Brazil's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) was 0.39 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 54.27% from 0.85 in 2013 (7.53% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.39 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 1.25 | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.85 | 2013 |
| Highest | 4.54 | 2004 |
| Lowest | 0.11 | 2022 |
| Average since 2014 | 1.35 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 2.41 | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Brazil's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) rose 0.28 on 2022 (from 0.11 to 0.39).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was −0.1 and a typical year strayed about 1.45 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2.96 in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.94 in 2005. 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 3% 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, Brazil had the 133rd 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 0.39 | 2023 |
| World | 11.4 | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 5.75 | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 3.07 | 2023 |
Closest to Brazil in the 2023 ranking
- United Kingdom — 130th of 161: 0.55
- Philippines — 131st of 161: 0.5
- Paraguay — 132nd of 161: 0.46
- Estonia — 134th of 161: 0.33
- Algeria — 135th of 161: 0.27
- Colombia — 136th of 161: 0.23
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 | 0.3897 |
| 2022 | 0.1055 |
| 2021 | 2.3 |
| 2020 | 2.37 |
| 2019 | 2.25 |
| 2018 | 1.25 |
| 2017 | 0.9126 |
| 2016 | 1.04 |
| 2015 | 1.04 |
| 2014 | 1.83 |
| 2013 |
External health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 0 (2023)
- Argentina — 26.21 (2023)
- Bahamas, The — 11.89 (2023)
- Barbados — 10.09 (2023)
- Belize — 9.15 (2023)
- Bolivia — 9.27 (2023)
- Chile — 0 (2024)
- Colombia — 0.23 (2023)
- Costa Rica
More health data for Brazil
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 5.83% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 6.28% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 20.21 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 18.69% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 21.05 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 20.11% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 41.26 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 19.39% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 6.34% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Brazil's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)?
- 0.39 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is down 83.84% from 2.41 in 2000 (7.62% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 4.54 in 2004 and the lowest 0.11 in 2022.
- How does Brazil rank?
- 133rd highest of 161 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) unusual for Brazil?
- In 2023, Brazil's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) rose 0.28 on 2022 (from 0.11 to 0.39). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was −0.1 and a typical year strayed about 1.45 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
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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