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Total Health Care Spending (Per Capita US$) & Year
Total Health Care Spending as (% of GDP) & Year
Health Care Funders (Percentage of total costs)
- Private sector - 82% of overall health expenditure
- Minority by govt sector
Health Care Administrators or Payers
Secondary Insurance Providers
Provider Payment Methods
- Private sector - majority out of pocket expenses
Key Financing & Expenditure Trends
| Indicator |
Value (year) |
| External resources for health as percentage of total expenditure on health |
0.4 (2005) |
| General government expenditure on health as percentage of total expenditure on health |
19.0 (2005) |
| General government expenditure on health as percentage of total government expenditure |
3.5 (2005) |
| Out-of-pocket expenditure as percentage of private expenditure on health |
94.00 (2005) |
| Per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) |
7.0 (2005) |
| Per capita government expenditure on health(PPP int. $) |
19.0 (2005) |
| Per capita total expenditure on health (PPP int. $) |
100.0 (2005) |
| Per capita total expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$) |
36.0 (2005) |
| Private expenditure on health as percentage of total expenditure on health |
81.0 (2005) |
| Private prepaid plans as percentage of private expenditure on health |
0.8 (2005) |
| Social security expenditure on health as percentage of general government expenditure on health |
4.7 (2005) |
| Total expenditure on health as percentage of gross domestic product |
5.0 (2005) |
Financial Resources: Taking into account the gap in health care facilities, it is planned, under the policy to increase health sector expenditure to 6 percent of GDP, with 2 percent of GDP being contributed as public health investment, by the year 2010.
The State Governments would also need to increase the commitment to the health sector. In the first phase, by 2005, they would be expected to increase the commitment of their resources to 7 percent of the Budget; and, in the second phase, by 2010, to increase it to 8 percent of the Budget. With the stepping up of the public health investment, the Central Government’s contribution would rise to 25 percent from the existing 15 percent by 2010. The provisioning of higher public health investments will also be contingent upon the increase in the absorptive capacity of the public health administration so as to utilize the funds gainfully.
| Public Health Spending in select Countries |
| Indicator |
%Population with income of <$1 day |
Infant Mortality Rate/1000 |
%Health Expenditure to GDP |
%Public Expenditure on Health to Total Health Expenditure |
| India |
44.2 |
70 |
5.2 |
17.3 |
| China |
18.5 |
31 |
2.7 |
24.9 |
| Sri Lanka |
6.6 |
16 |
3 |
45.4 |
| UK |
- |
6 |
5.8 |
96.9 |
| USA |
- |
7 |
13.7 |
44.1 |
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