Current health expenditure (% of GDP)

Indicator id: health_spend_gdp_share · Unit: % · Coverage: 2000-2022

Estimated current spending on health per capita expressed as a share of GDP, excluding capital investment in health infrastructure.

Sources

• World Bank (preferred) -- dataset WDI, code SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS (https://data.worldbank.org)

Caveats

Includes government, out-of-pocket and donor health spending combined; does not separate the (large, in Nepal's case) out-of-pocket share.

Taxonomy

SDG: SDG 3.8 -- Achieve universal health coverage
Topic: Health, Public Sector
Themes: health

Also known as

"health spending", "health budget", "how much does Nepal spend on health"

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