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Gambia - National Expenditure on Health (Gambian Dalasi)
A. SELECTED RATIO INDICATORS* FOR EXPENDITURES ON HEALTH
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
I. Expenditure ratios
Total expenditure on health (THE) as % of GDP
3.3
3.4
3.1
3.5
3.6
3.6
3.7
3.8
4.2
4.4
4.4
4.3
3.9
4.0
4.4
4.4
4.4
Financing Sources measurement
External resources on health as % of THE
2.6
2.6
3.2
9.1
18.5
19.1
18.0
22.1
21.0
19.6
53.1
62.6
44.5
41.0
26.5
39.2
47.4
Health share of domestically funded government expenditure
7.7
10.6
6.8
Financing Agents measurement
General government expenditure on health (GGHE) as % of THE
32.0
26.6
29.6
33.8
35.2
34.2
41.9
37.5
50.3
57.8
56.1
58.5
50.9
49.8
55.9
56.1
54.0
Private expenditure on health (PvtHE) as % of THE
68.0
73.4
70.4
66.2
64.8
65.8
58.1
62.5
49.7
42.2
43.9
41.5
49.1
50.2
44.1
43.9
46.0
GGHE as % of General government expenditure
6.9
6.0
6.7
10.4
10.4
10.4
8.2
8.7
12.9
11.7
11.3
11.3
11.3
11.3
11.3
11.3
11.3
Social security funds as % of GGHE
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Private insurance as % of PvtHE
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
2.3
3.7
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.2
3.1
3.1
3.2
Out of pocket expenditure as % of PvtHE
53.6
53.8
53.6
53.7
53.7
53.7
53.6
53.7
51.2
48.2
48.3
48.2
48.3
48.4
48.3
48.4
48.4
Resource Costs measurement
Total expenditure on pharmaceuticals as % of THE
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Private expenditure on pharmaceuticals as % of PvtHE
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total expenditure on compensation of human resources on health as % of THE
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Government compensation of health employees as % of GGHE
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
II. Selected per capita indicators for expenditures on health
Total expenditure on health / capita at exchange rate
23
25
21
24
23
22
19
16
14
17
19
19
20
25
26
27
27
Total expenditure on health / capita at Purchasing Power Parity (NCU per US$)
39
40
39
45
48
51
55
53
63
69
70
72
68
75
85
90
94
General government expenditure on health / cap x-rate
7
7
6
8
8
7
8
6
7
10
10
11
10
13
14
15
15
General government expenditure on health / cap Purchasing Power Parity (NCU per US$)
12
11
12
15
17
17
23
20
32
40
39
42
35
37
48
50
51
Per capita domestically funded government expenditure on health (Constant 2009 US$)
6
9
8
* These ratios and per capita levels are automatically derived using the aggregate figures in Section B.
B. VALUES UNDERLYING RATIOS AND LEVELS
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
Health System Expenditure & Financing
Financing Agents measurement (Million NCU)
Total expenditure on health
244
280
255
316
331
362
400
432
586
756
796
812
805
923
1,147
1,300
1,435
… General government expenditure on health
78
74
76
107
116
124
168
162
295
437
447
475
410
460
641
730
775
… … … … Ministry of Health
60
57
58
82
89
94
128
116
250
272
… … Social security funds
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
… Private expenditure on health
166
205
180
209
215
238
232
270
291
319
349
337
395
464
506
570
659
Private insurance
4
5
4
5
5
6
5
6
11
10
11
11
12
15
16
18
21
… … Non-profit institutions serving households (e.g. NGOs)
69
85
74
87
89
99
96
112
124
140
153
147
173
204
223
251
290
Out of pocket expenditure
89
110
96
112
115
128
125
145
149
154
169
162
191
225
245
276
319
Financing Sources measurement (Million NCU)
Rest of the world funds / External resources
6
7
8
29
61
69
72
95
123
148
423
508
358
379
304
510
680
Public funds
137
229
244
Factors of provision (Million NCU)
Compensation of health employees
of which : government
Pharmaceuticals
of which: private facilities
Macro-economic variables (Million NCU)
Gross domestic product (GDP)
7,502
8,310
8,197
8,943
9,284
10,012
10,784
11,517
13,895
17,381
18,177
18,724
20,721
23,012
26,184
29,417
32,682
General government expenditure (GGE)
1,134
1,232
1,124
1,028
1,118
1,192
2,037
1,871
2,293
3,750
3,961
4,211
3,635
4,073
5,683
6,466
6,871
GGE (excluding external resources)
1,776
2,170
3,602
Exchange rate (NCU per US$)
9.54
9.80
10.20
10.64
11.40
12.79
15.69
19.92
28.53
30.03
28.58
28.07
24.87
22.19
26.64
28.01
29.46
Purchasing Power Parity (NCU per US$)
5.61
5.97
5.51
5.73
5.51
5.51
5.49
5.96
6.59
7.49
7.56
7.30
7.41
7.57
7.99
8.36
8.62
Population (in thousands)
1,126
1,158
1,191
1,225
1,260
1,297
1,336
1,376
1,418
1,460
1,504
1,547
1,591
1,636
1,682
1,728
1,776
"n/a" Used when the information accessed indicates that a cell should have an entry but no estimates could be made.
"0" Used when no evidence of the schemes to which the cell relates exist. Some estimates yielding a ratio below 0.04% are also shown as ‘0’.
Footnotes
A new basis for these estimates was provided by new NHA reports, surveys, National Accounts series, accessed information and/or country consultations.
Last updated: June 2013
Source : Health expenditure series, World Health Organization, Geneva, (latest updates are available on http://apps.who.int/nha/database/DataExplorerRegime.aspx).
All the indicators refer to expenditures by financing agent except external resources which is a financing source.
When the number is smaller than 0.05% the percentage may appear as zero. For per capita expenditure indicators, when the value is less than 0.5 it is represented as <1.
In countries where the fiscal year begins in July, expenditure data have been allocated to the later calendar year (for example, 2008 data will cover the fiscal year 2007–08), unless otherwise stated for the country.
Absolute values of expenditures are expressed in nominal terms (current prices).
National currency unit per US$ are calculated using the average exchange rates for the year. For 2008, 2009 the use of yearly average exchange rates (compared to year-end exchange rates) may not fully represent the impact of the global financial crisis.
In some cases, the sum of general government and private expenditures on health may not add up to 100% because of rounding.
National currency unit per US$ are calculated using the average exchange rates for the year. For 2008, 2009 the use of yearly average exchange rates (compared to year-end exchange rates) may not fully represent the impact of the global financial crisis.
PPP series resulting from the 2005 International comparison project (ICP) estimated by the World Bank has been used. In countries where this is not available, PPPs are estimated by the WHO.
Care needs to be taken in interpreting external resource figures. Most are taken from the OECD DAC/CRS database except where a reliable full national health account study has been done. They are disbursements to recipient countries as reported by donors, lagged one year to account for the delay between disbursement and expenditure. Before 2002, disbursement data is not available and commitments are used.
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