Sierra Leone - Current health expenditure

Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health expenditure (% of GDP) in Sierra Leone was 8.75 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 20.41 in 2015, while its lowest value was 8.29 in 2018.

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 11.52
2001 10.97
2002 11.42
2003 10.83
2004 10.96
2005 11.04
2006 10.39
2007 10.04
2008 9.87
2009 11.10
2010 10.94
2011 13.28
2012 10.59
2013 11.57
2014 19.73
2015 20.41
2016 16.53
2017 9.40
2018 8.29
2019 8.75

Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Sierra Leone was 46.16 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 140.99 in 2014 and 23.31 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 23.31
2001 25.17
2002 28.83
2003 28.86
2004 29.22
2005 32.27
2006 33.62
2007 36.17
2008 40.34
2009 43.42
2010 43.97
2011 59.54
2012 59.98
2013 82.92
2014 140.99
2015 120.91
2016 87.10
2017 46.69
2018 44.27
2019 46.16

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

The latest value for Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in Sierra Leone was 157.00 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 352.66 in 2014 and 70.19 in 2001.

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 116.48
2001 70.19
2002 89.83
2003 90.54
2004 96.01
2005 100.29
2006 98.21
2007 102.39
2008 105.71
2009 120.80
2010 124.11
2011 159.80
2012 148.85
2013 202.04
2014 352.66
2015 326.45
2016 277.35
2017 153.57
2018 141.24
2019 157.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems