Nepal - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in Nepal was 4.45 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 5.47 in 2015, while its lowest value was 3.13 in 2000.

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 3.13
2001 3.80
2002 3.93
2003 3.85
2004 4.04
2005 3.94
2006 3.54
2007 3.66
2008 3.81
2009 3.89
2010 4.35
2011 4.44
2012 4.49
2013 4.63
2014 5.08
2015 5.47
2016 5.42
2017 4.72
2018 4.53
2019 4.45

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Nepal was 53.25 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 53.25 in 2019 and 8.55 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 8.55
2001 10.52
2002 10.72
2003 11.34
2004 13.23
2005 14.46
2006 13.94
2007 17.40
2008 19.09
2009 21.09
2010 29.98
2011 34.68
2012 34.33
2013 36.02
2014 43.17
2015 47.89
2016 48.32
2017 50.31
2018 51.14
2019 53.25

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

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Nepal was 176.96 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 176.96 in 2019 and 42.34 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 42.34
2001 54.26
2002 56.14
2003 57.37
2004 63.85
2005 65.69
2006 61.97
2007 67.39
2008 74.95
2009 80.04
2010 94.41
2011 101.65
2012 112.51
2013 125.12
2014 149.59
2015 163.78
2016 162.15
2017 168.34
2018 171.21
2019 176.96

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems