Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Ethiopia

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Ethiopia in 2023 — 0.61%. Ranked 181 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.19 pp.

2023 0.61% −0.11 pp vs 2022
World rank 181of 192
Period maximum 2.28%2003
Period minimum 0.38%2011

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Ethiopia, 2000–202301232000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 1.8%2001: 2.02%2002: 2.08%2003: 2.28%2004: 1.33%2005: 1.73%2006: 1.12%2007: 1.33%2008: 0.51%2009: 0.91%2010: 0.94%2011: 0.38%2012: 1.07%2013: 1.1%2014: 0.71%2015: 0.97%2016: 0.9%2017: 0.86%2018: 0.77%2019: 0.73%2020: 0.98%2021: 0.98%2022: 0.72%2023: 0.61%
Change over the period: −1.19 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Ethiopia 0.61%
World 6.14%
Eastern Africa computed 1.28%
Low-income countries computed 0.92%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.61 −0.11 pp
2022 0.72 −0.26 pp
2021 0.98 −0 pp
2020 0.98 +0.25 pp
2019 0.73 −0.04 pp
2018 0.77 −0.09 pp
2017 0.86 −0.04 pp
2016 0.9 −0.07 pp
2015 0.97 +0.25 pp
2014 0.71 −0.38 pp
2013 1.1 +0.03 pp
2012 1.07 +0.69 pp
2011 0.38 −0.56 pp
2010 0.94 +0.04 pp
2009 0.91 +0.39 pp
2008 0.51 −0.82 pp
2007 1.33 +0.21 pp
2006 1.12 −0.61 pp
2005 1.73 +0.4 pp
2004 1.33 −0.95 pp
2003 2.28 +0.2 pp
2002 2.08 +0.07 pp
2001 2.02 +0.22 pp
2000 1.8

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.