Mauritania - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in Mauritania was 3.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 4.03 in 2003, while its lowest value was 2.47 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 3.38
2001 3.57
2002 4.00
2003 4.03
2004 3.70
2005 3.40
2006 2.70
2007 2.88
2008 3.01
2009 3.11
2010 2.64
2011 2.47
2012 2.65
2013 2.87
2014 3.47
2015 3.67
2016 3.10
2017 3.34
2018 3.58
2019 3.30

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Mauritania was 57.88 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 58.05 in 2014 and 22.86 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 22.86
2001 23.08
2002 25.60
2003 28.95
2004 30.72
2005 33.05
2006 34.04
2007 39.04
2008 47.60
2009 43.21
2010 42.47
2011 46.50
2012 48.09
2013 54.27
2014 58.05
2015 55.99
2016 47.59
2017 52.67
2018 57.30
2019 57.88

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

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Mauritania was 187.05 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 187.05 in 2019 and 105.85 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 105.85
2001 110.42
2002 123.95
2003 132.26
2004 127.02
2005 126.97
2006 119.46
2007 124.37
2008 128.62
2009 130.07
2010 111.14
2011 109.23
2012 117.36
2013 135.50
2014 148.92
2015 154.30
2016 145.54
2017 169.44
2018 184.87
2019 187.05

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems