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2004
Philippine National Health Accounts (PNHA) 

Government Health Expenditure of Selected Asian Countries

Health spending in the Philippines comparable with other developing Asian countries in terms of share to GDP but show a see-saw movement

In 2002, the share of total health expenditure to GDP in the Philippines reached 3.4 percent. Countries like Cambodia, India, Japan and Mongolia allocated more than 6 percent of their GDP to health expenditure.

On the other hand, the proportion of the country's general government expenditure on health to total health expenditure was 30.3 percent. In comparison, more than half of the selected Asian countries showed higher proportions than the Philippines.

In the case of private expenditure on health in the Philippines, its share to total health expenditure remained at more than 50 percent. Half of the Asian counterparts reflected lower proportions than the Philippines, namely, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Japan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Korea and Thailand.

Selected National Health Accounts Indicators for the Philippines
and Other Asian Countries, 20021/

Member State Total expenditure on health as % of GDP General government expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health Private expenditure on health as % of total expenditure on health General government expenditure on health as % of total government expenditure External resources for health as % of total expenditure on health Per capita Government expenditure on health at average exchange rate (US$)
Bangladesh
3.1
25.2
74.8
4.4
13.5
3
Bhutan
4.5
92.2
7.8
12.0
18.7
11
Brunei Darussalam
3.5
78.2
21.8
4.7
n/a
336
Cambodia
12.0
17.1
82.9
18.6
4.9
5
China
5.8
33.7
66.3
10.0
0.1
21
India
6.1
21.3
78.7
4.4
1.0
6
Indonesia
3.2
36.0
64.0
5.4
1.8
9
Japan
7.9
81.7
18.3
17.0
-
2022
Lao People's Democratic Republic
2.9
50.9
49.1
8.7
9.6
5
Malaysia
3.8
53.8
46.2
6.9
-
80
Maldives
5.8
87.7
12.3
12.5
3.4
105
Mongolia
6.6
70.4
29.6
10.6
0.7
19
Myanmar
2.2
18.5
81.5
2.3
1.0
58
Nepal
5.2
27.2
72.8
7.5
9.0
3
Pakistan
3.2
34.9
65.1
3.2
1.8
5
Papua New Guinea
4.3
88.6
11.4
13.0
34.3
19
Philippines - WHO
2.9
39.1
60.9
4.7
2.8
11
Philippines 2/
3.4
30.3
59.0
7.1 3/
3.6
10.7 4/
Republic of Korea
5.0
52.9
47.1
10.7
-
305
Singapore
4.3
30.9
69.1
5.9
-
277
Thailand
4.4
69.7
30.3
17.1
0.2
63
Viet Nam
5.2
29.2
70.8
6.1
1.8
7

1/ The World Health Report 2004, WHO website (http://www.who.int/whr/2004/annex/topic/annex5.xls, Date: June 21, 2005).

2/ 2004 PNHA, NSCB.

3/ 2005 Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Finacing (BESF) for total government expenditure

4/Exchange rate from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (http://www.bsp.gov.ph/statistics/sefi/P$MonAnn.htm), Date: Feb. 24, 2005 and National Accounts Link Series, Annual, Link Series, Annual, Economic Statistics Office, NSCB.

n/a - not available

Source: World Health Report 2001, WHO website (http://www.who.int)

 

 

2004 Philippine National Health Accounts (PNHA)
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