Current Health Expenditure per Capita in Colombia (2025)
Colombia's current health expenditure reached 2,088.1 USD PPP per capita in 2025 (preliminary), roughly flat from 2,089.8 in 2024. OECD System of Health Accounts, 2011–2025.
Data
| Year | USD PPP per capita | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,088.1 | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,089.8 | +10.8% |
| 2023 | 1,885.8 | +15.5% |
| 2022 | 1,633.2 | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,635 | +18.6% |
| 2020 | 1,379 | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 1,315.3 | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 1,245.7 | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 1,184.4 | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 1,146.7 | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 1,077.2 | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 1,026 | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 959.8 | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 867.7 | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 818.2 | n/a |
About this Dataset
Colombia recorded 2,088.1 USD PPP per capita in current health expenditure in 2025, an OECD preliminary estimate that is roughly flat against 2024's finalized figure of 2,089.8 (-1.7). Spending has climbed in most years since 2011, when this data vintage begins at 818.2 USD PPP, with the steepest single-year jump, +256.0, coming in 2021 — likely tied to pandemic-related health outlays.
Government and compulsory insurance schemes typically fund the large majority of this spending: in 2024 they covered about 76.6% of the total (1,601.6 USD PPP per capita), with voluntary insurance and household out-of-pocket payments making up the remaining 23.4% (488.2 USD PPP). That heavily public-financed structure has stayed fairly consistent across the series.
Compared with OECD and regional peers, Colombia's per-capita spending sits well below the OECD average, typically cited at roughly $4,500 USD PPP in OECD publications, and far below the United States (14,823.1 USD PPP in 2024). It runs ahead of neighboring Mexico, at 1,653.4 USD PPP in 2024. The chart above shows the full 2011–2025 trend; the table below lists annual values with year-on-year changes.
Data sourced from the OECD System of Health Accounts (SHA) via SDMX REST API, filtered to Colombia (COL), total current health expenditure across all financing schemes, converted to USD at purchasing power parity. The most recent year is flagged provisional by the OECD and may be revised.