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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Health expenditures

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DEFINITION: This entry provides the total expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP. Health expenditures are broadly defined as activities performed either by institutions or individuals through the application of medical, paramedical, and/or nursing knowledge and technology, the primary purpose of which is to promote, restore, or maintain health.
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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Liberia 19.5% of GDP 2011
2 Sierra Leone 18.8% of GDP 2011
3 Lesotho 12.8% of GDP 2011
4 Rwanda 10.8% of GDP 2011
5 Uganda 9.5% of GDP 2011
6 Burundi 8.7% of GDP 2011
=7 South Africa 8.5% of GDP 2011
=7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8.5% of GDP 2011
=9 Malawi 8.4% of GDP 2011
=9 Sudan 8.4% of GDP 2011
=11 Swaziland 8% of GDP 2011
=11 Togo 8% of GDP 2011
13 Djibouti 7.9% of GDP 2011
14 Sao Tome and Principe 7.7% of GDP 2011
15 Tanzania 7.3% of GDP 2011
=16 Cote d'Ivoire 6.8% of GDP 2011
=16 Mali 6.8% of GDP 2011
18 Mozambique 6.6% of GDP 2011
19 Burkina Faso 6.5% of GDP 2011
20 Guinea-Bissau 6.3% of GDP 2011
21 Zambia 6.1% of GDP 2011
=22 Guinea 6% of GDP 2011
=22 Senegal 6% of GDP 2011
24 Mauritius 5.9% of GDP 2011
25 Mauritania 5.4% of GDP 2011
=26 Nigeria 5.3% of GDP 2011
=26 Niger 5.3% of GDP 2011
=26 Namibia 5.3% of GDP 2011
=26 Comoros 5.3% of GDP 2011
30 Cameroon 5.2% of GDP 2011
31 Botswana 5.1% of GDP 2011
=32 Ghana 4.8% of GDP 2011
=32 Cape Verde 4.8% of GDP 2011
34 Ethiopia 4.7% of GDP 2011
35 Benin 4.6% of GDP 2011
36 Kenya 4.5% of GDP 2011
37 The Gambia 4.4% of GDP 2011
38 Chad 4.3% of GDP 2011
39 Madagascar 4.1% of GDP 2011
40 Equatorial Guinea 4% of GDP 2011
=41 Central African Republic 3.8% of GDP 2011
=41 Seychelles 3.8% of GDP 2011
43 Angola 3.5% of GDP 2011
44 Gabon 3.2% of GDP 2011
45 Eritrea 2.6% of GDP 2011

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