Current health expenditure per capita in Asia

47 countries in Asia, 2023. Unit: current US$. World ranking →

First in the ranking
3,928 US$
Israel
Median country
333 US$
half above, half below
World
1,317 US$
World Bank aggregate
Range
27 to 3,928
Laos - Israel

How to read it

Across 47 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Israel (3,928 US$) and the lowest in Laos (27 US$).

The median country is at 333 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

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Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Israel3,928
2Singapore3,922
3Japan3,638
4South Korea3,044
5Cyprus2,899
6United Arab Emirates2,402
7Saudi Arabia1,825
8Qatar1,804
9Kuwait1,679
10Bahrain1,176
11Maldives1,159
12Armenia767
13China763
14Brunei733
15Oman732
16Turkmenistan581
17Georgia554
18Türkiye548
19Kazakhstan490
20Malaysia450
21Mongolia360
22Palestine346
23Jordan342
24Iraq333
25Thailand327
26Azerbaijan300
27Iran267
28Lebanon261
29Vietnam197
30Philippines194
31Uzbekistan192
32Bhutan162
33Timor-Leste144
34Sri Lanka134
35Indonesia132
36Cambodia115
37Kyrgyzstan97
38Tajikistan85
39India85
40Nepal84
41Afghanistan59
42Myanmar56
43Bangladesh53
44Yemen48
45Syria33
46Pakistan30
47Laos27
World Bank, WDI · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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