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Health Sector Statistics
County Governments’ Expenditure on Health Services, 2017/18 – 2021/22
2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21* 2021/22+
Recurrent 71,813.3 75,940.0 89,139.2 90,554.6 92,625.9
Development 12,165.0 16,083.6 17,588.0 18,284.0 23,902.9
TOTAL 83,978.3 92,023.6 106,727.1 108,838.6 116,528.7
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 1 336,397.48 405,531.74 417,153.55 425,039.63 514,271.66
Source: The National Treasury

The share of National Government expenditure on health to total National Government expenditure for the period 2017/18 to 2021/22 is
shown in chart below. The ratio of National Government expenditure on health to total National Government expenditure was 3.3 per cent
in 2020/21 and is expected to increase to 3.7 in 2021/22.

Share of Total National Government Expenditure on Health to Total National Government Expenditure,
2017/18 – 2021/22

The chart below shows County Governments’ share on health expenditure to total county governments’ expenditure for the period
2017/18 to 2022. The share on County Governments’ expenditure on health to total county governments’ expenditure is expected
to decline from 25.6 per cent in 2020/21 to 22.7 per cent in 2021/22.

Share of County Governments’ Expenditure on Health to Total County Governments’ Expenditure,
2017/18 – 2021/22

National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF)

The membership of the NHIF for the period 2016/17 to 2020/21 is shown in table below. Total membership comprising of
principal members and their dependents increased by 6.64 per cent from 22.0 million in 2019/20 to 23.4 million in 2020/21. The
principal members comprised of 43.2 per cent of the total members during the period under review.

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