Azerbaijan's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) was 4.37 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 6.81% from 4.09 in 2013 (0.66% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 4.37 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 3.54 | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 4.09 | 2013 |
| Highest | 25.66 | 2022 |
| Lowest | 0.94 | 2002 |
| Average since 2014 | 5.87 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 1.96 | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Azerbaijan's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) fell 21.29 on 2022 (from 25.66 to 4.37).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +1.08 and a typical year strayed about 5.02 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 22.24 in 2022 and the biggest yearly fall was 21.29 in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 11% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2023, Azerbaijan had the 113th highest value of the 161 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | 4.37 | 2023 |
| World | 11.4 | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 3.07 | 2023 |
Closest to Azerbaijan in the 2023 ranking
- Equatorial Guinea — 110th of 161: 6.33
- Mali — 111th of 161: 6.22
- Sudan — 112th of 161: 4.61
- Latvia — 114th of 161: 4.34
- Turkmenistan — 115th of 161: 3.91
- Morocco — 116th of 161: 3.76
What this measures
Current external expenditures on health per capita expressed in international dollars at purchasing power parity. 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.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 24 values
| Year | External health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.37 |
| 2022 | 25.66 |
| 2021 | 3.42 |
| 2020 | 2.09 |
| 2019 | 2.01 |
| 2018 | 3.54 |
| 2017 | 3.55 |
| 2016 | 2.95 |
| 2015 | 5.09 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2013 |
External health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in nearby economies
More health data for Azerbaijan
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 5.62% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 6.52% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 1.03 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 19.71% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 1.14 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 22.75% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 2.17 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 21.2% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 6.49% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Azerbaijan's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)?
- 4.37 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 122.94% from 1.96 in 2000 (3.55% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 25.66 in 2022 and the lowest 0.94 in 2002.
- How does Azerbaijan rank?
- 113th highest of 161 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) unusual for Azerbaijan?
- In 2023, Azerbaijan's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) fell 21.29 on 2022 (from 25.66 to 4.37). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +1.08 and a typical year strayed about 5.02 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.XPD.EHEX.PP.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: http://apps.who.int/nha/database Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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