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Current health expenditure per capita in Africa

54 countries in Africa, 2023. Unit: current US$. World ranking →

First in the ranking

766 US$

Seychelles

Median country

74 US$

half above, half below

World total

1,317 US$

World Bank aggregate

Range

17 to 766

Madagascar - Seychelles

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Seychelles (766 US$) and the lowest in Madagascar (17 US$).

The median country is at 74 US$: half are above, half below.

Current expenditures on health per capita in current US dollars. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year.

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Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: http://apps.who.int/nha/database · via World Bank WDI (SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD) · licence

Health spending per person over time

US$

Ranking of countries

2023

In chart
Seychelles in chart	1	Seychelles	766
Mauritius in chart	2	Mauritius	616
South Africa in chart	3	South Africa	537
Botswana in chart	4	Botswana	490
Libya in chart	5	Libya	470
Namibia in chart	6	Namibia	397
Tunisia in chart	7	Tunisia	318
Eswatini in chart	8	Eswatini	296
Cabo Verde in chart	9	Cabo Verde	290
Gabon in chart	10	Gabon	253
Equatorial Guinea in chart	11	Equatorial Guinea	234
Algeria in chart	12	Algeria	233
Morocco in chart	13	Morocco	232
São Tomé and Principe in chart	14	São Tomé and Principe	171
Egypt in chart	15	Egypt	141
Lesotho in chart	16	Lesotho	123
Liberia in chart	17	Liberia	104
Comoros in chart	18	Comoros	102
Mauritania in chart	19	Mauritania	92
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	20	Côte d'Ivoire	88
Kenya in chart	21	Kenya	85
Guinea-Bissau in chart	22	Guinea-Bissau	82
Zambia in chart	23	Zambia	80
Cameroon in chart	24	Cameroon	79
Djibouti in chart	25	Djibouti	78
Angola in chart	26	Angola	76
Republic of the Congo in chart	27	Republic of the Congo	76
Senegal in chart	28	Senegal	73
South Sudan in chart	29	South Sudan	73
Burkina Faso in chart	30	Burkina Faso	72
Ghana in chart	31	Ghana	70
Nigeria in chart	32	Nigeria	67
Zimbabwe in chart	33	Zimbabwe	63
Togo in chart	34	Togo	60
Guinea in chart	35	Guinea	59
Central African Republic in chart	36	Central African Republic	54
Mozambique in chart	37	Mozambique	53
Rwanda in chart	38	Rwanda	53
Chad in chart	39	Chad	47
Benin in chart	40	Benin	47
Uganda in chart	41	Uganda	45
Malawi in chart	42	Malawi	41
Tanzania in chart	43	Tanzania	36
Sierra Leone in chart	44	Sierra Leone	36
Ethiopia in chart	45	Ethiopia	35
Mali in chart	46	Mali	34
Eritrea in chart	47	Eritrea	28
Burundi in chart	48	Burundi	28
Niger in chart	49	Niger	26
The Gambia in chart	50	The Gambia	26
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	51	Democratic Republic of the Congo	23
Somalia in chart	52	Somalia	22
Sudan in chart	53	Sudan	21
Madagascar in chart	54	Madagascar	17

World Bank, WDI · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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