Table 1 Selected health financing indicators for Kenya

 Proportion of Kenyans covered by health insurance [17]

10.0%

17.1%

Financing sources as a percentage of total health expenditure (THE) [62]

2009

2013

 Percentage of THE financed by public sources

28.8%

33.5%

 Percentage of THE financed by donors

34.5%

25.6%

 Percentage of THE financed by private sources

36.7%

39.8%

 Percentage of THE paid for through Out-of-pocket expenditure

25%

29%

 Total health expenditure (THE) per capita (USD)

55.8

66.6

 THE as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP)

5.4%

6.8%

 Government health expenditure as a percentage of total government expenditure

4.6%

6.1%

 Public expenditure on health as a percentage of GDP

1.6%

2.3%