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Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Afghanistan

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Afghanistan in 2023 — 0.25%. Ranked 192 in the world out of 192. Since 2002, the indicator has risen by 0.16 pp.

2023 0.25% +0.07 pp vs 2022
World rank 192of 192
Period maximum 1.19%2020
Period minimum 0.08%2002

Trend over time

2002–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Afghanistan, 2002–202300.511.5200220052008201120142017202020232002: 0.08%2003: 0.65%2004: 0.54%2005: 0.53%2006: 0.5%2007: 0.56%2008: 0.63%2009: 0.53%2010: 0.47%2011: 0.48%2012: 0.34%2013: 0.44%2014: 0.47%2015: 0.52%2016: 0.6%2017: 0.64%2018: 0.55%2019: 0.5%2020: 1.19%2021: 0.71%2022: 0.18%2023: 0.25%
Change over the period: +0.16 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 0.25%
World 6.14%
South Asia 1.21%
Southern Asia computed 1.34%
Low-income countries computed 0.92%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.25 +0.07 pp
2022 0.18 −0.53 pp
2021 0.71 −0.48 pp
2020 1.19 +0.69 pp
2019 0.5 −0.06 pp
2018 0.55 −0.09 pp
2017 0.64 +0.04 pp
2016 0.6 +0.08 pp
2015 0.52 +0.05 pp
2014 0.47 +0.03 pp
2013 0.44 +0.1 pp
2012 0.34 −0.14 pp
2011 0.48 +0.01 pp
2010 0.47 −0.06 pp
2009 0.53 −0.1 pp
2008 0.63 +0.07 pp
2007 0.56 +0.06 pp
2006 0.5 −0.03 pp
2005 0.53 −0.01 pp
2004 0.54 −0.11 pp
2003 0.65 +0.57 pp
2002 0.08 —

Southern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MV Maldives 7.3 BT Bhutan 2.94 IR Iran 2.82 NP Nepal 1.93 IN India 1.3 LK Sri Lanka 1.24 PK Pakistan 0.9 BD Bangladesh 0.31 AF Afghanistan 0.25
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About the indicator

Government spending on health as a percent of GDP, from the WHO national health accounts. It counts the spending of budgets at all levels and of compulsory health insurance; private spending and voluntary insurance do not belong here — they are a separate part of total health expenditure.

Important: It differs from total health expenditure: in countries with a large share of paid medicine the government part can be half the total. It is useful to compare together with the share of out-of-pocket spending.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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Afghanistan by year Healthcare Out-of-pocket health expenditure

What share of medical spending people pay out of their own pocket at the point of care.

Afghanistan by year Healthcare Health expenditure (% of GDP)

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