Table 2.

Estimated costs of the essential package in a typical low-income country and a lower-middle-income country

	Low-income country	Lower-middle- income country
Total cost per head	$21	$37
Total cost as a % current GNI per head	3·8%	2·1%
Incremental cost per head	$20	$23
Incremental cost as a % current GNI per head	3·6%	1·3%

GNI=gross national income. GNI estimates taken from the World Bank and deflated to 2012 US dollars. See appendix for details of methods, data sources, and assumptions.