São Tomé and Principe - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in São Tomé and Principe was 5.53 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 12.62 in 2003, while its lowest value was 5.34 in 2015.

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 10.51
2001 10.83
2002 10.66
2003 12.62
2004 11.87
2005 11.52
2006 8.28
2007 8.17
2008 7.11
2009 7.20
2010 6.84
2011 6.76
2012 6.48
2013 7.94
2014 6.73
2015 5.34
2016 6.43
2017 6.46
2018 5.84
2019 5.53

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in São Tomé and Principe was 108.45 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 125.18 in 2013 and 53.57 in 2001.

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 56.68
2001 53.57
2002 57.77
2003 80.14
2004 80.70
2005 91.50
2006 68.26
2007 71.04
2008 78.14
2009 76.83
2010 74.94
2011 85.39
2012 86.82
2013 125.18
2014 120.01
2015 85.22
2016 109.98
2017 117.01
2018 115.02
2019 108.45

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

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in São Tomé and Principe was 226.81 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 263.43 in 2013 and 188.09 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 188.09
2001 199.35
2002 200.54
2003 252.48
2004 247.86
2005 259.14
2006 203.98
2007 207.52
2008 193.65
2009 196.70
2010 196.94
2011 202.50
2012 191.34
2013 263.43
2014 256.97
2015 204.95
2016 250.12
2017 253.00
2018 236.90
2019 226.81

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems