Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Domestic private health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s domestic private health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) rose 65.05 on 2022 (from 705.37 to 770.42).

Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +18.44 and a typical year strayed about 21.12 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 86.29 in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 22.74 in 2020. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 25.89 a year. A straight line explains 88% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 787.57 for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2021 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 71.51, against 132.66 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

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What this measures

Current private expenditures on health per capita expressed in international dollars at purchasing power parity.

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

All 24 values

Domestic private health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 254.42 (2023)
• Algeria — 343.22 (2023)
• Bahrain — 1,041 (2023)
• Djibouti — 46.99 (2023)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 581.58 (2023)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 559.29 (2023)
• Iraq — 454.96 (2023)
• Israel — 1,344 (2023)

More health data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 6.8% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 7.31% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 68.88 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 21.64% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 71.68 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 23.24% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 140.57 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

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Questions people ask

What is Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s domestic private health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)?

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

How has it changed since 2000?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.XPD.PVTD.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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