Table 4.
Country | Present per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) | General government expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP after reduction of external resources | Minimum domestic general government expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP, SDSN proposal | Minimum domestic per capita government expenditure on health, SDSN proposal, at average exchange rate (US$) | Gap between minimum domestic per capita expenditure and US$50 | Population (in thousands) total | Equalization transfers required |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ethiopia |
9.59 |
1.49 |
3.25 |
11.60 |
38.40 |
89,393 |
3,432,607.30 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
6.66 |
1.98 |
3.49 |
8.06 |
41.94 |
63,932 |
2,681,623.16 |
United Republic of Tanzania |
14.75 |
1.69 |
3.35 |
17.15 |
32.85 |
46,355 |
1,522,774.09 |
Uganda |
11.15 |
1.81 |
3.41 |
15.29 |
34.71 |
35,148 |
1,220,106.96 |
Kenya |
14.34 |
1.09 |
3.04 |
24.57 |
25.43 |
42,028 |
1,068,817.14 |
Mozambique |
14.70 |
0.83 |
2.92 |
15.59 |
34.41 |
24,581 |
845,942.64 |
Madagascar |
11.98 |
2.11 |
3.56 |
16.59 |
33.41 |
21,679 |
724,192.08 |
Niger |
11.09 |
2.11 |
3.56 |
13.44 |
36.56 |
16,511 |
603,617.11 |
Malawi |
22.71 |
2.93 |
3.96 |
14.63 |
35.37 |
15,458 |
546,776.51 |
Burkina Faso |
18.70 |
1.92 |
3.46 |
19.78 |
30.22 |
15,995 |
483,347.38 |
Mali |
20.25 |
2.29 |
3.64 |
23.85 |
26.15 |
14,417 |
376,939.64 |
Burundi |
7.63 |
1.51 |
3.26 |
8.72 |
41.28 |
9,540 |
393,793.12 |
Guinea |
8.13 |
1.43 |
3.21 |
16.03 |
33.97 |
11,162 |
379,143.54 |
Sudan |
29.40 |
2.27 |
3.64 |
44.89 |
5.11 |
36,431 |
186,159.98 |
Chad |
9.55 |
0.99 |
2.99 |
24.62 |
25.38 |
12,080 |
306,539.02 |
Rwanda |
35.58 |
3.28 |
4.14 |
24.13 |
25.87 |
11,144 |
288,288.31 |
Côte d’Ivoire |
21.14 |
1.60 |
3.30 |
38.68 |
11.32 |
19,390 |
219,502.49 |
Haiti |
25.20 |
2.45 |
3.72 |
27.01 |
22.99 |
10,033 |
230,643.39 |
Benin |
19.55 |
1.59 |
3.30 |
26.47 |
23.53 |
9,780 |
230,112.07 |
Cameroon |
21.23 |
1.56 |
3.28 |
42.78 |
7.22 |
21,156 |
152,769.98 |
Sierra Leone |
12.34 |
2.72 |
3.86 |
14.04 |
35.96 |
5,865 |
210,906.21 |
Eritrea |
6.78 |
0.39 |
2.69 |
14.62 |
35.38 |
5,933 |
209,889.77 |
Togo |
23.45 |
3.46 |
4.23 |
23.70 |
26.30 |
6,472 |
170,214.69 |
Liberia |
17.34 |
2.62 |
3.81 |
10.74 |
39.26 |
4,080 |
160,182.19 |
Central African Republic |
9.49 |
1.27 |
3.14 |
15.12 |
34.88 |
4,436 |
154,743.50 |
Senegal |
39.05 |
3.00 |
4.00 |
44.78 |
5.22 |
13,331 |
69,521.99 |
Gambia |
14.82 |
1.25 |
3.12 |
19.52 |
30.48 |
1,735 |
52,891.39 |
Guinea-Bissau |
9.97 |
0.92 |
2.96 |
17.53 |
32.47 |
1,624 |
52,734.17 |
Mauritania |
34.95 |
3.01 |
4.00 |
42.87 |
7.13 |
3,703 |
26,405.14 |
Comoros |
24.60 |
1.81 |
3.40 |
27.53 |
22.47 |
700 |
15,727.96 |
17,016,912.94 |
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory data repository (consulted April 2014), SDSN proposal.