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. 2021 Aug 13;6(8):e005798. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-005798

Table 2.

Primary healthcare expenditures with uncertainty intervals in 2017 for all countries

Country PHC per capita (2017 US$) PHC as a share of THE
Afghanistan $26 (17–36) 41.5% (26.9–58.3)
Albania $119 (77–164) 36.3% (23.5–49.8)
Algeria $103 (77–125) 38.3% (28.8–46.6)
American Samoa $247 (185–303) 37.8% (28.2–46.3)
Angola $46 (34–56) 38.3% (28.8–47.2)
Argentina $469 (352–575) 37.8% (28.4–46.4)
Armenia $207 (149–259) 53.3% (38.4–66.9)
Azerbaijan $103 (77–127) 37.8% (28.3–46.5)
Bangladesh $16 (10–23) 41.2% (25.0–58.7)
Belarus $133 (102–161) 38.9% (29.7–47.0)
Belize $110 (83–136) 39.2% (29.6–48.2)
Benin $14 (8–20) 39.6% (23.7–56.8)
Bhutan $25 (13–37) 32.1% (16.1–47.0)
Bolivia $58 (19–84) 27.7% (9.1–39.9)
Bosnia and Herzegovina $176 (96–265) 34.6% (18.9–52.1)
Botswana $208 (125–305) 46.4% (27.8–68.1)
Brazil $315 (115–486) 34.5% (12.6–53.3)
Bulgaria $237 (136–337) 35.3% (20.3–50.2)
Burkina Faso $21 (17–27) 54.5% (42.6–68.0)
Burundi $16 (12–21) 55.6% (39.9–71.9)
Cambodia $33 (15–59) 41.8% (19.2–74.0)
Cameroon $23 (17–30) 39.4% (29.1–51.3)
Cape Verde $62 (39–85) 38.6% (24.2–53.4)
Central African Republic $8 (6–10) 37.4% (28.2–47.0)
Chad $11 (8–13) 38.1% (28.5–46.8)
China $144 (110–180) 32.7% (25.2–41.0)
Colombia $173 (129–211) 38.2% (28.6–46.8)
Comoros $22 (4–35) 32.4% (5.1–50.4)
Congo (Brazzaville) $22 (14–32) 44.9% (27.4–64.1)
Costa Rica $322 (249–400) 33.9% (26.3–42.2)
Cuba $457 (346–553) 39.0% (29.5–47.2)
Côte d'Ivoire $34 (22–47) 45.5% (30.3–64.0)
DR Congo $9 (7–10) 53.1% (43.2–63.3)
Djibouti $22 (16–27) 37.8% (28.5–46.8)
Dominica $198 (82–398) 41.3% (17.1–83.2)
Dominican Republic $95 (52–163) 21.3% (11.7–36.5)
Ecuador $151 (63–245) 29.0% (12.1–47.1)
Egypt $50 (33–71) 39.3% (25.7–55.5)
El Salvador $109 (51–179) 34.9% (16.4–57.4)
Equatorial Guinea $110 (85–133) 40.7% (31.3–49.4)
Eritrea $11 (8–13) 38.4% (29.0–47.4)
eSwatini $110 (56–172) 38.4% (19.7–59.9)
Ethiopia $17 (11–22) 57.5% (36.4–76.4)
Federated States of Micronesia $55 (34–79) 40.4% (25.1–57.7)
Fiji $80 (54–108) 40.5% (27.4–54.9)
Gabon $98 (68–139) 37.1% (25.8–52.4)
Georgia $105 (68–148) 32.6% (21.1–45.9)
Ghana $29 (18–46) 44.3% (26.9–69.5)
Grenada $187 (141–231) 38.7% (29.1–47.8)
Guatemala $93 (41–144) 35.2% (15.4–54.3)
Guinea $22 (14–29) 57.0% (35.6–73.5)
Guinea-Bissau $23 (17–28) 37.2% (27.9–46.4)
Guyana $159 (103–214) 63.1% (40.7–84.6)
Haiti $23 (16–29) 48.7% (34.8–63.2)
Honduras $72 (54–88) 38.6% (29.2–47.6)
India $30 (12–51) 43.3% (16.7–72.7)
Indonesia $49 (25–68) 40.2% (20.4–56.3)
Iran $149 (117–182) 32.9% (26.0–40.2)
Iraq $67 (27–95) 41.0% (16.4–58.0)
Jamaica $125 (94–154) 39.0% (29.4–48.0)
Jordan $79 (41–128) 28.1% (14.4–45.3)
Kazakhstan $102 (78–129) 33.8% (25.8–42.8)
Kenya $42 (23–62) 49.6% (27.3–72.9)
Kiribati $85 (48–123) 38.4% (21.8–55.4)
Kyrgyzstan $32 (22–44) 38.5% (26.2–53.2)
Laos $24 (13–40) 41.9% (22.3–68.5)
Lebanon $167 (79–278) 32.6% (15.5–54.3)
Lesotho $55 (42–66) 39.4% (29.9–47.1)
Liberia $24 (11–37) 36.5% (16.1–56.0)
Libya $154 (117–188) 39.1% (29.8–47.6)
Madagascar $8 (4–16) 35.1% (17.9–71.9)
Malawi $22 (17–27) 53.5% (41.9–66.1)
Malaysia $145 (114–170) 37.2% (29.3–43.7)
Maldives $420 (195–615) 43.5% (20.2–63.7)
Mali $17 (10–23) 54.3% (32.7–75.2)
Marshall Islands $154 (115–192) 37.4% (28.0–46.4)
Mauritania $18 (12–27) 31.3% (20.6–46.3)
Mauritius $193 (106–291) 32.0% (17.7–48.3)
Mexico $177 (139–221) 34.9% (27.3–43.6)
Moldova $96 (53–134) 50.0% (27.7–70.1)
Mongolia $68 (44–95) 43.7% (28.5–61.3)
Montenegro $219 (139–303) 33.8% (21.5–46.8)
Morocco $65 (32–92) 38.9% (19.4–55.0)
Mozambique $9 (4–16) 31.8% (13.4–56.9)
Myanmar $26 (15–37) 47.3% (27.7–65.8)
Namibia $186 (119–262) 36.0% (23.1–50.6)
Nepal $25 (15–36) 51.6% (31.7–74.2)
Nicaragua $80 (55–107) 42.6% (29.3–57.0)
Niger $12 (7–18) 46.3% (27.0–68.7)
Nigeria $31 (17–48) 46.6% (24.9–72.0)
North Korea $30 (22–36) 37.7% (28.2–46.5)
North Macedonia $163 (125–195) 40.3% (31.0–48.3)
Pakistan $16 (9–24) 36.8% (21.0–56.1)
Palestine $150 (108–190) 41.4% (29.9–52.4)
Papua New Guinea $14 (7–24) 26.8% (13.1–45.8)
Paraguay $107 (63–167) 28.1% (16.5–44.0)
Peru $129 (98–157) 39.3% (29.7–47.7)
Philippines $52 (34–74) 37.5% (24.9–53.8)
Romania $179 (107–252) 32.4% (19.4–45.7)
Russia $302 (201–382) 52.7% (35.1–66.7)
Rwanda $24 (12–41) 51.4% (26.4–88.5)
Saint Lucia $196 (147–241) 38.8% (29.0–47.6)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines $125 (94–154) 39.2% (29.4–48.0)
Samoa $67 (31–114) 30.3% (13.9–51.2)
Senegal $28 (20–38) 44.3% (30.8–59.3)
Serbia $171 (75–386) 39.9% (17.4–90.4)
Sierra Leone $52 (34–66) 76.8% (50.2–97.4)
Solomon Islands $42 (32–52) 37.7% (28.3–46.5)
Somalia $3 (2–3) 37.1% (27.8–46.3)
South Africa $187 (109–275) 35.8% (20.9–52.6)
South Sudan $15 (9–20) 52.2% (31.7–70.8)
Sri Lanka $58 (34–92) 35.8% (21.0–56.1)
Sudan $29 (22–36) 38.6% (28.9–47.3)
Suriname $126 (79–181) 36.1% (22.7–51.7)
Syria $17 (13–21) 38.6% (29.0–47.0)
São Tomé and PrÍncipe $39 (29–48) 37.3% (28.0–46.3)
Tajikistan $16 (10–25) 27.9% (17.8–42.4)
Tanzania $25 (17–33) 61.8% (41.0–81.2)
Thailand $145 (109–178) 58.8% (44.0–71.8)
The Gambia $19 (9–29) 46.0% (22.1–68.9)
Timor-Leste $40 (21–56) 56.7% (30.2–79.3)
Togo $19 (12–27) 48.8% (30.9–68.0)
Tonga $84 (44–131) 37.9% (19.8–59.1)
Tunisia $72 (39–115) 28.2% (15.4–45.2)
Turkey $132 (79–192) 29.3% (17.7–42.6)
Turkmenistan $200 (149–247) 37.4% (27.8–46.0)
Uganda $15 (9–23) 36.1% (21.9–53.6)
Ukraine $51 (37–66) 29.2% (21.5–37.9)
Uzbekistan $36 (27–44) 37.8% (28.3–46.2)
Vanuatu $40 (22–60) 42.1% (23.5–62.4)
Venezuela $39 (29–47) 39.8% (30.3–48.4)
Vietnam $43 (23–68) 33.4% (17.5–53.2)
Yemen $15 (11–20) 36.4% (25.2–47.4)
Zambia $32 (15–50) 42.4% (20.3–67.3)
Zimbabwe $56 (32–77) 45.9% (26.2–63.6)

THE, Total health expenditures.