Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Gambia

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in the Gambia in 2023 — 1.3%. Ranked 154 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.7 pp.

2023 1.3% −0.24 pp vs 2022
World rank 154of 192
Period maximum 1.95%2020
Period minimum 0.54%2002

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Gambia, 2000–202300.511.522000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.6%2001: 0.61%2002: 0.54%2003: 0.59%2004: 0.78%2005: 0.82%2006: 0.88%2007: 0.71%2008: 0.73%2009: 0.91%2010: 0.92%2011: 1.04%2012: 1.21%2013: 1.08%2014: 1.09%2015: 1%2016: 1.29%2017: 1.06%2018: 1.05%2019: 1.29%2020: 1.95%2021: 1.29%2022: 1.54%2023: 1.3%
Change over the period: +0.7 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Gambia 1.3%
World 6.14%
Western Africa computed 0.93%
Low-income countries computed 0.92%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.3 −0.24 pp
2022 1.54 +0.26 pp
2021 1.29 −0.66 pp
2020 1.95 +0.66 pp
2019 1.29 +0.24 pp
2018 1.05 −0.01 pp
2017 1.06 −0.23 pp
2016 1.29 +0.29 pp
2015 1 −0.09 pp
2014 1.09 +0.01 pp
2013 1.08 −0.12 pp
2012 1.21 +0.16 pp
2011 1.04 +0.13 pp
2010 0.92 +0.01 pp
2009 0.91 +0.18 pp
2008 0.73 +0.02 pp
2007 0.71 −0.18 pp
2006 0.88 +0.07 pp
2005 0.82 +0.04 pp
2004 0.78 +0.19 pp
2003 0.59 +0.04 pp
2002 0.54 −0.07 pp
2001 0.61 +0.01 pp
2000 0.6

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.