Vanuatu's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) was 45.13 in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 6.89% from 48.47 in 2013 (0.71% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 45.13 | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 29.46 | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 48.47 | 2013 |
| Highest | 89.87 | 2021 |
| Lowest | 10.67 | 2001 |
| Average since 2014 | 50.45 | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 10.89 | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Vanuatu's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) fell 23.26 on 2022 (from 68.39 to 45.13).
Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +2.61 and a typical year strayed about 16.94 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 56.34 in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 25.1 in 2015. 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, Vanuatu had the 41st 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vanuatu | 45.13 | 2023 |
| World | 11.4 | 2023 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 1.8 | 2023 |
| Lower middle income | 17.25 | 2023 |
Closest to Vanuatu in the 2023 ranking
- Burkina Faso — 38th of 161: 46.84
- Zimbabwe — 39th of 161: 46.38
- Sierra Leone — 40th of 161: 45.29
- Bhutan — 42nd of 161: 43.61
- Tajikistan — 43rd of 161: 43.35
- Liberia — 44th of 161: 42.62
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 | 45.13 |
| 2022 | 68.39 |
| 2021 | 89.87 |
| 2020 | 33.53 |
| 2019 | 40.63 |
| 2018 | 29.46 |
| 2017 | 31.51 |
| 2016 | 38.93 |
| 2015 | 50.99 |
| 2014 | 76.09 |
| 2013 |
External health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) in nearby economies
- Australia — 0 (2023)
- Brunei Darussalam — 0 (2023)
- Cambodia — 39.46 (2023)
- China — 0.08 (2023)
- Fiji — 63.76 (2023)
- Indonesia — 2.32 (2023)
- Japan — 0 (2023)
- Kiribati — 37.06 (2023)
- Korea, Rep.
More health data for Vanuatu
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 12.91% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 13.52% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 61,655 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 37.14% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 65,581 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 38.77% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 127,236 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 37.96% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 12.62% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Vanuatu's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $)?
- 45.13 in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 314.48% from 10.89 in 2000 (6.38% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 89.87 in 2021 and the lowest 10.67 in 2001.
- How does Vanuatu rank?
- 41st highest of 161 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) unusual for Vanuatu?
- In 2023, Vanuatu's external health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) fell 23.26 on 2022 (from 68.39 to 45.13). Across the 22 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2022), the average change was +2.61 and a typical year strayed about 16.94 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
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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