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

Key figures

Since 2000 it is up 85.71% from 3.16 in 2000 (2.73% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2023, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) fell 1.36 on 2022 (from 7.24 to 5.87).

Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +0.45 and a typical year strayed about 2.73 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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 6.86 in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 6.41 in 2005. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

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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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 18 values

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

• Afghanistan — 69.95 (2023)
• Algeria — 0.27 (2023)
• Bahrain — 0 (2023)
• Djibouti — 36.58 (2023)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 31.33 (2023)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 7.61 (2023)
• Iraq — 7.16 (2022)
• Israel — 58.37 (2023)
• Jordan

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 external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)?

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

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 85.71% from 3.16 in 2000 (2.73% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 11.71 in 2004 and the lowest 3.16 in 2000.

Is the latest change in external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) unusual for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

In 2023, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) fell 1.36 on 2022 (from 7.24 to 5.87). Across the 15 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +0.45 and a typical year strayed about 2.73 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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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