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Tracking world statistics on Health and Medicine

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What each indicator means

Health spending (% of GDP)
Total spending on health in a year, as a share of the economy (GDP).
Health spending per person
Total health spending divided by population, in US dollars. Exchange rates affect the comparison.
Physicians per 1,000 people
Physicians per 1,000 people. Definitions vary between countries.
Infant mortality rate
Deaths before the first birthday per 1,000 live births.
Hospital beds per 1,000 people
Inpatient beds per 1,000 people, covering both acute and long-term care.

Where this country stands

For each indicator below, the country's figure is placed against all 208 countries and areas covered by the same source. The median is the middle value once every country is ordered by that indicator.

IndicatorValueRankMedianRanked 1stRanked last
Health spending (% of GDP)6.03 %104 / 1936.37 %Tuvalu 27.09Laos 1.33
Health spending per person267.06 US$118 / 193470.4 US$US 13,473Madagascar 17.44
Physicians per 1,000 people1.81 per 1,00095 / 2081.62 per 1,000Cuba 9.54Niger 0.04
Infant mortality rate10.3 per 1,00084 / 19612.4 per 1,000San Marino 1.2South Sudan 71.9
Hospital beds per 1,000 people1.85 per 1,000124 / 2012.38 per 1,000Monaco 21.99Chad 0.15

Countries ranked next to it: Morocco, Zambia, Cape Verde, Lebanon, Tajikistan, Palau, St. Vincent & Grenadines, Colombia