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6Commitment to health: resources, access and services
Health expenditure per capita (PPP US$)

The sum of public and private expenditure (in purchasing power parity terms in US dollars), divided by the population. Health expenditure includes the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities and emergency aid designated for health, but excludes the provision of water and sanitation. See health expenditure, private; health expenditure, public; and PPP (purchasing power parity).

HDI Rank   Country   2003      
1 Norway 3,809
2 Iceland 3,110
3 Australia 2,874
4 Ireland 2,496
5 Sweden 2,704
6 Canada 2,989
7 Japan 2,244
8 United States 5,711
9 Switzerland 3,776
10 Netherlands 2,987
11 Finland 2,108
12 Luxembourg 3,680
13 Belgium 2,828
14 Austria 2,306
15 Denmark 2,762
16 France 2,902
17 Italy 2,266
18 United Kingdom 2,389
19 Spain 1,853
20 New Zealand 1,893
21 Germany 3,001
22 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
23 Israel 1,911
24 Greece 1,997
25 Singapore 1,156
26 Korea, Rep. of 1,074
27 Slovenia 1,669
28 Portugal 1,791
29 Cyprus 1,143
30 Czech Republic 1,302
31 Barbados 1,050
32 Malta 1,436
33 Kuwait 567
34 Brunei Darussalam 681
35 Hungary 1,269
36 Argentina 1,067
37 Poland 745
38 Chile 707
39 Bahrain 813
40 Estonia 682
41 Lithuania 754
42 Slovakia 777
43 Uruguay 824
44 Croatia 838
45 Latvia 678
46 Qatar 685
47 Seychelles 599
48 Costa Rica 616
49 United Arab Emirates 623
50 Cuba 251
51 Saint Kitts and Nevis 670
52 Bahamas 1,220
53 Mexico 582
54 Bulgaria 573
55 Tonga 300
56 Oman 419
57 Trinidad and Tobago 532
58 Panama 555
59 Antigua and Barbuda 477
60 Romania 540
61 Malaysia 374
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 327
63 Mauritius 430
64 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 327
65 Russian Federation 551
66 Macedonia, TFYR 389
67 Belarus 570
68 Dominica 320
69 Brazil 597
70 Colombia 522
71 Saint Lucia 294
72 Venezuela, RB 231
73 Albania 366
74 Thailand 260
75 Samoa (Western) 209
76 Saudi Arabia 578
77 Ukraine 305
78 Lebanon 730
79 Kazakhstan 315
80 Armenia 302
81 China 278
82 Peru 233
83 Ecuador 220
84 Philippines 174
85 Grenada 473
86 Jordan 440
87 Tunisia 409
88 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 384
89 Suriname 309
90 Fiji 220
91 Paraguay 301
92 Turkey 528
93 Sri Lanka 121
94 Dominican Republic 335
95 Belize 309
96 Iran, Islamic Rep. of 498
97 Georgia 174
98 Maldives 364
99 Azerbaijan 140
100 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
101 El Salvador 378
102 Algeria 186
103 Guyana 283
104 Jamaica 216
105 Turkmenistan 221
106 Cape Verde 185
107 Syrian Arab Republic 116
108 Indonesia 113
109 Viet Nam 164
110 Kyrgyzstan 161
111 Egypt 235
112 Nicaragua 208
113 Uzbekistan 159
114 Moldova, Rep. of 177
115 Bolivia 176
116 Mongolia 140
117 Honduras 184
118 Guatemala 235
119 Vanuatu 110
120 Equatorial Guinea 179
121 South Africa 669
122 Tajikistan 71
123 Morocco 218
124 Gabon 255
125 Namibia 359
126 India 82
127 S??o Tom?? and Principe 93
128 Solomon Islands 87
129 Cambodia 188
130 Myanmar 51
131 Botswana 375
132 Comoros 25
133 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 56
134 Pakistan 48
135 Bhutan 59
136 Ghana 98
137 Bangladesh 68
138 Nepal 64
139 Papua New Guinea 132
140 Congo 23
141 Sudan 54
142 Timor-Leste 125
143 Madagascar 24
144 Cameroon 64
145 Uganda 75
146 Swaziland 324
147 Togo 62
148 Djibouti 72
149 Lesotho 106
150 Yemen 89
151 Zimbabwe 132
152 Kenya 65
153 Mauritania 59
154 Haiti 84
155 Gambia 96
156 Senegal 58
157 Eritrea 50
158 Rwanda 32
159 Nigeria 51
160 Guinea 95
161 Angola 49
162 Tanzania, U. Rep. of 29
163 Benin 36
164 C??te d'Ivoire 57
165 Zambia 51
166 Malawi 46
167 Congo, Dem. Rep. of the 14
168 Mozambique 45
169 Burundi 15
170 Ethiopia 20
171 Chad 51
172 Central African Republic 47
173 Guinea-Bissau 45
174 Burkina Faso 68
175 Mali 39
176 Sierra Leone 34
177 Niger 30

Source :
WHO (World Health Organization). 2006b. Correspondence on health expenditure. May. Geneva.