Zambia - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in Zambia was 5.31 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 7.19 in 2003, while its lowest value was 3.46 in 2011.

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 7.15
2001 6.55
2002 6.79
2003 7.19
2004 7.05
2005 6.86
2006 5.87
2007 4.35
2008 4.01
2009 4.43
2010 3.72
2011 3.46
2012 3.93
2013 4.69
2014 3.83
2015 4.44
2016 4.48
2017 4.38
2018 5.03
2019 5.31

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Zambia was 69.32 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 88.13 in 2013 and 24.72 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 24.72
2001 25.09
2002 25.97
2003 31.31
2004 37.97
2005 48.21
2006 61.58
2007 48.95
2008 55.94
2009 51.36
2010 55.39
2011 57.88
2012 69.30
2013 88.13
2014 67.50
2015 59.34
2016 57.36
2017 67.20
2018 76.31
2019 69.32

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

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Zambia was 192.52 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 192.52 in 2019 and 109.98 in 2008.

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 117.65
2001 113.01
2002 121.22
2003 136.20
2004 143.06
2005 150.03
2006 139.02
2007 111.60
2008 109.98
2009 129.84
2010 118.23
2011 115.03
2012 134.53
2013 167.88
2014 135.53
2015 152.14
2016 152.43
2017 152.54
2018 181.55
2019 192.52

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems