Filipinos spent about 11,100 Philippine pesos on health in 2023, indicating an eight percent growth from the previous year. The National Capital Region had the highest health expenditures in that year.
Rising current health expenditures
The country’s health spending has been steadily rising in the past few years, reaching its peak value in 2023. Increased healthcare spending was particularly noted between 2020 and 2021 when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, as Filipinos purchased more essential health products and medicines to better protect themselves from the virus.
Factors contributing to increased health spending
In addition to the coronavirus pandemic, high inflation rates in the Philippines, fueled the increasing prices of medicines and other pharmaceutical goods. To lower the prices of medicines, the government has been encouraging foreign pharmaceutical firms to establish facilities in the country to increase local production. Discussions were being held between pharmaceutical firms such as in India, which was the leading source of pharmaceutical imports to the Philippines.
Current health expenditure per capita in the Philippines from 2014 to 2023
(in Philippine pesos)
Characteristic
Per capita health expenditures in Philippine pesos
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PSA (Philippines). (August 13, 2024). Current health expenditure per capita in the Philippines from 2014 to 2023 (in Philippine pesos) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1250962/philippines-per-capita-current-health-expenditure/
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PSA (Philippines). (2024). Current health expenditure per capita in the Philippines from 2014 to 2023 (in Philippine pesos). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1250962/philippines-per-capita-current-health-expenditure/
PSA (Philippines). "Current Health Expenditure per Capita in The Philippines from 2014 to 2023 (in Philippine Pesos)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1250962/philippines-per-capita-current-health-expenditure/
PSA (Philippines), Current health expenditure per capita in the Philippines from 2014 to 2023 (in Philippine pesos) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1250962/philippines-per-capita-current-health-expenditure/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Current health expenditure per capita in the Philippines from 2014 to 2023 (in Philippine pesos) [Graph], PSA (Philippines), August 13, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1250962/philippines-per-capita-current-health-expenditure/