Antigua and Barbuda Health expenditure profile
HEALTH SPENDING IN BRIEF WHO PAYS FOR HEALTH?
Health spending (% of GDP) 4.3 7.2%
Health expenditure per capita (US$) 623 Public 32.2% Out-of-pocket Voluntary prepayment Public spending on health per capita (US$) 377 60.6% External Other GDP per capita (US$) 14,461
Life expectancy, both sexes (years) 76
RICHER COUNTRIES SPEND MORE ON HEALTH… …BUT NOT NECESSARILY AS A SHARE OF GDP
10,000 25
20
1,000 15
10 100
Health spending % of GDP 5
Health spending per capita (US$, log scale) 10 0 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 GDP per capita (US$, log scale) GDP per capita (US$, log scale)
MORE GOVERNMENT SPENDING ON HEALTH IS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER OUT-OF-POCKET SPENDING DOES GOVERNMENT SPEND ENOUGH ON HEALTH?
100 800 20
80 600 15
60
400 10 % US$ 40
200 5 20
Out-of-pocket spending % of health 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Public spending on health % of GDP Health spending per capita (US$, bars) Government health spending % of total government spending (line) Antigua and Barbuda
PRIORITY OF HEALTH IN BUDGET ALLOCATION IS A POLITICAL CHOICE
25
20
15
10
5 Government health spending % of total government spending 0 Italy Qatar Oman Latvia Israel SpainMalta Palau Chile Japan Kuwait Cyprus Greece Poland Estonia Finland AustriaIceland France Canada Ireland Monaco Bahrain Hungary Portugal Slovenia SlovakiaAndorra Belgium NorwaySweden Uruguay Barbados Lithuania ArgentinaSingapore BahamasDenmarkAustralia Germany Seychelles San Marino Switzerland Saudi Arabia Luxembourg Netherlands New Zealand Czech Republic United Kingdom Republic of Korea Brunei Darussalam Trinidad and Tobago UnitedSaint Arab Kitts Emirates and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda
IS RELIANCE ON OUT-OF-POCKET SPENDING DECREASING OVER TIME?
100
80
60
40
20
0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Public External Other Voluntary prepayment Out-of-pocket
WHEN PUBLIC SOURCES SPEND MORE ON HEALTH, DO HOUSEHOLDS SPEND LESS?
15,000 6
10,000 4
5,000 2 % of GDP (lines)
GDP per capita (US$, bars) 0 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
GDP per capita (US$, bars) Public spending on health (% of GDP) Out-of-pocket spending (% of GDP)
DOES INCREASING AID CROWD OUT PUBLIC SPENDING FROM DOMESTIC SOURCES?
EXTERNAL PUBLIC
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
600 400 200 0 0 200 400 600 Per capita (US$) Per capita (US$)
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database. Data are for 2016 unless otherwise specified.