beneficiaries, non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) or enterprise financing schemes as well as compulsory prepayment and social health insurance contributions. They do not include external resources spent by governments on health.

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

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Year Value
2000 18.31
2001 26.89
2002 21.33
2003 18.40
2004 25.94
2005 25.56
2006 21.18
2007 19.91
2008 17.87
2009 15.92
2010 13.60
2011 14.44
2012 16.20
2013 14.30
2014 13.32
2015 16.45
2016 13.02
2017 14.19
2018 16.10
2019 15.95

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP)

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Nigeria was 0.48 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 1.20 in 2004, while its lowest value was 0.45 in 2014.

Definition: Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of the economy as measured by GDP.

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

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Year Value
2000 0.59
2001 0.86
2002 0.53
2003 0.93
2004 1.20
2005 1.14
2006 0.90
2007 0.78
2008 0.66
2009 0.57
2010 0.45
2011 0.48
2012 0.54
2013 0.49
2014 0.45
2015 0.59
2016 0.47
2017 0.53
2018 0.50
2019 0.48

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Nigeria was 3.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 7.32 in 2006, while its lowest value was 2.37 in 2000.

Definition: Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of total public expenditure. It indicates the priority of the government to spend on health from own domestic public resources.

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

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Year Value
2000 2.37
2001 2.78
2002 2.74
2003 4.01
2004 6.55
2005 6.41
2006 7.32
2007 4.29
2008 4.59
2009 3.69
2010 2.70
2011 2.77
2012 3.67
2013 3.46
2014 3.34
2015 5.33
2016 4.87
2017 4.44
2018 3.88
2019 3.83

Domestic general government health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Domestic general government health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Nigeria was 11.40 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 16.08 in 2015 and 3.25 in 2000.

Definition: Public expenditure on health from domestic sources per capita expressed in current US dollars.

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

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Year Value
2000 3.25
2001 5.00
2002 3.88
2003 7.26
2004 11.58
2005 13.94
2006 14.10
2007 13.95
2008 14.52
2009 10.99
2010 10.44
2011 12.19
2012 15.00
2013 14.67
2014 14.37
2015 16.08
2016 10.34
2017 10.49
2018 10.71
2019 11.40

Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)

The latest value for Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Nigeria was 25.88 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 41.52 in 2005 and 14.18 in 2000.

Definition: Public expenditure on health from domestic sources 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 14.18
2001 22.17
2002 15.65
2003 29.07
2004 40.57
2005 41.52
2006 34.22
2007 31.76
2008 29.42
2009 27.98
2010 21.42
2011 23.81
2012 27.22
2013 25.57
2014 24.56
2015 31.97
2016 24.86
2017 27.65
2018 26.27
2019 25.88

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems