Indicator Dictionary

Description

Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditures as a ratio of total population. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Value Range

From about US$ 10 in Eritrea to US$ 8,183 in Luxembourg.

Data

<div style="width:500px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height:20px"><div style="background-color:#333; padding:0px 5px; font-weight:bold"><div style="color:#fff; font-size:12px; line-height:20px;"><a href="http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.PCAP/countries?display=default" style="color:#fff;text-decoration:none;" class="active">Health expenditure per capita (current US$)</a></div></div><script type="text/javascript">widgetContext = { "url": "http://data.worldbank.org/widgets/indicator/0/web_widgets_2/SH.XPD.PCAP/countries", "width": 500, "height": 325, "widgetid": "web_widget_iframe_8b94f93fd7e5ecd56aa23ea4f5a00dd6" };</script><div id="web_widget_iframe_8b94f93fd7e5ecd56aa23ea4f5a00dd6"></div><script src="http://data.worldbank.org/profiles/datafinder/modules/contrib/web_widgets/iframe/web_widgets_iframe.js"></script><div style="font-size: 10px; color:#000">Data from <a href="http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.PCAP/countries?display=default" style="color:#CCC;">World Bank</a></div></div>

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Sources

Data for this indicator are provided at http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.PCAP/

<div style="width:400px; font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height:20px"><div style="background-color:#333; padding:0px 5px; font-weight:bold"><div style="color:#fff; font-size:12px; line-height:20px;"><a href="http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.PCAP/countries?display=map" style="color:#fff;text-decoration:none;" class="active">Health expenditure per capita (current US$)</a></div></div><script type="text/javascript">widgetContext = { "url": "http://data.worldbank.org/widgets/indicator/0/web_widgets_1/SH.XPD.PCAP/countries", "width": 400, "height": 225, "widgetid": "web_widget_iframe_4cf37f02fcbd2524b343f7872b9cf8d2" };</script><div id="web_widget_iframe_4cf37f02fcbd2524b343f7872b9cf8d2"></div><script src="http://data.worldbank.org/profiles/datafinder/modules/contrib/web_widgets/iframe/web_widgets_iframe.js"></script><div style="font-size: 10px; color:#000">Data from <a href="http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.PCAP/countries?display=map" style="color:#CCC;">World Bank</a></div></div>