Table 3.
4-week and 12-week (after June 26, 2020) cost of COVID-19 response by country income group
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Low income (population 685 066 000) |
Lower-middle income (population 2 920 000 000) |
Upper-middle income (population 2 493 375 000) |
Total (population 6 098 441 000) |
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| Total cost (billions) | Cost per capita | Total cost (billions) | Cost per capita | Total cost (billions) | Cost per capita | Total cost (billions) | Cost per capita | |
| Total cost (4 weeks) | ||||||||
| Status quo | 2·25 | 3·28 | 24·74 | 8·48 | 25·46 | 10·21 | 52·45 | 8·60 |
| Decrease transmission 50% | 1·65 | 2·41 | 14·18 | 4·86 | 17·24 | 6·92 | 33·08 | 5·42 |
| Increase transmission 50% | 3·30 | 4·82 | 30·08 | 10·30 | 28·54 | 11·45 | 61·92 | 10·15 |
| Total cost (12 weeks) | ||||||||
| Status quo | 6·20 | 9·06 | 80·97 | 27·73 | 66·69 | 26·75 | 153·86 | 25·23 |
| Decrease transmission 50% | 2·30 | 3·36 | 23·28 | 7·97 | 26·53 | 10·64 | 52·11 | 8·54 |
| Increase transmission 50% | 10·99 | 16·04 | 104·88 | 35·92 | 80·98 | 32·48 | 196·85 | 32·28 |
Costs are in 2020 US$.