Table 1.
Key health indicators in selected sub-Saharan African countries.
| Country | Population [9,10] | PEM [12] | U5M [10] | HAQ [10] |
Health Spending in USD [10] |
Share of Health Spending | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Million | Median Age | Stunting | Wasting | Under-weight | PPS | OPS | GHS | DAH | Total | Government Share | Private Spending | DAH | |||
| Angola | 28.2 | 15.9 | 37.6 | 4.9 | 19.0 | 71.0 | 33.4 | 20 | 38 | 58 | 4 | 120 | 48.3% | 48.3% | 3.3% |
| Benin | 11.6 | 18.2 | 34.0 | 5.0 | 18.0 | 89.8 | 30.8 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 21.9% | 50.0% | 28.1% |
| Burkina Faso | 21.1 | 17.3 | 34.6 | 15.5 | 25.7 | 115.6 | 30.1 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 36.1% | 41.7% | 22.2% |
| Cameroon | 27.8 | 18.5 | 32.5 | 5.6 | 14.6 | 78.7 | 31.9 | 1 | 43 | 9 | 5 | 58 | 15.5% | 75.9% | 8.6% |
| CAR | 4.6 | 19.7 | 40.8 | 6.6 | 23.5 | 131.1 | 18.6 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 13.6% | 36.4% | 50.0% |
| Chad | 15.2 | 17.8 | 39.9 | 13.0 | 28.8 | 122.8 | 25.4 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 36 | 22.2% | 63.9% | 13.9% |
| Congo | 4.9 | 19.7 | 21.2 | 8.2 | 12.3 | 59.9 | 34.1 | 3 | 35 | 37 | 3 | 78 | 47.4% | 48.7% | 3.8% |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 25.0 | 18.9 | 29.8 | 7.5 | 14.9 | 94.7 | 27.3 | 14 | 33 | 18 | 11 | 76 | 23.7% | 61.8% | 14.5% |
| Djibouti | 1.1 | 23.9 | 33.5 | 21.5 | 29.8 | 48.8 | 35.0 | 1 | 16 | 35 | 15 | 67 | 52.2% | 25.4% | 22.4% |
| DRC | 80.9 | 18.8 | 42.7 | 7.9 | 22.6 | 87.3 | 29.6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 15.0% | 50.0% | 35.0% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1.3 | 19.8 | 26.2 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 59.2 | 49.3 | 13 | 222 | 67 | 9 | 311 | 21.5% | 75.6% | 2.9% |
| Eritrea | 5.9 | 19.7 | 52.5 | 14.6 | 38.8 | 51.3 | 27.6 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 20.0% | 66.7% | 13.3% |
| Eswatini | 1.1 | 21.7 | 28.9 | 2.5 | 5.4 | 49.9 | 40.5 | 24 | 32 | 199 | 74 | 329 | 60.5% | 17.0% | 22.5% |
| Ethiopia | 102.9 | 17.9 | 40.4 | 8.7 | 25.2 | 60.6 | 28.1 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 22.6% | 51.6% | 25.8% |
| Gabon | 1.7 | 18.6 | 16.5 | 3.3 | 5.9 | 40.5 | 40.4 | 35 | 69 | 175 | 3 | 282 | 62.1% | 36.9% | 1.1% |
| Gambia | 2.1 | 19.9 | 24.5 | 11.5 | 16.2 | 51.2 | 35.7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 17.9% | 25.0% | 57.1% |
| Ghana | 30.2 | 21.1 | 18.8 | 4.7 | 11.0 | 62.8 | 39.3 | 5.3 | 31 | 29 | 9 | 74.3 | 39.0% | 48.9% | 12.1% |
| Guinea | 11.8 | 18.9 | 31.2 | 9.6 | 18.0 | 103.1 | 26.4 | 4 | 24 | 5 | 11 | 44 | 11.4% | 63.6% | 25.0% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1.9 | 20.1 | 27.6 | 6.0 | 17.0 | 80.6 | 23.4 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 50 | 34.0% | 34.0% | 32.0% |
| Kenya | 48.3 | 19.7 | 26.0 | 4.0 | 11.0 | 48.2 | 39.5 | 12 | 22 | 28 | 19 | 81 | 34.6% | 42.0% | 23.5% |
| Liberia | 4.7 | 17.8 | 31.6 | 5.9 | 15.0 | 78.9 | 32.2 | 5 | 34 | 8 | 34 | 81 | 9.9% | 48.1% | 42.0% |
| Madagascar | 26.1 | 19.7 | 41.6 | 6.4 | 36.8 | 78.1 | 29.6 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 47.8% | 34.8% | 17.4% |
| Mali | 20.3 | 15.8 | 38.3 | 12.7 | 25.0 | 127.4 | 34.9 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 25.0% | 37.5% | 37.5% |
| Mauritania | 3.9 | 20.5 | 22.8 | 11.5 | 24.9 | 49.3 | 40.6 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 55 | 36.4% | 54.5% | 9.1% |
| Mozambique | 30.0 | 17.2 | 42.6 | 5.9 | 14.9 | 79.1 | 30.0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 33 | 18.2% | 9.1% | 72.7% |
| Namibia | 2.4 | 21.2 | 23.8 | 6.2 | 13.4 | 43.6 | 44.6 | 137 | 41 | 300 | 34 | 512 | 58.6% | 34.8% | 6.6% |
| Niger | 21.4 | 15.4 | 43.9 | 18.0 | 36.4 | 112.0 | 28.4 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 25.9% | 59.3% | 14.8% |
| Nigeria | 206.1 | 18.4 | 36.8 | 8.7 | 28.7 | 109.5 | 41.9 | 1 | 54 | 10 | 6 | 71 | 14.1% | 77.5% | 8.5% |
| Rwanda | 12.6 | 19.0 | 37.9 | 2.2 | 9.3 | 50.7 | 36.0 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 44 | 36.4% | 20.5% | 43.2% |
| Senegal | 14.7 | 18.8 | 26.5 | 10.1 | 17.7 | 53.1 | 31.1 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 69 | 30.4% | 56.5% | 13.0% |
| Seychelles | 0.1 | 35.4 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 12.5 | 65.6 | 0 | 11 | 522 | 1 | 534 | 97.8% | 2.1% | 0.2% |
| Somalia | 16.9 | 18.1 | 25.3 | 14.3 | 23.0 | 110.4 | 19.0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 21.4% | 28.6% | 50.0% |
| South Africa | 55.0 | 27.1 | 17.4 | 2.5 | 5.9 | 35.9 | 49.7 | 186 | 40 | 274 | 12 | 512 | 53.5% | 44.1% | 2.3% |
| Sudan | 40.3 | 19.9 | 38.2 | 16.3 | 33.0 | 47.7 | 45.8 | 4 | 78 | 26 | 4 | 112 | 23.2% | 73.2% | 3.6% |
| Tanzania | 54.0 | 17.7 | 34.4 | 4.5 | 13.7 | 65.2 | 33.9 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 41 | 34.1% | 24.4% | 41.5% |
| Togo | 7.5 | 19.8 | 27.5 | 6.5 | 16.0 | 73.0 | 32.0 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 42 | 21.4% | 64.3% | 14.3% |
| Uganda | 39.1 | 15.8 | 33.4 | 4.7 | 13.8 | 66.6 | 31.4 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 15.9% | 40.9% | 43.2% |
| Zambia | 17.4 | 16.8 | 40.1 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 70.5 | 29.0 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 64 | 37.5% | 18.8% | 43.8% |
| Zimbabwe | 14.7 | 20.0 | 32.0 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 60.9 | 31.2 | 10 | 28 | 48 | 20 | 106 | 45.3% | 35.8% | 18.9% |
PEM—Protein energy malnutrition; U5M—under five mortality; HAQ—personal healthcare access and quality; PPS—prepaid private spending; OPS—out-of-pocket spending; GHS—government health spending; DAH—development assistance for health; CAR—Central African Republic; DRC—Democratic Republic of Congo.