El Salvador's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) was 10.43 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 46.2% from 19.38 in 2013 (6.01% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 10.43 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 1.34 | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 19.38 | 2013 |
| Highest | 41.36 | 2009 |
| Lowest | 0.02 | 2019 |
| Average since 2014 | 7.48 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 3.57 | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, El Salvador's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) fell 2.87 on 2022 (from 13.3 to 10.43).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +0.44 and a typical year strayed about 9.62 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 24.17 in 2009 and the biggest yearly fall was 29.01 in 2011. 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 1% 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, El Salvador had the 98th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 10.43 | 2023 |
| World | 11.4 | 2023 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 5.75 | 2023 |
| Upper middle income | 3.07 | 2023 |
Closest to El Salvador in the 2023 ranking
- Lithuania — 95th of 161: 12.16
- Bahamas, The — 96th of 161: 11.89
- Niger — 97th of 161: 11.15
- Barbados — 99th of 161: 10.09
- Dominican Republic — 100th of 161: 10.01
- Greece — 101st of 161: 9.45
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 | 10.43 |
| 2022 | 13.3 |
| 2021 | 9.81 |
| 2020 | 2.31 |
| 2019 | 0.0244 |
| 2018 | 1.34 |
| 2017 | 0.8444 |
| 2016 | 11.83 |
| 2015 | 11.24 |
| 2014 | 13.67 |
| 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)
- Brazil — 0.39 (2023)
- Chile — 0 (2024)
- Colombia
More health data for El Salvador
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 7.13% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 8.25% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 755,631 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 22.61% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 796,552 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 26.34% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 1.55 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 24.38% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 7.42% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is El Salvador's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)?
- 10.43 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 192.2% from 3.57 in 2000 (4.77% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 41.36 in 2009 and the lowest 0.02 in 2019.
- How does El Salvador rank?
- 98th highest of 161 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) unusual for El Salvador?
- In 2023, El Salvador's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) fell 2.87 on 2022 (from 13.3 to 10.43). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +0.44 and a typical year strayed about 9.62 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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.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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