South Africa - Health Expenditure per Capita 2012
$646
−$40 from 2011
South Africa's health expenditure per capita was $646 in 2012, decreased +$40 from $687 in 2011. This was the 63rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2012▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Norway | $8,970 | 0.8% |
| 2nd | Switzerland | $8,869 | -3.0% |
| 3rd | United States | $8,262 | 3.1% |
| 4th | Monaco | $7,870 | -5.3% |
| 5th | Sweden | $6,281 | -1.3% |
| 6th | Denmark | $6,156 | -4.2% |
| 7th | Australia | $6,039 | 2.8% |
| 8th | Luxembourg | $6,029 | -16.0% |
| 9th | Canada | $5,519 | 2.2% |
| 10th | Netherlands | $5,285 | -5.0% |
| 11th | Japan | $5,232 | 2.5% |
| 12th | Ireland | $5,187 | -6.3% |
| 13th | Austria | $4,984 | -4.0% |
| 14th | Belgium | $4,764 | -4.5% |
| 15th | Germany | $4,745 | -5.4% |
| 16th | France | $4,660 | -5.6% |
| 17th | Finland | $4,573 | -3.1% |
| 18th | San Marino | $4,310 | -5.3% |
| 19th | United Kingdom | $4,204 | 1.9% |
| 20th | Iceland | $3,784 | -3.9% |
| 21st | New Zealand | $3,683 | 5.2% |
| 22nd | European Union | $3,302 | -6.3% |
| 23rd | Italy | $3,071 | -8.6% |
| 24th | Andorra | $2,789 | -21.6% |
| 25th | Spain | $2,621 | -10.8% |
| 26th | Israel | $2,405 | -1.5% |
| 27th | Portugal | $1,977 | -12.4% |
| 28th | Slovenia | $1,975 | -8.1% |
| 29th | Greece | $1,948 | -16.7% |
| 30th | Cyprus | $1,899 | -10.2% |
| 31st | Malta | $1,899 | -3.2% |
| 32nd | Singapore | $1,853 | 9.0% |
| 33rd | Qatar | $1,713 | 15.5% |
| 34th | United Arab Emirates | $1,711 | -4.3% |
| 35th | Korea | $1,604 | 2.1% |
| 36th | Bahamas, The | $1,519 | 5.3% |
| 37th | Czechia | $1,510 | -8.5% |
| 38th | Argentina | $1,363 | 12.8% |
| 39th | Uruguay | $1,347 | 8.2% |
| 40th | Slovak Republic | $1,319 | -2.4% |
| 41st | Barbados | $1,295 | 11.3% |
| 42nd | Palau | $1,240 | 15.6% |
| 43rd | Kuwait | $1,217 | 6.1% |
| 44th | Saudi Arabia | $1,093 | 14.5% |
| 45th | Chile | $1,071 | 8.7% |
| 46th | Estonia | $1,059 | -0.2% |
| 47th | Bahrain | $1,038 | 12.6% |
| 48th | Croatia | $1,034 | -8.9% |
| 49th | Brazil | $969 | -7.2% |
| 50th | Hungary | $961 | -9.6% |
| 51st | Lithuania | $897 | -3.1% |
| 52nd | Trinidad and Tobago | $895 | 2.5% |
| 53rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | $881 | -4.5% |
| 54th | Nauru | $874 | 30.0% |
| 55th | Brunei Darussalam | $869 | 0.5% |
| 56th | Poland | $815 | -5.9% |
| 57th | Costa Rica | $789 | 4.7% |
| 58th | Russian Federation | $755 | 10.9% |
| 59th | Antigua and Barbuda | $754 | 5.0% |
| 60th | Latvia | $746 | -2.5% |
| 61st | Panama | $725 | 9.0% |
| 62nd | Maldives | $647 | 10.0% |
| 63rd | South Africa | $646 | -5.9% |
| 64th | Namibia | $606 | -2.9% |
| 65th | Cuba | $602 | -13.5% |
| 66th | Libya | $592 | 94.1% |
| 67th | Lebanon | $589 | -8.1% |
| 68th | Mexico | $582 | 3.0% |
| 69th | Seychelles | $563 | 23.2% |
| 70th | Oman | $561 | -0.4% |
| 71st | Serbia | $560 | -9.5% |
| 72nd | Bulgaria | $559 | 0.5% |
| 73rd | Colombia | $547 | 9.0% |
| 74th | Montenegro | $535 | -6.4% |
| 75th | Türkiye | $520 | -1.0% |
| 76th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | $500 | -1.0% |
| 77th | Tuvalu | $499 | -6.9% |
| 78th | St. Lucia | $456 | -1.3% |
| 79th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $445 | -2.6% |
| 80th | Botswana | $419 | -2.1% |
| 81st | Grenada | $413 | 2.4% |
| 82nd | Marshall Islands | $410 | 9.1% |
| 83rd | Dominica | $407 | 5.2% |
| 84th | Suriname | $406 | 8.2% |
| 85th | Romania | $402 | -5.8% |
| 86th | Ecuador | $388 | 13.8% |
| 87th | Mauritius | $387 | 0.3% |
| 88th | Micronesia, Federated States of | $372 | -1.6% |
| 89th | Malaysia | $372 | 8.2% |
| 90th | Paraguay | $369 | 9.2% |
| 91st | Kazakhstan | $365 | 24.3% |
| 92nd | Belarus | $364 | 14.6% |
| 93rd | Georgia | $350 | 11.0% |
| 94th | Algeria | $340 | 19.1% |
| 95th | Eswatini | $340 | -6.9% |
| 96th | Armenia | $332 | 2.0% |
| 97th | Jamaica | $330 | -3.2% |
| 98th | Jordan | $326 | 1.4% |
| 99th | Tonga | $318 | 64.6% |
| 100th | North Macedonia | $318 | -5.1% |
| 101st | Peru | $309 | 17.0% |
| 102nd | Dominican Republic | $304 | 3.5% |
| 103rd | El Salvador | $301 | 1.8% |
| 104th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $299 | 8.2% |
| 105th | West Bank and Gaza | $298 | -3.3% |
| 106th | Turkmenistan | $289 | 14.8% |
| 107th | China | $285 | 19.0% |
| 108th | Equatorial Guinea | $281 | 5.8% |
| 109th | Ukraine | $271 | 12.7% |
| 110th | Tunisia | $270 | -0.1% |
| 111th | Albania | $261 | -4.8% |
| 112th | Belize | $248 | -1.9% |
| 113th | Azerbaijan | $235 | 26.9% |
| 114th | Gabon | $225 | -13.9% |
| 115th | Moldova | $224 | 4.0% |
| 116th | Guyana | $202 | 8.5% |
| 117th | Thailand | $202 | 5.2% |
| 118th | Guatemala | $201 | 5.0% |
| 119th | Samoa | $197 | -7.0% |
| 120th | Honduras | $184 | 0.9% |
| 121st | Cabo Verde | $175 | 11.2% |
| 122nd | Iraq | $174 | 7.8% |
| 123rd | Morocco | $172 | -3.9% |
| 124th | Mongolia | $170 | 24.8% |
| 125th | Fiji | $154 | 9.0% |
| 126th | Kiribati | $147 | 3.6% |
| 127th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | $140 | 20.3% |
| 128th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | $135 | 13.0% |
| 129th | Nicaragua | $134 | 6.8% |
| 130th | Uzbekistan | $128 | 16.5% |
| 131st | Lesotho | $125 | 6.6% |
| 132nd | Angola | $122 | -0.2% |
| 133rd | Vanuatu | $118 | 3.9% |
| 134th | Sri Lanka | $110 | -4.7% |
| 135th | Viet Nam | $109 | 12.6% |
| 136th | Philippines | $109 | 13.8% |
| 137th | Indonesia | $106 | -1.1% |
| 138th | Solomon Islands | $101 | 5.6% |
| 139th | Kyrgyz Republic | $99 | 25.3% |
| 140th | Nigeria | $88 | 9.5% |
| 141st | São Tomé and Principe | $86 | 24.2% |
| 142nd | Zimbabwe | $86 | 2.2% |
| 143rd | Bhutan | $84 | 8.2% |
| 144th | Ghana | $82 | -10.6% |
| 145th | Comoros | $77 | -5.0% |
| 146th | Sudan | $75 | -6.2% |
| 147th | Haiti | $75 | -2.6% |
| 148th | Timor-Leste | $71 | 10.9% |
| 149th | Congo, Republic of | $71 | 19.8% |
| 150th | Papua New Guinea | $70 | 33.9% |
| 151st | Côte d'Ivoire | $70 | 2.8% |
| 152nd | Zambia | $69 | 7.6% |
| 153rd | Cambodia | $69 | 5.4% |
| 154th | Syrian Arab Republic | $66 | -15.3% |
| 155th | Djibouti | $65 | 4.8% |
| 156th | Yemen, Republic of | $65 | 14.3% |
| 157th | Kenya | $64 | 13.1% |
| 158th | Rwanda | $57 | 10.9% |
| 159th | Tajikistan | $57 | 16.6% |
| 160th | Cameroon | $57 | -2.3% |
| 161st | Senegal | $57 | -2.3% |
| 162nd | Uganda | $55 | -0.3% |
| 163rd | Afghanistan | $52 | 0.5% |
| 164th | Sierra Leone | $52 | 4.8% |
| 165th | Mauritania | $49 | 3.1% |
| 166th | India | $48 | 0.6% |
| 167th | Liberia | $47 | -1.9% |
| 168th | Tanzania | $42 | 11.2% |
| 169th | Guinea-Bissau | $38 | -15.6% |
| 170th | Myanmar | $37 | 35.9% |
| 171st | Chad | $36 | -3.1% |
| 172nd | Togo | $35 | 2.9% |
| 173rd | Mozambique | $35 | 15.8% |
| 174th | Burkina Faso | $34 | -0.1% |
| 175th | Nepal | $34 | -1.5% |
| 176th | Benin | $33 | 3.7% |
| 177th | Malawi | $33 | -17.2% |
| 178th | Lao PDR | $32 | 19.7% |
| 179th | Gambia, The | $30 | -4.8% |
| 180th | Eritrea | $28 | -21.8% |
| 181st | Mali | $28 | -13.1% |
| 182nd | Pakistan | $26 | 2.3% |
| 183rd | Guinea | $24 | -1.8% |
| 184th | Bangladesh | $23 | 2.9% |
| 185th | Niger | $23 | -8.6% |
| 186th | Central African Republic | $21 | 8.7% |
| 187th | Burundi | $20 | -13.6% |
| 188th | Madagascar | $19 | -15.7% |
| 189th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | $13 | 11.0% |
FAQ
What was South Africa's health expenditure per capita in 2012?▾
South Africa's health expenditure per capita in 2012 was $646. This ranked 63rd globally.
How did South Africa's health expenditure per capita change in 2012?▾
South Africa's health expenditure per capita decreased by 5.9% in 2012 compared to 2011.
Which country had the highest health expenditure per capita in 2012?▾
Norway had the highest health expenditure per capita in 2012 at $8,970.
What is the health expenditure per capita of South Africa in 2012?▾
The health expenditure per capita of South Africa in 2012 was $646. This ranked 63rd globally.
How does 2012 compare to 2011 for South Africa's health expenditure per capita?▾
South Africa's health expenditure per capita went from $687 in 2011 to $646 in 2012, a 5.9% decrease.
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