Table 1

Average per Capita Health Expenditures (HE) in Low-income Countries, WHO National Health Accounts, 2003

Low income countries
 Total HE
 Private HE
 Prepaid Plans
 Out-of-Pocket

n
 ppp-adj. US$*
 ppp-adj. US$*
 % private HE
All
 54
 68.7
 37.5
 2.6
 85.0
Countries with private prepaid plans1
 22
 62.9
 36.1
 5.3
 78.4
Countries with no private prepaid plans2
 32
 72.8
 38.4
 N/A
 89.6

* Purchasing power parity adjusted US dollar

1 Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Viet Nam, and Zimbabwe.

2 Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Uzbekistan, Yemen, and Zambia.

Vialle-Valentin et al. Health Research Policy and Systems 2008 6:11   doi:10.1186/1478-4505-6-11