Current health expenditure per capita in North America

22 countries in North America, 2023. Unit: current US$. World ranking →

First in the ranking
13,473 US$
United States
Median country
584 US$
half above, half below
World
1,317 US$
World Bank aggregate
Range
54 to 13,473
Haiti - United States

How to read it

Across 22 countries in North America, the highest value is in United States (13,473 US$) and the lowest in Haiti (54 US$).

The median country is at 584 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
1United States13,473
2Canada6,187
3Bahamas2,262
4Panama1,558
5Saint Kitts and Nevis1,295
6Barbados1,286
7Trinidad and Tobago1,276
8Costa Rica1,163
9Antigua and Barbuda841
10Mexico761
11Saint Lucia641
12Grenada526
13Jamaica520
14El Salvador501
15Dominica492
16Dominican Republic489
17Saint Vincent and the Grenadines469
18Guatemala392
19Belize309
20Honduras249
21Nicaragua217
22Haiti54
World Bank, WDI · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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