Data Source

Health Expenditure data: world bank (2000-2019)

https://databank.worldbank.org/source/health-nutrition-and-population-statistics#

Life expectancy data: KFF (2000-2019)

https://www.kff.org/state-category/health-status/

GDP per capita data: World Bank

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD

Chapter 1. Health Expenditure and Life Expectancy in 2019

1. Do countries that spend more live longer?(2019)

N= 188 Countries

Correlation(Pearson) = 0.24624637358291662909

p-value = 0.0012

⇒ Weak positive correlation, but statistically significant

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2. Who has the highest or lowest value in 2019?

🔝 Top 5 Life Expectancy Countries (2019)

Country Year HealthExp_%GDP LifeExp
Monaco 2019 3.877266 86.751
San Marino 2019 8.148016 84.972
Japan 2019 10.969984 84.629
Cayman Islands 2019 NaN 83.924
Switzerland 2019 11.425890 83.779