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Table 1 Sample description

From: Convergence in public health expenditure across the Sub-Saharan African countries: does club convergence matter?

Country

Economic organisation membership

Health expenditure Mean (2000–2017)

National health policy implementation

Angola

COMESA

86,28

–

Benin

ECOWAS

16,40

2009–2018

Botswana

SADC

446,31

1995–2016

Burkina Faso

ECOWAS

21,02

2011–2020

Burundi

COMESA

14,73

2016–2025

Cabo Verde

ECOWAS

156,92

2008–2020

Cameroon

ECCAS

20,26

2011–2015

Cent. African Rep.

ECCAS

9,56

2004–2020

Chad

ECCAS

20,32

2007–2015

Comoros

COMESA

16,51

2005–2015

Congo. Dem. Rep.

COMESA

2,14

2011–2020

Congo. Rep.

ECCAS

43,89

2009

Cote d’Ivoire

ECOWAS

23,70

2011

Djibouti

COMESA

56,36

–

Equatorial Guinea

ECCAS

119,94

–

Eritrea

COMESA

12,38

2012–2016

Eswatini

COMESA

281,35

2007–2015

Ethiopia

COMESA

10,74

2012–2016

Gabon

ECCAS

221,54

2010–2020

Gambia. The

ECOWAS

24,25

2012–2020

Ghana

ECOWAS

67,98

2007

Guinea

ECOWAS

7,60

2015–2024

Guinea-Bissau

ECOWAS

30,51

2008–2017

Kenya

COMESA

38,82

2012–2020

Lesotho

SADC

95,83

2011–2020

Liberia

ECOWAS

8,93

2011–2021

Madagascar

COMESA

25,62

–

Malawi

COMESA

16,30

2011–2016

Mali

ECOWAS

18,66

2014–2023

Mauritius

COMESA

276,46

–

Mozambique

SADC

14,28

2014–2019

Namibia

COMESA

424,53

–

Niger

ECOWAS

13,82

2016–2035

Nigeria

ECOWAS

33,33

2004–2015

Rwanda

COMESA

24,07

2000–2020

Sao Tome and Princ.

ECCAS

61,75

2012–2022

Senegal

ECOWAS

34,90

2009–2018

Seychelles

COMESA

637,02

2015–2025

Sierra Leone

ECOWAS

16,68

–

South Africa

SADC

383,45

–

Sudan

COMESA

64,14

2016–2025

Tanzania

SADC

29,97

2007

Togo

ECOWAS

12,51

2011

Zambia

COMESA

45,63

2011–2020