Table 2.
Key health expenditure statistics for some countries in the Middle East and North Africa regiona.
|
GDP US$ per capita (2019) |
Current health expenditure (CHE) per capitab in US$ (2019) |
Current health expenditure (CHE) as % of gross domestic productc (GDP) (%) (2019) |
Government health spending as % of current health expenditured (CHE) (%) (2019) |
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of current health expendituree (CHE) (%) (2019) |
Priority to health (GGHE-D%GGE)f (2019) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 3,976 | 248.20 | 6.24 | 65.00 | 33.44 | 10.73 |
| Bahrain | 23,443 | 940.40 | 4.01 | 59.20 | 29.73 | 7.23 |
| Djibouti | 3,437 | 61.81 | 1.80 | 53.70 | 24.15 | 4.28 |
| Egypt, Arab Republic | 3,161 | 149.80 | 4.74 | 27.80 | 62.75 | 4.66 |
| Iran, Islamic Republic | 7,010 | 470.40 | 6.71 | 49.50 | 39.49 | 21.40 |
| Iraq | 5,568 | 253.30 | 4.48 | 49.40 | 50.10 | 5.99 |
| Jordan | 4,405 | 334.00 | 7.58 | 51.20 | 30.29 | 12.80 |
| Kuwait | 31,999 | 1759.00 | 5.50 | 87.00 | 11.79 | 8.93 |
| Lebanon | 7,668 | 663.10 | 8.65 | 49.00 | 33.54 | 13.43 |
| Libya | 9,337 (2006) | 309.90 (2011) | 6.05 (2011) | 65.40 (2006) | 36.67 (2011) | 6.42 (2011) |
| Morocco | 3,282 | 174.20 | 5.31 | 39.90 | 46.81 | 7.12 |
| Oman | 15,343 | 624.70 | 4.07 | 86.40 | 6.56 | 7.98 |
| Qatar | 62,088 | 1807.00 | 2.91 | 72.80 | 12.33 | 6.50 |
| Saudi Arabia | 23,140 | 1316.00 | 5.69 | 69.20 | 16.50 | 11.05 |
| Sudan | 1,026 | 46.93 | 4.57 | 22.70 | 67.38 | 5.56 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 1,958 (2012) | 69.83 (2012) | 3.57 (2012) | 45.30 (2012) | 53.69 (2012) | 4.47 (2012) |
| Tunisia | 3,349 | 233.10 | 6.96 | 57.10 | 37.94 | 12.58 |
| United Arab Emirates | 43,103 | 1843.00 | 4.28 | 52.30 | 12.51 | 7.40 |
| Yemen, Republic | 1,446 (2012) | 73.18 (2015) | 4.25 (2015) | 23.90 (2012) | 80.96 (2015) | 2.23 (2015) |
Most recent data from the World Health Organization Global Health Observatory Indicators Index Data and the Global Health Expenditure Database. The data is for the year 2019 unless indicated otherwise next to the value. Source of data: (25, 32).
Per capita current expenditures on health expressed in respective currency—US dollar.
The level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP.
The share of governmental health spending of total current health expenditures.
The share of out-of-pocket payments of total current health expenditures.
Domestic general government health expenditure (GGHE-D) as percentage of general government expenditure (GGE) (%): is the share of general government expenditures funding current health expenditures.