I updated the tables in this Wikipedia article: 
*[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita|List of countries by total health expenditure per capita]]. 

I noticed on the talk page that I had left a message over 3 years ago suggesting adding row numbering. No one had updated the list since then even though this is a topic frequently in the media. 

The reason is that people had the list in rank order instead of in alphabetical order. I put it in alphabetical order which makes it much easier to update. See some of my method here: 
*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Convert_tables_and_charts_to_wiki_code_or_image_files#Web_to_LibreOffice_Calc_to_tab2wiki

Unfortunately, the current primitive method of row numbering I am using over the last few years breaks many functions of tables:
*Flags can not be used because they break the alignment of the row-number column with the rest of the table. This adds up at the bottom of the table where the rows will be completely misaligned, especially at smaller text sizes. 

*A note column can not be used due to narrow screens breaking alignment due to laddering. 
*References can not be added within the table due to the superscript increasing the height of that one line, and thus breaking alignment. 
*The tables can not be put side by side or laddering will occur, and alignment is broken. 

This health expenditure table has to do without more than a few years of data or the table is too wide. This is a problem on many such lists of nations inside tables. For example; many more years of data could be added to these popular articles: 
*[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate|List of countries by intentional homicide rate]]
*[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate|List of countries by incarceration rate]]

There are many more years for homicide rates for example. See: 
*[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Timeshifter/Sandbox62|User:Timeshifter/Sandbox62]]