Africa Health

This table provides a list of health expenditure per capita for each country of Africa based on the latest figures available (2008) from the World Health Organisation. For comparative purposes the USA spends $7164 per capita (15.2% of GDP) whilst the UK spends $3222 (8.7%). This data will be updated shortly.

Africa Country	Health Spend/Capita (US$)	Health Expenditure % GDP
Algeria	437	5.4%
Angola	183	3.3%
Benin	61	4.1%
Botswana	1053	7.6%
Burkina Faso	82	5.9%
Burundi	50	13%
Cameroon	117	5.3%
Cape Verde	176	4.4%
Central African Republic	32	4.3%
>Chad	86	6.4%
Comoros	39	3.5%
Congo, Democratic Republic	23	7.3%
Congo, Republic of	108	2.7%
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	88	5.4%
>Djibouti	153	6.9%
Egypt	261	4.8%
Equatorial Guinea	658	1.9%
Eritrea	18	3.1%
Ethiopia	37	4.3%
Gabon	384	2.6%
Gambia	75	5.5%
Ghana	114	7.8%
Guinea	58	5.5%
Guinea-Bissau	48	8.6%
Kenya	66	4.2%
Lesotho	117	7.6%
Liberia	46	11.9%
Libya	502	3%
Madagascar	46	4.4%
Malawi	49	9.1%
Mali	65	5.6%
Mauritania	54	2.6%
Mauritius	681	5.5%
Morocco	231	5.3%
Mozambique	39	4.7%
Namibia	440	6.9%
Niger	40	5.9%
Nigeria	113	5.2%
Rwanda	102	9.4%
Sao Tome and Principe	153	8.7%
Senegal	102	5.7%
Seychelles	911	4.2%
Sierra Leone	104	13.3%
Somalia	N/A	N/A
South Africa	853	8.2%
South Sudan	N/A	N/A
Sudan	147	6.9%
Swaziland	287	5.8%
Tanzania	57	4.5%
Togo	70	6.2%
Tunisia	500	6.4%
Western Sahara	N/A	N/A
Uganda	112	7.8%
Zambia	80	5.9%
Zimbabwe	N/A	N/A