Countries by Health Spending Per Capita

What Health Spending Per Person (USD) Measures

Health Spending Per Person (USD) is a comparative indicator tracked across countries by the World Bank. It provides a quantitative basis for cross-national comparison, enabling researchers and policymakers to benchmark national performance on this dimension against global peers.

Why This Ranking Matters

Examining Health Spending Per Person (USD) across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.

Global Range

Values range from 15.346 (Somalia) to 12.4K (United States) — a 810-fold difference across 192 countries.

Regional Patterns

European countries dominate this ranking, holding 15 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.

The distribution is highly right-skewed — a few countries have exceptionally high values that pull the average well above the median. The median (420.98) is far more representative than the mean (1.3K).

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: United States and Switzerland are separated by only 13%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data. The bottom five countries are all from Africa, pointing to regional challenges that affect health spending per person (usd) across the continent.

Continental Leaders

North America

United States

12.4K

Europe

Switzerland

11.0K

Oceania

Australia

6.7K

Asia

Singapore

4.3K

South America

Uruguay

1.9K

Africa

Seychelles

694.751