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Health expenditure (% of GDP)

54 of 54 countries reporting · annual · World Bank

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Rank Country Value ascending As of vs previous
1 🇱🇷 Liberia 13.01% 2023 ↓ 0.58 pts + compare
2 🇱🇸 Lesotho 12.61% 2023 ↓ 0.28 pts + compare
3 🇸🇸 South Sudan 11.61% 2023 ↑ 5.04 pts + compare
4 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 10.66% 2023 ↑ 0.71 pts + compare
5 🇳🇦 Namibia 9.48% 2023 ↓ 0.14 pts + compare
6 🇧🇮 Burundi 9.09% 2023 ↑ 0.43 pts + compare
7 🇿🇦 South Africa 8.91% 2023 ↑ 0.16 pts + compare
8 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 8.82% 2023 ↑ 0.48 pts + compare
9 🇲🇿 Mozambique 8.5% 2023 ↑ 0.25 pts + compare
10 🇹🇳 Tunisia 7.99% 2023 ↑ 0.47 pts + compare
11 🇱🇾 Libya 7.81% 2023 ↑ 3.06 pts + compare
12 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 7.8% 2023 ↑ 0.39 pts + compare
13 🇸🇿 Eswatini 7.5% 2023 ↑ 0.25 pts + compare
14 🇰🇲 Comoros 6.55% 2023 ↓ 1.92 pts + compare
15 🇲🇼 Malawi 6.53% 2023 ↓ 0.09 pts + compare
16 🇧🇼 Botswana 6.26% 2023 ↑ 0.52 pts + compare
17 🇹🇬 Togo 6.11% 2023 ↓ 0.13 pts + compare
18 🇲🇦 Morocco 6.06% 2023 ↑ 0.31 pts + compare
19 🇿🇲 Zambia 5.98% 2023 ↑ 0.77 pts + compare
20 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 5.85% 2023 ↓ 0.85 pts + compare
21 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe 5.77% 2023 ↓ 0 pts + compare
22 🇲🇺 Mauritius 5.57% 2023 ↓ 0.28 pts + compare
23 🇷🇼 Rwanda 5.13% 2023 ↓ 0.8 pts + compare
24 🇹🇩 Chad 5% 2023 ↑ 0.84 pts + compare
25 🇪🇬 Egypt 4.88% 2023 ↑ 0.16 pts + compare
26 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 4.72% 2023 ↓ 0.08 pts + compare
27 🇨🇲 Cameroon 4.55% 2023 ↑ 0.06 pts + compare
28 🇸🇨 Seychelles 4.48% 2023 ↑ 0.08 pts + compare
29 🇰🇪 Kenya 4.35% 2023 ↑ 0.03 pts + compare
30 🇩🇿 Algeria 4.35% 2023 ↑ 0.72 pts + compare
31 🇲🇷 Mauritania 4.34% 2023 ↓ 0.33 pts + compare
32 🇸🇳 Senegal 4.32% 2023 ↑ 0.28 pts + compare
33 🇺🇬 Uganda 4.24% 2023 ↓ 0.21 pts + compare
34 🇳🇬 Nigeria 4.19% 2023 ↓ 0.02 pts + compare
35 🇳🇪 Niger 4.05% 2023 ↓ 0.3 pts + compare
36 🇲🇱 Mali 3.81% 2023 ↑ 0.09 pts + compare
37 🇸🇴 Somalia 3.74% 2023 ↑ 0.9 pts + compare
38 🇬🇳 Guinea 3.69% 2023 ↓ 0.14 pts + compare
39 🇨🇩 DR Congo 3.68% 2023 ↓ 0.26 pts + compare
40 🇪🇷 Eritrea 3.68% 2023 ↓ 0.19 pts + compare
41 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 3.5% 2023 ↑ 0.66 pts + compare
42 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 3.43% 2023 ↓ 0.21 pts + compare
43 🇲🇬 Madagascar 3.43% 2023 ↑ 0.28 pts + compare
44 🇧🇯 Benin 3.34% 2023 ↑ 0.36 pts + compare
45 🇨🇬 Congo 3.3% 2023 ↑ 1 pts + compare
46 🇬🇦 Gabon 3.13% 2023 ↑ 0.24 pts + compare
47 🇹🇿 Tanzania 3.05% 2023 ↓ 0.08 pts + compare
48 🇬🇭 Ghana 2.95% 2023 ↓ 0.73 pts + compare
49 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 2.93% 2023 ↓ 0.47 pts + compare
50 🇬🇲 Gambia 2.89% 2023 ↓ 0.64 pts + compare
51 🇸🇩 Sudan 2.85% 2023 ↓ 0.94 pts + compare
52 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 2.8% 2023 ↓ 0.05 pts + compare
53 🇦🇴 Angola 2.55% 2023 ↓ 0.05 pts + compare
54 🇩🇯 Djibouti 2.28% 2023 ↓ 0.24 pts + compare
Median 4.52% median of shown

Credit ratings

Rank Country Fitch Moody's S&P
1 🇿🇦 South Africa BB Ba2 BB
2 🇪🇬 Egypt B Caa1 B
3 🇳🇬 Nigeria B B3 B
4 🇬🇭 Ghana B Caa1 B-
5 🇰🇪 Kenya B- B3 B

Sorted by median ordinal across available agencies (Fitch / Moody's / S&P scales aligned at equivalent notches); ties broken alphabetically by country. Grades are never averaged or converted to a blended score — ordinals stay ordinals.