In 2020, Barbados allocated approximately 10 percent of its total government health spending to mental health, making it the country with the highest mental health expenditure relative to the total government health spending that year among selected nations in Latin America and the Caribbean. Antigua and Barbuda followed, with a mental health expenditure of around seven percent of the total government health spending recorded as of 2020.
Public expenditure on mental health as share of total government health spending in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020
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Expenditure as a share of government health spending
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WHO. (April 15, 2022). Public expenditure on mental health as share of total government health spending in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363301/mental-health-expenditure-share-total-government-spending-health-latin-america-caribbean/
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WHO. (2022). Public expenditure on mental health as share of total government health spending in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363301/mental-health-expenditure-share-total-government-spending-health-latin-america-caribbean/
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Public expenditure on mental health as share of total government health spending in selected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020 [Graph], WHO, April 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1363301/mental-health-expenditure-share-total-government-spending-health-latin-america-caribbean/
