Saudi Arabia - Domestic general government health expenditure

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure)

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) in Saudi Arabia was 69.17 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 72.98 in 2006, while its lowest value was 61.93 in 2010.

Definition: Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic public sources for health. Domestic public sources include domestic revenue as internal transfers and grants, transfers, subsidies to voluntary health insurance beneficiaries, non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH) or enterprise financing schemes as well as compulsory prepayment and social health insurance contributions. They do not include external resources spent by governments on health.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 72.05
2001 72.54
2002 72.31
2003 72.37
2004 71.48
2005 72.50
2006 72.98
2007 70.39
2008 63.59
2009 64.99
2010 61.93
2011 67.07
2012 68.28
2013 69.59
2014 71.37
2015 68.47
2016 66.71
2017 71.85
2018 70.30
2019 69.17

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP)

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Saudi Arabia was 3.93 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 4.50 in 2017, while its lowest value was 1.89 in 2008.

Definition: Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of the economy as measured by GDP.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 3.03
2001 3.24
2002 3.07
2003 2.88
2004 2.56
2005 2.48
2006 2.64
2007 2.51
2008 1.89
2009 2.79
2010 2.26
2011 2.49
2012 2.74
2013 3.11
2014 3.73
2015 4.11
2016 3.89
2017 4.50
2018 4.04
2019 3.93

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure)

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in Saudi Arabia was 11.05 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 13.51 in 2017, while its lowest value was 6.84 in 2010.

Definition: Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of total public expenditure. It indicates the priority of the government to spend on health from own domestic public resources.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 9.16
2001 8.76
2002 8.57
2003 8.70
2004 8.24
2005 8.80
2006 9.69
2007 8.51
2008 7.08
2009 7.52
2010 6.84
2011 7.58
2012 8.26
2013 8.75
2014 9.28
2015 10.06
2016 10.06
2017 13.51
2018 11.05
2019 11.05

Domestic general government health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Domestic general government health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Saudi Arabia was 910.52 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 943.07 in 2018 and 267.20 in 2002.

Definition: Public expenditure on health from domestic sources per capita expressed in current US dollars.

Source: World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database).

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Year Value
2000 278.31
2001 281.08
2002 267.20
2003 276.75
2004 286.54
2005 341.54
2006 405.83
2007 413.86
2008 379.36
2009 449.27
2010 435.18
2011 591.14
2012 692.87
2013 772.15
2014 912.79
2015 847.25
2016 773.89
2017 936.00
2018 943.07
2019 910.52

Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)

The latest value for Domestic general government health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Saudi Arabia was 1,929.67 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 2,128.53 in 2017 and 983.38 in 2008.

Definition: Public expenditure on health from domestic sources 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 1,210.26
2001 1,270.05
2002 1,157.47
2003 1,193.46
2004 1,142.62
2005 1,168.82
2006 1,282.46
2007 1,238.50
2008 983.38
2009 1,392.26
2010 1,164.17
2011 1,397.41
2012 1,574.52
2013 1,737.55
2014 2,079.20
2015 1,996.60
2016 1,770.72
2017 2,128.53
2018 1,970.11
2019 1,929.67

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems