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Health spending and life expectancy, 2023

Each point is one country: health spending per person across and life expectancy at birth up, both for 2023. 191 countries have both values. A pattern shows that two measures go together; it does not show that one causes the other.

What the plot shows

  • Across the 191 countries, higher values of health spending per person tend to go with higher values of life expectancy at birth. The correlation is 0.83, a very strong relationship.
  • Furthest above the overall pattern (a higher life expectancy at birth than the pattern suggests): Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Syria.
  • Furthest below it: Naoero, Nigeria, Lesotho.

The correlation runs from −1 to 1. It is calculated from the values in the table, on logarithms where an axis uses a logarithmic scale, and shows how closely the points follow a straight line, not cause and effect.

Colours show World Bank regions. The horizontal axis uses a logarithmic scale because values range widely.

Values for 2023

CountryHealth spending per personLife expectancy at birth
AfghanistanUS$59 per person66.0 years
AlbaniaUS$591 per person79.6 years
AlgeriaUS$233 per person76.3 years
AndorraUS$3,605 per person84.0 years
AngolaUS$76 per person64.6 years
Antigua and BarbudaUS$841 per person77.6 years
ArgentinaUS$1,457 per person77.4 years
ArmeniaUS$767 per person77.5 years
AustraliaUS$6,980 per person83.1 years
AustriaUS$6,268 per person81.8 years
AzerbaijanUS$300 per person74.4 years
BahamasUS$2,262 per person74.6 years
BahrainUS$1,176 per person81.3 years
BangladeshUS$53 per person74.7 years
BarbadosUS$1,286 per person76.2 years
BelarusUS$558 per person74.2 years
BelgiumUS$5,931 per person82.4 years
BelizeUS$309 per person73.6 years
BeninUS$47 per person60.8 years
BhutanUS$162 per person73.0 years
BoliviaUS$255 per person68.6 years
Bosnia and HerzegovinaUS$773 per person77.9 years
BotswanaUS$490 per person69.2 years
BrazilUS$1,010 per person75.8 years
BruneiUS$733 per person75.3 years
BulgariaUS$1,258 per person75.8 years
Burkina FasoUS$72 per person61.1 years
BurundiUS$28 per person63.7 years
Cabo VerdeUS$290 per person76.1 years
CambodiaUS$115 per person70.7 years
CameroonUS$79 per person63.7 years
CanadaUS$6,187 per person81.6 years
Central African RepublicUS$54 per person57.4 years
ChadUS$47 per person55.1 years
ChileUS$1,737 per person81.2 years
ChinaUS$763 per person78.0 years
ColombiaUS$571 per person77.7 years
ComorosUS$102 per person66.8 years
Costa RicaUS$1,163 per person80.8 years
CroatiaUS$1,548 per person78.5 years
CyprusUS$2,899 per person81.6 years
CzechiaUS$2,671 per person79.8 years
Côte d'IvoireUS$88 per person61.9 years
Democratic Republic of the CongoUS$23 per person61.9 years
DenmarkUS$6,511 per person81.8 years
DjiboutiUS$78 per person66.0 years
DominicaUS$492 per person71.1 years
Dominican RepublicUS$489 per person73.7 years
EcuadorUS$509 per person77.4 years
EgyptUS$141 per person71.6 years
El SalvadorUS$501 per person72.1 years
Equatorial GuineaUS$234 per person63.7 years
EritreaUS$28 per person68.6 years
EstoniaUS$2,258 per person78.8 years
EswatiniUS$296 per person64.1 years
EthiopiaUS$35 per person67.3 years
FijiUS$213 per person67.3 years
FinlandUS$5,515 per person81.6 years
FranceUS$5,149 per person82.8 years
GabonUS$253 per person68.3 years
GambiaUS$26 per person65.9 years
GeorgiaUS$554 per person74.5 years
GermanyUS$6,395 per person81.0 years
GhanaUS$70 per person65.5 years
GreeceUS$1,963 per person81.7 years
GrenadaUS$526 per person75.2 years
GuatemalaUS$392 per person72.6 years
GuineaUS$59 per person60.7 years
Guinea-BissauUS$82 per person64.1 years
GuyanaUS$505 per person70.2 years
HaitiUS$54 per person64.9 years
HondurasUS$249 per person72.9 years
HungaryUS$1,420 per person76.6 years
IcelandUS$7,065 per person82.5 years
IndiaUS$85 per person72.0 years
IndonesiaUS$132 per person71.1 years
IranUS$267 per person77.7 years
IraqUS$333 per person72.3 years
IrelandUS$6,878 per person82.8 years
IsraelUS$3,928 per person83.2 years
ItalyUS$3,283 per person83.4 years
JamaicaUS$520 per person71.5 years
JapanUS$3,638 per person84.0 years
JordanUS$342 per person77.8 years
KazakhstanUS$490 per person74.4 years
KenyaUS$85 per person63.6 years
KiribatiUS$238 per person66.5 years
KuwaitUS$1,679 per person83.2 years
KyrgyzstanUS$97 per person72.2 years
LaosUS$27 per person69.0 years
LatviaUS$1,645 per person75.4 years
LebanonUS$261 per person77.8 years
LesothoUS$123 per person57.4 years
LiberiaUS$104 per person62.2 years
LibyaUS$470 per person69.3 years
LiechtensteinUS$11,495 per person84.6 years
LithuaniaUS$2,044 per person77.3 years
LuxembourgUS$7,511 per person83.3 years
MadagascarUS$17 per person63.6 years
MalawiUS$41 per person67.4 years
MalaysiaUS$450 per person76.7 years
MaldivesUS$1,159 per person81.0 years
MaliUS$34 per person60.4 years
MaltaUS$3,623 per person83.4 years
Marshall IslandsUS$894 per person66.9 years
MauritaniaUS$92 per person68.5 years
MauritiusUS$616 per person73.4 years
MexicoUS$761 per person75.1 years
MicronesiaUS$508 per person67.2 years
MoldovaUS$452 per person71.2 years
MonacoUS$8,004 per person86.4 years
MongoliaUS$360 per person72.1 years
MontenegroUS$1,148 per person77.6 years
MoroccoUS$232 per person75.3 years
MozambiqueUS$53 per person63.6 years
MyanmarUS$56 per person66.9 years
NamibiaUS$397 per person67.4 years
NaoeroUS$2,292 per person62.1 years
NepalUS$84 per person70.4 years
NetherlandsUS$6,372 per person81.9 years
New ZealandUS$4,997 per person81.8 years
NicaraguaUS$217 per person74.9 years
NigerUS$26 per person61.2 years
NigeriaUS$67 per person54.5 years
North MacedoniaUS$639 per person75.3 years
NorwayUS$8,296 per person83.0 years
OmanUS$732 per person80.0 years
PakistanUS$30 per person67.6 years
PalauUS$1,684 per person69.3 years
PanamaUS$1,558 per person79.6 years
Papua New GuineaUS$85 per person66.1 years
ParaguayUS$527 per person73.8 years
PeruUS$446 per person77.7 years
PhilippinesUS$194 per person69.8 years
PolandUS$1,578 per person78.3 years
PortugalUS$2,762 per person82.3 years
QatarUS$1,804 per person82.4 years
Republic of the CongoUS$76 per person65.8 years
RomaniaUS$1,051 per person76.4 years
RussiaUS$1,003 per person73.3 years
RwandaUS$53 per person67.8 years
Saint Kitts and NevisUS$1,295 per person72.1 years
Saint LuciaUS$641 per person72.7 years
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesUS$469 per person71.2 years
SamoaUS$293 per person71.7 years
San MarinoUS$3,924 per person85.7 years
Saudi ArabiaUS$1,825 per person78.7 years
SenegalUS$73 per person68.7 years
SerbiaUS$984 per person76.1 years
SeychellesUS$766 per person75.4 years
Sierra LeoneUS$36 per person61.8 years
SingaporeUS$3,922 per person83.1 years
SlovakiaUS$1,813 per person78.1 years
SloveniaUS$3,038 per person81.9 years
Solomon IslandsUS$111 per person70.5 years
Somalia, Fed. Rep.US$22 per person58.8 years
South AfricaUS$537 per person66.1 years
South KoreaUS$3,044 per person83.4 years
South SudanUS$73 per person57.6 years
SpainUS$3,107 per person83.9 years
Sri LankaUS$134 per person77.5 years
SudanUS$21 per person66.3 years
SurinameUS$297 per person73.6 years
SwedenUS$6,206 per person83.3 years
SwitzerlandUS$11,784 per person84.2 years
SyriaUS$33 per person72.1 years
São Tomé and PríncipeUS$171 per person69.7 years
TajikistanUS$85 per person71.8 years
TanzaniaUS$36 per person67.0 years
ThailandUS$327 per person76.4 years
Timor-LesteUS$144 per person67.7 years
TogoUS$60 per person62.7 years
TongaUS$358 per person72.9 years
Trinidad and TobagoUS$1,276 per person73.5 years
TunisiaUS$318 per person76.5 years
TurkmenistanUS$581 per person70.1 years
TuvaluUS$1,724 per person67.1 years
TürkiyeUS$548 per person77.2 years
UgandaUS$45 per person68.3 years
United Arab EmiratesUS$2,402 per person82.9 years
United KingdomUS$5,407 per person81.2 years
United StatesUS$13,473 per person78.4 years
UruguayUS$2,076 per person78.1 years
UzbekistanUS$192 per person72.4 years
VanuatuUS$143 per person71.5 years
VenezuelaUS$186 per person72.5 years
Viet NamUS$197 per person74.6 years
West Bank and GazaUS$346 per person65.2 years
YemenUS$48 per person69.3 years
ZambiaUS$80 per person66.3 years
ZimbabweUS$63 per person62.8 years

Health spending per person (US dollars)

Current spending on health care goods and services per person, in current US dollars at market exchange rates.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, Global Health Expenditure Database

Life expectancy at birth (UN estimates)

The number of years a newborn would live if the mortality patterns at the time of birth stayed the same throughout life.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects