Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Burkina Faso in 2023 — 2.45%. Ranked 113 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.49 pp.

2023 2.45% −0.18 pp vs 2022
World rank 113of 192
Period maximum 2.85%2020
Period minimum 0.96%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso, 2000–202301232000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.96%2001: 0.97%2002: 1.06%2003: 0.98%2004: 1.7%2005: 1.22%2006: 1.43%2007: 1.43%2008: 1.36%2009: 1.64%2010: 1.31%2011: 1.35%2012: 1.06%2013: 1.61%2014: 1.63%2015: 1.46%2016: 2.39%2017: 2.69%2018: 2.13%2019: 2.24%2020: 2.85%2021: 2.73%2022: 2.63%2023: 2.45%
Change over the period: +1.49 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Burkina Faso 2.45%
World 6.14%
Western Africa computed 0.93%
Low-income countries computed 0.92%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 2.45 −0.18 pp
2022 2.63 −0.1 pp
2021 2.73 −0.11 pp
2020 2.85 +0.61 pp
2019 2.24 +0.11 pp
2018 2.13 −0.56 pp
2017 2.69 +0.3 pp
2016 2.39 +0.93 pp
2015 1.46 −0.17 pp
2014 1.63 +0.01 pp
2013 1.61 +0.55 pp
2012 1.06 −0.28 pp
2011 1.35 +0.04 pp
2010 1.31 −0.34 pp
2009 1.64 +0.28 pp
2008 1.36 −0.07 pp
2007 1.43 +0 pp
2006 1.43 +0.21 pp
2005 1.22 −0.48 pp
2004 1.7 +0.72 pp
2003 0.98 −0.08 pp
2002 1.06 +0.09 pp
2001 0.97 +0.01 pp
2000 0.96

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.