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Table 2 Assessment of health priorities in The Economic Community of West African States from 2010 to 2018

From: How West African countries prioritize health

Country

Health priority (%)

Average health priorities from 2010–2018

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Benin

5.15

5.40

5.25

5.13

4.04

3.23

3.73

4.58

2.96

4.39

Ghana

11.91

12.09

8.97

8.64

6.72

8.56

6.54

6.04

6.42

8.43

Nigeria

2.69

2.76

3.87

3.66

3.53

5.32

5.00

4.44

4.44

3.96

Burkina Faso

6.03

6.59

4.70

6.38

7.77

7.15

11.03

9.99

8.78

7.60

Cabo Verde

7.23

8.61

8.86

9.03

9.98

10.09

10.39

10.39

10.39

8.29

Cote d’Ivoire

4.06

4.39

4.62

4.59

5.11

4.75

4.82

5.10

5.07

4.72

The Gambia

6.13

6.13

6.13

6.13

5.75

5.10

6.23

4.38

4.38

5.59

Liberia

3.17

5.05

2.84

1.03

2.51

3.25

3.90

4.20

5.23

3.46

Togo

7.45

5.67

6.11

5.01

5.07

4.16

4.26

4.26

4.26

5.14

Mali

3.30

2.94

2.66

4.13

4.45

4.39

5.43

5.43

5.43

4.24

Niger

8.70

8.94

6.25

6.56

5.40

4.59

5.69

9.66

8.35

7.13

Senegal

5.35

5.63

5.31

5.30

4.68

4.69

4.46

4.26

4.26

4.88

Guinea

1.77

3.18

2.57

2.62

3.03

1.98

4.11

4.11

4.11

3.05

Sierra Leone

6.29

4.13

4.68

5.15

7.58

7.91

7.91

7.91

7.25

6.53

Guinea-Bissau

5.94

2.87

4.20

4.72

2.89

2.78

2.68

3.01

3.02

3.56

  1. Source: Authors’ compilation from World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure Database