Health Expenditures, Life Expectancy and Infant Mortality in Nigeria (1990-2023).csv

This dataset supports a study of how disaggregated health-financing segments viz. health expenditure per capita, recurrent health expenditure, capital health expenditure, and out-of-pocket health spending, relate to social sustainability in Nigeria, measured by life expectancy at birth and infant mortality rate. By separating recurrent vs capital government spending and household out-of-pocket payments from per-capita spending, the data enable clean tests of financing composition effects on population health.

Variables (what each column means)/source sites

• YEAR: Calendar year.
• LEX_years: Life expectancy at birth, total (years).
  Source site: World Bank WDI → World Bank Open Data
• IMR_per_1000: Infant mortality rate (deaths under age 1 per 1,000 live births).
  Source site: World Bank WDI → World Bank Open Data
• HEXPc_USD: Current health expenditure per capita (current US$).
  Source site: World Bank WDI (from WHO GHED) → World Bank Open Data
• OPHS_percent: Out-of-pocket spending as a % of current health expenditure (households’ direct payments).
  Source site: World Bank WDI / WHO Global Health Expenditure Database → World Bank Open Data ; https://apps.who.int/nha/da…
• RHEX_Naira_billion: Federal Government Recurrent health expenditure (₦ billions).
  Source site: CBN Statistical Bulletin → cbn.gov.ng (Statistics ▸ Statistical Bulletin ▸ Public Finance)
• CHEX_Naira_billion: Federal Government Capital health expenditure (₦ billions).
  Source site: CBN Statistical Bulletin → cbn.gov.ng (Statistics ▸ Statistical Bulletin ▸ Public Finance)

Notes: Spending series from WDI/WHO typically have strongest coverage from 2000 onward; earlier years may be NA. RHEX/CHEX are nominal ₦ billions from CBN Public Finance functional tables (Health).