Eritrea - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in Eritrea was 4.46 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 7.34 in 2003, while its lowest value was 3.52 in 2016.

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 5.77
2001 5.92
2002 6.69
2003 7.34
2004 7.01
2005 6.86
2006 6.86
2007 5.28
2008 6.42
2009 5.39
2010 4.93
2011 5.22
2012 3.78
2013 5.01
2014 4.06
2015 4.45
2016 3.52
2017 3.73
2018 4.13
2019 4.46

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Eritrea was 25.27 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 33.54 in 2011 and 13.75 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 13.75
2001 14.51
2002 15.22
2003 19.00
2004 22.12
2005 20.64
2006 22.03
2007 17.97
2008 19.33
2009 22.40
2010 24.71
2011 33.54
2012 26.23
2013 29.88
2014 31.91
2015 26.82
2016 22.65
2017 20.80
2018 23.98
2019 25.27

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

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Eritrea was 81.85 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 94.20 in 2003 and 57.31 in 2017.

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 72.85
2001 80.22
2002 90.80
2003 94.20
2004 89.65
2005 89.36
2006 88.22
2007 68.87
2008 67.26
2009 62.70
2010 63.30
2011 84.85
2012 63.10
2013 75.43
2014 80.79
2015 70.77
2016 59.86
2017 57.31
2018 72.62
2019 81.85

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems