Indicators · People and labour
Health spending per person
Current spending on health from all sources (government, insurance, households, donors) per person, in US dollars.
Why it matters
The size of the health market per head, public and private together.
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Published with a lag of two to three years.
Health spending: highest in Seychelles, lowest in Madagascar
Health spending per person, US$ per person. Latest year available, 2023. 16 of 16 countries have data.
$41
$76
$120
$490
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Ranked: health spendingiWhy it mattersThe size of the health market per head, public and private together.
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How spread out SADC is
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Health spending per person against income per person
Each bubble is a SADC country, sized by population. Dashed lines mark the SADC medians. Countries far from the pattern are worth a closer look.
Table
The same figures as the map, for screen readers and copying.| Rank | Country | Value | Year | Five-year change | Grade | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seychelles | $766 | 2023 | up 12% since 2018 | B | |
| 2 | Mauritius | $616 | 2023 | down 4% since 2018 | B | |
| 3 | South Africa | $537 | 2023 | down 4% since 2018 | B | |
| 4 | Botswana | $490 | 2023 | up 9% since 2018 | B | |
| 5 | Namibia | $397 | 2023 | down 13% since 2018 | B | |
| 6 | Eswatini | $296 | 2023 | up 1% since 2018 | B | |
| 7 | Lesotho | $123 | 2023 | down 6% since 2018 | B | |
| 8 | Comoros | $102 | 2023 | up 37% since 2018 | B | |
| 9 | Zambia | $80 | 2023 | up 14% since 2018 | B | |
| 10 | Angola | $76 | 2023 | down 9% since 2018 | B | |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | $63 | 2023 | down 45% since 2018 | B | |
| 12 | Mozambique | $53 | 2023 | up 28% since 2018 | B | |
| 13 | Malawi | $41 | 2023 | up 12% since 2018 | B | |
| 14 | Tanzania | $36 | 2023 | down 12% since 2018 | B | |
| 15 | DRC | $23 | 2023 | up 36% since 2018 | B | |
| 16 | Madagascar | $17 | 2023 | down 17% since 2018 | B |