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Table 2 Distribution of equalization transfers (data for 2011)

From: Beyond health aid: would an international equalization scheme for universal health coverage serve the international collective interest?

Country

Present per capita government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$)

General government expenditure on health as percentage of GDP after reduction of external resources

Minimum domestic general government expenditure on health as percentage of GDP, SDSN proposal

Minimum domestic per capita government expenditure on health, SDSN proposal, at average exchange rate (US$)

Gap between minimum domestic per capita expenditure and US$55

Population (in thousands of people)

Equalization transfers required (in thousands of US$)

India

18.32

1.19

3.09

47.24

7.76

1,220,000

9,463,809.96

Bangladesh

9.71

1.27

3.14

22.37

32.63

153,000

4,991,904.92

Ethiopia

9.59

1.49

3.25

11.60

43.40

89,393

3,879,572.30

Pakistan

8.02

0.64

2.82

33.37

21.63

176,000

3,806,852.47

Democratic Republic of the Congo

6.66

1.98

3.49

8.06

46.94

63,932

3,001,283.16

United Republic of Tanzania

14.75

1.69

3.35

17.15

37.85

46,355

1,754,549.09

Uganda

11.15

1.81

3.41

15.29

39.71

35,148

1,395,846.96

Myanmar

2.92

0.26

2.63

29.62

25.38

52,351

1,328,480.95

Kenya

14.34

1.09

3.04

24.57

30.43

42,028

1,278,957.14

Afghanistan

8.72

1.25

3.12

18.24

36.76

29,105

1,069,823.02

Mozambique

14.70

0.83

2.92

15.59

39.41

24,581

968,847.64

Nepal

12.98

1.83

3.41

20.72

34.28

27,156

931,027.03

Madagascar

11.98

2.11

3.56

16.59

38.41

21,679

832,587.08

Niger

11.09

2.11

3.56

13.44

41.56

16,511

686,172.11

Malawi

22.71

2.93

3.96

14.63

40.37

15,458

624,066.51

Nigeria

29.19

1.85

3.42

51.20

3.80

164,000

623,569.96

Burkina Faso

18.70

1.92

3.46

19.78

35.22

15,995

563,322.38

Mali

20.25

2.29

3.64

23.85

31.15

14,417

449,024.64

Burundi

7.63

1.51

3.26

8.72

46.28

9,540

441,493.12

Guinea

8.13

1.43

3.21

16.03

38.97

11,162

434,953.54

Cambodia

11.50

1.08

3.04

27.35

27.65

14,606

403,917.74

Sudan

29.40

2.27

3.64

44.89

10.11

36,431

368,314.98

Chad

9.55

0.99

2.99

24.62

30.38

12,080

366,939.02

Rwanda

35.58

3.28

4.14

24.13

30.87

11,144

344,008.31

Côte d’Ivoire

21.14

1.60

3.30

38.68

16.32

19,390

316,452.49

Haiti

25.20

2.45

3.72

27.01

27.99

10,033

280,808.39

Benin

19.55

1.59

3.30

26.47

28.53

9,780

279,012.07

Cameroon

21.23

1.56

3.28

42.78

12.22

21,156

258,549.98

Sierra Leone

12.34

2.72

3.86

14.04

40.96

5,865

240,231.21

Eritrea

6.78

0.39

2.69

14.62

40.38

5,933

239,554.77

Togo

23.45

3.46

4.23

23.70

31.30

6,472

202,574.69

Tajikistan

15.99

1.46

3.23

30.24

24.76

7,815

193,501.05

Liberia

17.34

2.62

3.81

10.74

44.26

4,080

180,582.19

Central African Republic

9.49

1.27

3.14

15.12

39.88

4,436

176,923.50

Viet Nam

38.25

2.66

3.83

53.33

1.67

89,914

150,470.00

Senegal

39.05

3.00

4.00

44.78

10.22

13,331

136,176.99

Yemen

18.45

1.09

3.05

49.27

5.73

23,304

133,454.66

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

18.11

1.04

3.02

40.09

14.91

6,521

97,238.62

Gambia

14.82

1.25

3.12

19.52

35.48

1,735

61,566.39

Guinea-Bissau

9.97

0.92

2.96

17.53

37.47

1,624

60,854.17

Kyrgyzstan

42.52

3.46

4.23

46.44

8.56

5,403

46,269.47

Mauritania

34.95

3.01

4.00

42.87

12.13

3,703

44,920.14

Timor-Leste

33.11

1.78

3.39

30.99

24.01

1,096

26,316.01

Comoros

24.60

1.81

3.40

27.53

27.47

700

19,227.96

Zambia

52.15

2.66

3.83

54.61

0.39

13,634

5,319.01

South Sudan

13.46

0.55

2.78

54.63

0.37

10,381

3,846.39

Sao Tome and Principe

39.02

1.92

3.46

52.55

2.45

183

448.22

       

43,163,622.42

  1. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory data repository (consulted April 2014), SDSN proposal.