DECEMBER 2023 FACTSHEET - Status of Domestic Health Financing in Zambia

The increase in expenditure in 2020 and 2021 can Figure 2: Health expenditure indicators 2010 -2021 Source: MoH (2023) Current health expenditure by level of care Estimates show that the government spends over 60 percent of its hospitals (17 percent) and second level hospitals (13 percent). [...] Similarly, the CHE the major sources of health financing are public, cooperating partners and Zambia’s general government expenditure on health increased over allocation has grown over time from 35 percent in 2006 to 71 percent per capita rose from US$71.4 in 2017 to US$85.5 in 2019 and fell to household out-of-pocket expenditure. [...] The increase in expenditure in 2020 and 2021 can government expenditure on health took a deep dive from 8 percent in government expenditure and total provincial allocation as a percentage of 2010 to 7 percent in 2015. [...] At the provincial level, the share of health allocation as a percentage of total health Table 2: Health expenditure allocation as a % of total government expenditure Year % of health Total provincial The government of Zambia continues to direct more health resources to expenditures to allocation as % of the health sector, especially at the provincial level. [...] Primary health services are followed by third level and specialized 2018 10% 66% 2019 9% 71% Photo: UNICEF 2 FACTSHEET Figure 5: General government expenditure on health at national and provincial level Figure 6: General government expenditure on health at the provinces Performance of health fnancing in Zambia against the rest of African region Table 3 shows the comparison of Zambia with the avera.