Ghana - Health Spending 2014
4.02%
−0.58% from 2013
Ghana's health spending was 4.02% in 2014, decreased +0.58% from 4.59% in 2013. This was the 40th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2014▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Equatorial Guinea | 1.87% | 6.4% |
| 2nd | Brunei Darussalam | 1.91% | 0.8% |
| 3rd | Congo, Republic of | 1.97% | 1.5% |
| 4th | Angola | 2.16% | -11.2% |
| 5th | Bangladesh | 2.28% | -0.7% |
| 6th | Lao PDR | 2.30% | -4.2% |
| 7th | Qatar | 2.42% | 16.7% |
| 8th | Pakistan | 2.49% | 3.0% |
| 9th | Gabon | 2.53% | -10.8% |
| 10th | Benin | 2.69% | -6.2% |
| 11th | Iraq | 2.79% | -0.7% |
| 12th | Kuwait | 2.92% | 17.2% |
| 13th | Djibouti | 2.96% | 1.4% |
| 14th | Indonesia | 2.96% | 3.3% |
| 15th | Kazakhstan | 2.97% | 11.7% |
| 16th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.02% | -10.4% |
| 17th | Gambia, The | 3.05% | -22.0% |
| 18th | Oman | 3.14% | 25.2% |
| 19th | Bhutan | 3.23% | -3.5% |
| 20th | Papua New Guinea | 3.27% | 9.1% |
| 21st | Chad | 3.30% | 11.5% |
| 22nd | Nigeria | 3.35% | -2.1% |
| 23rd | Fiji | 3.37% | 5.3% |
| 24th | Mauritania | 3.47% | 20.9% |
| 25th | Sri Lanka | 3.47% | -6.1% |
| 26th | United Arab Emirates | 3.53% | 0.9% |
| 27th | Azerbaijan | 3.59% | 11.2% |
| 28th | India | 3.62% | -3.5% |
| 29th | Vanuatu | 3.64% | -17.1% |
| 30th | Thailand | 3.68% | 6.7% |
| 31st | Philippines | 3.70% | -13.4% |
| 32nd | Malaysia | 3.71% | 5.6% |
| 33rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.73% | 11.5% |
| 34th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.73% | 0.4% |
| 35th | Zambia | 3.83% | -16.3% |
| 36th | Singapore | 3.87% | 5.1% |
| 37th | Eritrea | 3.91% | -21.2% |
| 38th | Guyana | 3.95% | 3.8% |
| 39th | Tanzania | 4.01% | -13.6% |
| 40th | Ghana | 4.02% | -12.5% |
| 41st | Myanmar | 4.15% | 33.4% |
| 42nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.17% | -1.5% |
| 43rd | Mongolia | 4.21% | 2.9% |
| 44th | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.23% | 12.1% |
| 45th | Bahrain | 4.24% | 2.2% |
| 46th | Turkmenistan | 4.26% | 7.3% |
| 47th | Türkiye | 4.33% | -1.0% |
| 48th | Cameroon | 4.34% | 19.6% |
| 49th | Senegal | 4.39% | 0.1% |
| 50th | Cambodia | 4.41% | -12.0% |
| 51st | Uzbekistan | 4.43% | -22.5% |
| 52nd | Seychelles | 4.44% | 5.8% |
| 53rd | Monaco | 4.44% | -2.9% |
| 54th | Niger | 4.45% | -0.3% |
| 55th | Madagascar | 4.46% | 18.9% |
| 56th | Mali | 4.48% | 13.1% |
| 57th | Haiti | 4.52% | 10.1% |
| 58th | Suriname | 4.52% | 0.8% |
| 59th | Central African Republic | 4.57% | -4.2% |
| 60th | St. Lucia | 4.68% | -7.6% |
| 61st | Viet Nam | 4.69% | 6.3% |
| 62nd | China | 4.70% | 1.3% |
| 63rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 4.75% | -5.9% |
| 64th | Grenada | 4.77% | -15.2% |
| 65th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 4.77% | 2.2% |
| 66th | Guinea | 4.79% | 38.3% |
| 67th | Dominican Republic | 4.81% | -2.4% |
| 68th | Cabo Verde | 4.85% | 0.6% |
| 69th | Belize | 4.87% | 10.2% |
| 70th | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.87% | 1.5% |
| 71st | Solomon Islands | 4.89% | 6.8% |
| 72nd | Togo | 4.90% | 2.5% |
| 73rd | Peru | 4.91% | 4.2% |
| 74th | Kenya | 4.91% | -0.4% |
| 75th | Burkina Faso | 5.00% | -10.1% |
| 76th | Romania | 5.03% | -3.8% |
| 77th | Nepal | 5.08% | 9.6% |
| 78th | Saudi Arabia | 5.16% | 16.6% |
| 79th | Libya | 5.18% | 4.1% |
| 80th | Russian Federation | 5.18% | 2.0% |
| 81st | Tonga | 5.20% | 24.7% |
| 82nd | Luxembourg | 5.23% | -0.1% |
| 83rd | Comoros | 5.24% | 2.7% |
| 84th | Dominica | 5.26% | -1.6% |
| 85th | Antigua and Barbuda | 5.32% | 8.4% |
| 86th | Uganda | 5.34% | -7.7% |
| 87th | Mexico | 5.35% | -4.0% |
| 88th | Mauritius | 5.38% | 16.4% |
| 89th | Belarus | 5.39% | -5.4% |
| 90th | Morocco | 5.42% | 3.1% |
| 91st | Liechtenstein | 5.64% | -2.0% |
| 92nd | Bahamas, The | 5.64% | -0.8% |
| 93rd | Latvia | 5.66% | 1.1% |
| 94th | Sudan | 5.68% | -18.5% |
| 95th | Yemen, Republic of | 5.84% | 17.7% |
| 96th | Botswana | 5.88% | -9.5% |
| 97th | Guatemala | 5.89% | 2.0% |
| 98th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 5.90% | 5.8% |
| 99th | Algeria | 6.01% | 6.5% |
| 100th | Barbados | 6.10% | -5.9% |
| 101st | Lithuania | 6.22% | 1.1% |
| 102nd | Mozambique | 6.24% | 3.2% |
| 103rd | Korea | 6.24% | 2.9% |
| 104th | Estonia | 6.26% | 1.0% |
| 105th | Jamaica | 6.29% | 0.0% |
| 106th | North Macedonia | 6.29% | -6.4% |
| 107th | Albania | 6.36% | 2.4% |
| 108th | Samoa | 6.36% | 2.3% |
| 109th | Poland | 6.39% | -0.9% |
| 110th | Tunisia | 6.45% | -1.0% |
| 111th | Croatia | 6.57% | 3.0% |
| 112th | Paraguay | 6.63% | 9.3% |
| 113th | Tajikistan | 6.67% | 2.0% |
| 114th | Ecuador | 6.77% | -0.2% |
| 115th | Andorra | 6.77% | -0.4% |
| 116th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.82% | 18.8% |
| 117th | Slovak Republic | 6.87% | -8.2% |
| 118th | Malawi | 6.90% | -16.1% |
| 119th | Panama | 6.92% | 6.0% |
| 120th | Cyprus | 6.93% | 0.1% |
| 121st | Rwanda | 6.98% | 3.1% |
| 122nd | Israel | 7.03% | 1.3% |
| 123rd | Hungary | 7.04% | -2.7% |
| 124th | Colombia | 7.19% | 2.4% |
| 125th | Ukraine | 7.20% | 3.6% |
| 126th | Jordan | 7.21% | 0.6% |
| 127th | Burundi | 7.21% | -16.4% |
| 128th | Eswatini | 7.26% | -2.7% |
| 129th | Kyrgyz Republic | 7.36% | -10.1% |
| 130th | Lebanon | 7.52% | 6.4% |
| 131st | Czechia | 7.54% | 1.2% |
| 132nd | Timor-Leste | 7.60% | -10.9% |
| 133rd | Costa Rica | 7.66% | -0.2% |
| 134th | Bulgaria | 7.68% | 7.6% |
| 135th | Chile | 7.84% | 4.9% |
| 136th | South Africa | 7.87% | -2.9% |
| 137th | Maldives | 7.91% | -3.0% |
| 138th | São Tomé and Principe | 7.91% | -11.5% |
| 139th | Honduras | 7.91% | -6.6% |
| 140th | Greece | 7.94% | -6.8% |
| 141st | Nicaragua | 7.98% | 4.4% |
| 142nd | Montenegro | 8.00% | -5.6% |
| 143rd | Uruguay | 8.04% | -0.6% |
| 144th | Liberia | 8.10% | 13.2% |
| 145th | Nauru | 8.12% | -15.1% |
| 146th | Zimbabwe | 8.13% | 14.4% |
| 147th | Iceland | 8.29% | 0.8% |
| 148th | Georgia | 8.29% | 3.6% |
| 149th | San Marino | 8.30% | 0.8% |
| 150th | Brazil | 8.40% | 5.3% |
| 151st | Namibia | 8.41% | -16.7% |
| 152nd | Slovenia | 8.58% | -2.9% |
| 153rd | El Salvador | 8.60% | -5.0% |
| 154th | Moldova | 8.73% | 0.6% |
| 155th | Italy | 8.86% | 0.8% |
| 156th | Serbia | 8.86% | -0.8% |
| 157th | Malta | 8.88% | 7.0% |
| 158th | Kiribati | 8.95% | 2.8% |
| 159th | New Zealand | 8.97% | 0.4% |
| 160th | Spain | 9.15% | 0.2% |
| 161st | Ireland | 9.23% | -8.0% |
| 162nd | Norway | 9.28% | 4.6% |
| 163rd | Portugal | 9.34% | -0.6% |
| 164th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.47% | 0.4% |
| 165th | Afghanistan | 9.53% | 8.2% |
| 166th | Argentina | 9.80% | -1.2% |
| 167th | Australia | 9.83% | 12.4% |
| 168th | Finland | 9.83% | -0.1% |
| 169th | West Bank and Gaza | 9.92% | -5.1% |
| 170th | European Union | 9.95% | 0.3% |
| 171st | Guinea-Bissau | 9.97% | 41.6% |
| 172nd | United Kingdom | 9.98% | -0.1% |
| 173rd | Lesotho | 9.99% | -9.0% |
| 174th | Armenia | 10.18% | -1.4% |
| 175th | Canada | 10.28% | -1.5% |
| 176th | Denmark | 10.31% | 0.2% |
| 177th | Netherlands | 10.46% | -0.4% |
| 178th | Austria | 10.51% | 1.0% |
| 179th | Belgium | 10.62% | -0.2% |
| 180th | Switzerland | 10.68% | 0.8% |
| 181st | Palau | 10.71% | -2.0% |
| 182nd | Japan | 10.73% | 0.5% |
| 183rd | Germany | 10.77% | 0.2% |
| 184th | Sweden | 11.07% | 0.8% |
| 185th | France | 11.58% | 1.8% |
| 186th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 11.83% | -3.1% |
| 187th | Marshall Islands | 12.04% | -0.8% |
| 188th | Cuba | 12.14% | 16.4% |
| 189th | Tuvalu | 14.53% | 5.2% |
| 190th | Sierra Leone | 15.12% | 78.7% |
| 191st | United States | 16.14% | 1.2% |
FAQ
What was Ghana's health spending in 2014?▾
Ghana's health spending in 2014 was 4.02%. This ranked 40th globally.
How did Ghana's health spending change in 2014?▾
Ghana's health spending decreased by 12.5% in 2014 compared to 2013.
Which country had the highest health spending in 2014?▾
United States had the highest health spending in 2014 at 16.14%.
What is the health spending of Ghana in 2014?▾
The health spending of Ghana in 2014 was 4.02%. This ranked 40th globally.
How does 2014 compare to 2013 for Ghana's health spending?▾
Ghana's health spending went from 4.59% in 2013 to 4.02% in 2014, a 12.5% decrease.
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