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 |
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