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Samoa vs Vanuatu: External health expenditure per capita

Samoa
48.4 current US$
in 2023
Vanuatu
45.84 current US$
in 2023
Samoa rank
12th
Vanuatu rank
13th

External health expenditure per capita over time

  • Samoa
  • Vanuatu
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 48.4 current US$ against 45.84 current US$ in Vanuatu, a difference of 2.57 current US$.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Vanuatu's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Globally, Samoa ranks 12th and Vanuatu ranks 13th of 177 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
External health expenditure per capita (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
219 places, 4,936 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Current external expenditures on health per capita expressed in current US dollars. External sources are composed of direct foreign transfers and foreign transfers distributed by government encompassing all financial inflows into the national health system from outside the country.