South Asia - Domestic general government health expenditure

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

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) in South Asia was 31.78 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 31.78 in 2019, while its lowest value was 19.85 in 2004.

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 23.54
2001 21.37
2002 21.04
2003 20.38
2004 19.85
2005 21.12
2006 20.96
2007 21.63
2008 22.83
2009 25.31
2010 25.78
2011 28.24
2012 27.60
2013 23.58
2014 23.91
2015 25.61
2016 26.70
2017 31.49
2018 29.71
2019 31.78

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP)

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP) in South Asia was 0.984 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 0.984 in 2019, while its lowest value was 0.731 in 2004.

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 0.876
2001 0.831
2002 0.825
2003 0.754
2004 0.731
2005 0.762
2006 0.739
2007 0.750
2008 0.786
2009 0.863
2010 0.838
2011 0.904
2012 0.900
2013 0.856
2014 0.845
2015 0.901
2016 0.923
2017 0.942
2018 0.906
2019 0.984

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

Domestic general government health expenditure (% of general government expenditure) in South Asia was 3.35 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 3.64 in 2000, while its lowest value was 3.14 in 2003.

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 3.64
2001 3.50
2002 3.28
2003 3.14
2004 3.24
2005 3.36
2006 3.29
2007 3.26
2008 3.24
2009 3.42
2010 3.30
2011 3.55
2012 3.57
2013 3.45
2014 3.45
2015 3.58
2016 3.55
2017 3.54
2018 3.35

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

The latest value for Domestic general government health expenditure per capita (current US$) in South Asia was 19.26 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 19.26 in 2019 and 3.90 in 2001.

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 4.12
2001 3.90
2002 3.96
2003 4.11
2004 4.55
2005 5.39
2006 5.82
2007 7.20
2008 8.02
2009 9.01
2010 10.68
2011 12.63
2012 12.41
2013 12.11
2014 12.68
2015 14.11
2016 15.22
2017 17.44
2018 17.27
2019 19.26

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 South Asia was 64.65 as of 2019. Over the past 19 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 64.65 in 2019 and 18.59 in 2003.

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 18.71
2001 18.79
2002 19.04
2003 18.59
2004 19.60
2005 22.21
2006 23.32
2007 25.83
2008 27.92
2009 32.49
2010 33.77
2011 38.12
2012 41.01
2013 40.55
2014 41.54
2015 46.29
2016 50.46
2017 54.57
2018 56.22
2019 64.65

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Health systems