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Table 3 Health care expenditure, 2000/2005

From: Understanding chronic non-communicable diseases in Latin America: towards an equity-based research agenda

Country

Total Expenditure on health as % of gross domestic product

General government expenditure on health as % of total experience on health

Per capita total expenditure on health (PPP int. $)

 

2000

2005

2000

2005

2000

2005

Argentina

8.9

10.2

55.4

43.9

1120

1529

Bolivia

6.1

6.9

60.1

61.6

149

203

Brazil

7.2

7.9

40.0

44.1

572

755

Chile

6.2

5.4

48.7

51.4

576

668

Colombia

7.7

7.3

80.9

84.8

485

581

Ecuador

4.2

5.3

31.2

40.0

157

274

Paraguay

9.2

7.3

40.2

36.5

336

312

Peru

4.7

4.3

53.0

49.0

228

274

Uruguay

10.5

8.1

33.4

42.5

968

885

Venezuela

6.0

4.7

53.1

45.3

356

325

Income group (worldwide)

      

Low income

4.2

4.6

28.0

25.9

56

84

Lower middle income

4.6

4.8

43.4

44.9

183

295

Upper middle income

6.2

6.6

52.5

53.2

505

705

High income

10.0

11.2

59.7

60.1

2744

3712

  1. Source: WHO [2].