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Global Health Spending 1995-2021

General Info

Provider 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Geography 
Global
Coverage type 
Global
Time period covered 
January, 1995 - December, 2021
Series or system 
Financing Global Health (FGH)
Data type
Estimate
Summary 

Research by the Global Burden of Disease Health Financing Collaborator Network produced retrospective health spending estimates for 1995-2021 for 204 countries and territories. The estimates cover total health spending, health spending disaggregated by source into three domestic financing source categories (government, out-of-pocket, and prepaid private), and development assistance for health (DAH). Domestic health spending source data came primarily from the WHO’s Global Health Expenditure Database (GHED). DAH data came from a diverse set of sources, including program reports, budget data, national estimates, and National Health Accounts (NHAs). The resulting estimates were used to forecast GDP and prospective health spending estimates for 2022-2050. Estimates are reported in constant 2022 United States Dollars, constant 2022 purchasing power parity adjusted (PPP) dollars, and as a percent of gross domestic product.

Keywords 
Government health expenditures, Health aid, Personal health expenditures

Citation

Contributors 
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network
Funders 
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
Publisher 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Publication year 
2024
Suggested citation 
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network. Global Health Spending 1995-2021. Seattle, United States of America: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2024.

Files (4)

Public files 
FileSize
Binary Data Data Release Information Sheet149.09 KB
Binary Data Global Health Spending 1995-2021 [CSV, DTA]2.07 MB
Binary Data Codebook [CSV]28.37 KB
Binary Data Data Input Sources [XLSX]14.55 KB

Source URL:https://ghdx.healthdata.org/record/ihme-data/global-health-spending-1995-2021