Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Laos

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Laos in 2023 — 0.53%. Ranked 185 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.71 pp.

2023 0.53% −0.1 pp vs 2022
World rank 185of 192
Period maximum 1.33%2001
Period minimum 0.37%2011

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Laos, 2000–202300.511.52000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 1.23%2001: 1.33%2002: 1.02%2003: 1.1%2004: 0.79%2005: 0.91%2006: 0.64%2007: 0.59%2008: 0.51%2009: 1.15%2010: 0.6%2011: 0.37%2012: 0.44%2013: 0.71%2014: 0.68%2015: 0.86%2016: 0.76%2017: 0.89%2018: 0.87%2019: 0.96%2020: 0.79%2021: 0.72%2022: 0.63%2023: 0.53%
Change over the period: −0.71 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Laos 0.53%
World 6.14%
South-Eastern Asia computed 2.07%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.53 −0.1 pp
2022 0.63 −0.09 pp
2021 0.72 −0.07 pp
2020 0.79 −0.17 pp
2019 0.96 +0.09 pp
2018 0.87 −0.02 pp
2017 0.89 +0.12 pp
2016 0.76 −0.1 pp
2015 0.86 +0.18 pp
2014 0.68 −0.03 pp
2013 0.71 +0.28 pp
2012 0.44 +0.07 pp
2011 0.37 −0.24 pp
2010 0.6 −0.54 pp
2009 1.15 +0.63 pp
2008 0.51 −0.08 pp
2007 0.59 −0.05 pp
2006 0.64 −0.26 pp
2005 0.91 +0.11 pp
2004 0.79 −0.3 pp
2003 1.1 +0.08 pp
2002 1.02 −0.31 pp
2001 1.33 +0.1 pp
2000 1.23

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.