This statistic shows an overview of South Africa's healthcare expenditures compared in 2000 and 2012. The general government expenditure on health as a share of total expenditure on health was 41.3 percent in 2000 and 48.4 percent in 2012.
South Africa's healthcare expenditure in 2000 and 2012
Characteristic
2000
2012
General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health
41.3
48.4
Out-of-pocket expenditure as % of private expenditure on health
22.2
13.8
Per capita total expenditure on health at average exchange rate (in US$)
254
528
Per capita government expenditure on health (in PPP int. $)*
* Costs in local currency units are converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity (ppp) exchange rates. A ppp exchange rate is the number of units of a country's currency required to buy the same amounts of goods and services in the domestic market as U.S. dollar would buy in the United States. An international dollar is, therefore, a hypothetical currency that is used as a means of translating and comparing costs from one country to the other using a common reference point, the US dollar.
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Pharmaceutical Executive. (February 1, 2016). South Africa's healthcare expenditure in 2000 and 2012 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/629576/south-africa-s-healthcare-expenditure/
Pharmaceutical Executive. "South Africa's healthcare expenditure in 2000 and 2012." Chart. February 1, 2016. Statista. Accessed July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/629576/south-africa-s-healthcare-expenditure/
Pharmaceutical Executive. (2016). South Africa's healthcare expenditure in 2000 and 2012. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/629576/south-africa-s-healthcare-expenditure/
Pharmaceutical Executive. "South Africa's Healthcare Expenditure in 2000 and 2012." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/629576/south-africa-s-healthcare-expenditure/
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South Africa's healthcare expenditure in 2000 and 2012 [Graph], Pharmaceutical Executive, February 1, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/629576/south-africa-s-healthcare-expenditure/
