Djibouti: External health expenditure (% of current health expenditure)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Djibouti's external health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) fell 3.57 percentage points on 2022 (from 27.16% to 23.6%).

Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +0.64 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.74 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 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 23.78 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.51 percentage points in 2022. 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 8% 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, Djibouti had the 29th 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.

Closest to Djibouti in the 2023 ranking

• Ethiopia — 25th of 161: 26.88%
• Comoros — 26th of 161: 26.77%
• Guinea-Bissau — 27th of 161: 25.14%
• Marshall Islands — 29th of 161: 22.94%
• Chad — 30th of 161: 22.35%
• Afghanistan — 31st of 161: 21.21%

What this measures

Share of current health expenditures funded from external sources. External sources compose of direct foreign transfers and foreign transfers distributed by government encompassing all financial inflows into the national health system from outside the country. External sources either flow through the government scheme or are channeled through non-governmental organizations or other schemes.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 24 values

External health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 21.21% (2023)
• Algeria — 0.04% (2023)
• Bahrain — 0% (2023)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 3.46% (2023)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 0.71% (2023)
• Iraq — 1.15% (2022)
• Israel — 1.45% (2023)
• Jordan — 6.94% (2023)
• Kuwait — 0% (2023)

More health data for Djibouti

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 9.53% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 9.98% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 168,516 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 28.21% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 172,534 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 29.4% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 341,051 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 28.8% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 9.33% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Djibouti's external health expenditure (% of current health expenditure)?

23.6% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 10.46 percentage points from 13.13% in 2000. The highest value was 44.68% in 2021 and the lowest 11.28% in 2011.

How does Djibouti rank?

29th highest of 161 economies with data for 2023.

Is the latest change in external health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) unusual for Djibouti?

In 2023, Djibouti's external health expenditure (% of current health expenditure) fell 3.57 percentage points on 2022 (from 27.16% to 23.6%). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +0.64 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 8.74 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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.CH.ZS, 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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