Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Bahamas

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in the Bahamas in 2023 — 3.19%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.68 pp.

2023 3.19% −0.81 pp vs 2022
World rank 95of 192
Period maximum 4.37%2020
Period minimum 1.51%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Bahamas, 2000–202302462000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 1.51%2001: 1.57%2002: 1.51%2003: 1.63%2004: 1.61%2005: 1.59%2006: 1.66%2007: 1.8%2008: 2.08%2009: 2.35%2010: 2.37%2011: 2.37%2012: 2.31%2013: 2.59%2014: 2.54%2015: 2.33%2016: 2.72%2017: 3.58%2018: 2.79%2019: 2.87%2020: 4.37%2021: 3.52%2022: 3.99%2023: 3.19%
Change over the period: +1.68 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Bahamas 3.19%
World 6.14%
High-income countries computed 7.91%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 3.19 −0.81 pp
2022 3.99 +0.48 pp
2021 3.52 −0.86 pp
2020 4.37 +1.5 pp
2019 2.87 +0.08 pp
2018 2.79 −0.78 pp
2017 3.58 +0.86 pp
2016 2.72 +0.39 pp
2015 2.33 −0.21 pp
2014 2.54 −0.06 pp
2013 2.59 +0.28 pp
2012 2.31 −0.06 pp
2011 2.37 +0.01 pp
2010 2.37 +0.02 pp
2009 2.35 +0.26 pp
2008 2.08 +0.28 pp
2007 1.8 +0.14 pp
2006 1.66 +0.07 pp
2005 1.59 −0.02 pp
2004 1.61 −0.02 pp
2003 1.63 +0.12 pp
2002 1.51 −0.06 pp
2001 1.57 +0.06 pp
2000 1.51

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.