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Health expenditure (% of GDP)

Current health spending, % of GDP

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Countries
54 of 54 have data
Period
All figures refer to 2023.
Source
World Bank · annual

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

“—” in the change column means there is no earlier figure to compare with.

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