Health · Sierra Leone
Yearly data from 2000 to 2023, from the World Bank.
Sierra Leone's current health expenditure per capita (current US$) was US$35.76 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 57.9% from US$84.94 in 2013 (8.29% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$35.76 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | US$44.83 | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | US$84.94 | 2013 |
| Highest | US$143.61 | 2014 |
| Lowest | US$17.67 | 2000 |
| Average since 2014 | US$65.67 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | US$17.67 | 2000 |
Over five years it is down 20.22% from US$44.83 in 2018 (4.42% a year on average, compounded). Since 2000 it is up 102.41% from US$17.67 in 2000 (3.11% a year on average, compounded).
In 2023, Sierra Leone's current health expenditure per capita (current US$) fell US$5.56 on 2022 (from US$41.32 to US$35.76).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +US$1.08 and a typical year strayed about US$19.43 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 US$58.67 in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was US$36.85 in 2017. 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 downward, about US$10.33 a year. A straight line explains 70% 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.
In 2023, Sierra Leone had the 155th highest value of the 167 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | US$35.76 | 2023 |
| World | US$1,317 | 2023 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | US$79.37 | 2023 |
| Low income | US$37.74 | 2023 |
Current expenditures on health per capita in current US dollars. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
| Year | Current health expenditure per capita (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 35.76 |
| 2022 | 41.32 |
| 2021 | 44.9 |
| 2020 | 47.89 |
| 2019 | 48.14 |
| 2018 | 44.83 |
| 2017 | 47.38 |
| 2016 | 84.22 |
| 2015 | 118.66 |
| 2014 | 143.61 |
| 2013 | 84.94 |
| 2012 | 51.99 |
| 2011 | 49.63 |
| 2010 | 37.85 |
| 2009 | 39.3 |
| 2008 | 37.23 |
| 2007 | 31.91 |
| 2006 | 29.63 |
| 2005 | 26.05 |
| 2004 | 23.03 |
| 2003 | 21.78 |
| 2002 | 22.29 |
| 2001 | 19.32 |
| 2000 | 17.67 |
Every indicator for Sierra Leone is on the Sierra Leone data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.XPD.CHEX.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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