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Table 3 Mean health financing indicator values for the Middle East and North Africa Region by World Bank income group, 2000–2014

From: Health status and health systems financing in the MENA region: roadmap to universal health coverage

Indicator

LMICsa

UMICsb

HICsc

2000

2014

2000

2014

2000

2014

Total expenditure on health per capita (US$)

46

129

264

391

814

1311

Total expenditure on health per capita (Int$)

170

380

589

829

1494

2330

Total expenditure on health as a share of GDP

4.4

5.8

6.6

6.4

3.0

3.7

General government expenditure on health as a share of GDP

1.7

1.7

3.0

4.1

2.2

2.8

General government expenditure on health as a share of general government expenditure

7.1

6.4

9.6

10.0

7.3

7.6

General government expenditure on health as a share of total expenditure on health

38.2

32.4

51.0

63.7

73.1

78.7

Out-of-pocket expenditure as a share of total expenditure on health

56.1

63.9

41.8

31.2

20.7

13.5

  1. Source: computed from [16]
  2. a LMIC lower middle income country
  3. b UMIC upper middle income country
  4. c HIC high income country