Published: January 2019

Data on the official development assistance (ODA) for medical research and basic health sectors (health ODA) and ODA as % of gross national income (ODA as % GNI) are collected from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and are reported for the year 2017 by donor country (not all countries have reported data on this indicator).

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What you see

The data visualization compares 2017 health ODA by donor country as a % of GNI (bottom chart, left) and as a % of total ODA (bottom chart, right). The weighted averages or median are provided by WHO region and country income group (top charts). (To see the data using the two calculations methods, select the desired calculation method from the two options above the charts.)

Points to note:

• The information about health ODA is derived from 33 Member States for which data are available
• Excluding the Eastern Mediterranean region (as there is only data for one country, the United Arab Emirates), the European region has the highest weighted average of health ODA as a % of GNI (0.012%; top chart, left) while the region of the Americas has the highest weighted average health ODA as a % of total ODA (6.01%; top chart, right) when compared to other regions for the reported period and countries.
• However, if using the median values, the European region comes last for both indicators (health ODA as a % of GNI (0.003%) and as a % of total ODA (1.02%) compared to the other regions for the reported period and countries (top charts). The difference observed for the European region is accounted for by the wide range in both the amount of health ODA, and the total ODA, donated by countries in this region.

To explore by country estimates and differences with regional averages (the regional average is symbolized by vertical dashed line):

• Select a region in the top two charts to filter countries according to those categories and then examine the data in the bottom two charts. For example:
  
  -- Selecting only the region of the Americas (in either the top left or right charts), shows that Canada (of the two countries in that region reporting data in the period) exceeded the regional weighted average and the median for both health ODA as a % of GNI (0.020%) and health ODA as a % of total ODA (7.60%).
  
  -- Selecting only Europe (in either the top left or right charts), shows that of the countries exceeding the regional weighted average of 0.012% for health ODA as % of GNI (bottom chart, left), Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland allocated the highest shares of health ODA as % of GNI (each at 0.04%). This is approximately three times the regional weighted average and 13 times the median (0.003%). Croatia had the highest health ODA as % of total ODA (12.28% bottom chart, right). This represents five times the regional weighted average of 2.33% and 12 times the median of 1.02%.
• Hover the cursor on a bar in a graphic to see more information in a popup window.
• Undo the selection by clicking ‘undo’ or ‘reset’ near the bottom of the page or by clicking the same element again.

Data sources

• Indicator: OECD
• Country income group classification: The World Bank