Chile: External health expenditure per capita (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Chile's external health expenditure per capita (current US$) did not change US$0 on 2023 (from US$0 to US$0).

Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +US$0.000000000000000000302 and a typical year strayed about US$0.04 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below 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 US$0.11 in 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was US$0.11 in 2007. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 27% 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

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Closest to Chile in the 2024 ranking

• Luxembourg — 1st of 3: US$101.21
• Canada — 2nd of 3: US$0

What this measures

Current external expenditures on health per capita expressed in current US dollars. 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 25 values

External health expenditure per capita (current US$) in nearby economies

• Antigua and Barbuda — US$0 (2023)
• Argentina — US$12.36 (2023)
• Bahamas, The — US$11.61 (2023)
• Barbados — US$11.25 (2023)
• Belize — US$4.94 (2023)
• Bolivia — US$3.13 (2023)
• Brazil — US$0.19 (2023)
• Colombia — US$0.08 (2023)
• Costa Rica — US$0.13 (2023)
• Cuba

More health data for Chile

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 4.45% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 4.69% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 1.61 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 16.14% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 1.67 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 16.96% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 3.29 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 16.55% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 5.59% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

What is Chile's external health expenditure per capita (current US$)?

US$0 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

Is the latest change in external health expenditure per capita (current US$) unusual for Chile?

In 2024, Chile's external health expenditure per capita (current US$) did not change US$0 on 2023 (from US$0 to US$0). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +US$0.000000000000000000302 and a typical year strayed about US$0.04 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.XPD.EHEX.PC.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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