External health expenditure per capita in IBRD only
IBRD only: External health expenditure per capita was 1.6 current US$ in 2023. ▲ Rising
External health expenditure per capita in IBRD only, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in current US$.
Analysis
IBRD only recorded 1.6 current US$ for external health expenditure per capita in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, external health expenditure per capita in IBRD only peaked at 1.6 current US$ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3878 current US$, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8718 current US$ | 0.3878 current US$ | 1.3 current US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.02 current US$ | 0.5792 current US$ | 1.53 current US$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.37 current US$ | 0.787 current US$ | 1.6 current US$ | 4 |
More health data for IBRD only
- Population ages 65 and above, female 295.55 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 11.9% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 234.23 million (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total 529.78 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 22.0% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 1.07 billion (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 10.6% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 1.74 billion (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 67.3% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 1.67 billion (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is external health expenditure per capita in IBRD only?
- External health expenditure per capita in IBRD only was 1.6 current US$ in 2023, according to Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest external health expenditure per capita recorded in IBRD only?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6 current US$ in 2023.
- What is the lowest external health expenditure per capita recorded in IBRD only?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3878 current US$ in 2000.
- Is external health expenditure per capita rising or falling in IBRD only?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IBRD only data come from?
- The figures come from Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of External health expenditure per capita (current US$). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.