6. What is the SDG Health Price Tag?

The SDG Health Price Tag is a model that estimates the financial investments needed to strengthen health systems in order to reach the SDG health targets by 2030. It provides a general estimate, and is not prescriptive for what countries should spend. It shows the areas in which major investments are needed and forecasts the extent to which different countries can afford them.

In creating the SDG Health Price Tag, WHO analysed existing databases in 67 countries across the world to assess country data on disease burden, health service coverage and health system performance. It grouped countries into 5 categories in terms of their health systems and financial capacity.