Trinidad and Tobago - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in Trinidad and Tobago was 7.02 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 7.02 in 2019, while its lowest value was 3.66 in 2008.

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 4.23
2001 4.03
2002 4.72
2003 4.19
2004 4.31
2005 4.43
2006 4.15
2007 4.15
2008 3.66
2009 5.49
2010 5.08
2011 4.72
2012 4.88
2013 5.03
2014 5.20
2015 6.08
2016 6.83
2017 6.99
2018 6.71
2019 7.02

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Trinidad and Tobago was 1,167.93 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,167.93 in 2019 and 277.22 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 277.22
2001 284.30
2002 338.29
2003 374.00
2004 449.85
2005 553.07
2006 593.24
2007 696.39
2008 784.50
2009 810.80
2010 861.51
2011 911.38
2012 934.34
2013 1,013.18
2014 1,054.45
2015 1,107.19
2016 1,110.37
2017 1,131.28
2018 1,143.17
2019 1,167.93

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

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Trinidad and Tobago was 1,834.96 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 1,842.56 in 2017 and 626.67 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 626.67
2001 632.17
2002 807.97
2003 829.69
2004 941.78
2005 1,053.68
2006 1,146.93
2007 1,229.22
2008 1,133.42
2009 1,640.21
2010 1,576.48
2011 1,478.96
2012 1,466.24
2013 1,511.95
2014 1,544.85
2015 1,665.38
2016 1,803.14
2017 1,842.56
2018 1,796.03
2019 1,834.96

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems