Current health expenditure per capita in Oceania

14 countries in Oceania, 2023. Unit: current US$. World ranking →

First in the ranking
6,980 US$
Australia
Median country
433 US$
half above, half below
World
1,317 US$
World Bank aggregate
Range
85 to 6,980
Papua New Guinea - Australia

How to read it

Across 14 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Australia (6,980 US$) and the lowest in Papua New Guinea (85 US$).

The median country is at 433 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
1Australia6,980
2New Zealand4,997
3Nauru2,292
4Tuvalu1,724
5Palau1,684
6Marshall Islands894
7Federated States of Micronesia508
8Tonga358
9Samoa293
10Kiribati238
11Fiji213
12Vanuatu143
13Solomon Islands111
14Papua New Guinea85
World Bank, WDI · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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