Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Mauritania

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Mauritania in 2023 — 1.48%. Ranked 145 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.01 pp.

2023 1.48% −0.22 pp vs 2022
World rank 145of 192
Period maximum 1.71%2022
Period minimum 0.47%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Mauritania, 2000–202300.511.522000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.47%2001: 0.55%2002: 0.87%2003: 0.77%2004: 0.71%2005: 0.82%2006: 0.68%2007: 0.76%2008: 0.89%2009: 0.88%2010: 0.73%2011: 0.75%2012: 0.9%2013: 1.08%2014: 1.25%2015: 1.42%2016: 1.2%2017: 1.23%2018: 0.91%2019: 1.1%2020: 1%2021: 1.5%2022: 1.71%2023: 1.48%
Change over the period: +1.01 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Mauritania 1.48%
World 6.14%
Western Africa computed 0.93%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.48 −0.22 pp
2022 1.71 +0.21 pp
2021 1.5 +0.49 pp
2020 1 −0.1 pp
2019 1.1 +0.19 pp
2018 0.91 −0.32 pp
2017 1.23 +0.03 pp
2016 1.2 −0.22 pp
2015 1.42 +0.17 pp
2014 1.25 +0.17 pp
2013 1.08 +0.19 pp
2012 0.9 +0.15 pp
2011 0.75 +0.02 pp
2010 0.73 −0.15 pp
2009 0.88 −0.01 pp
2008 0.89 +0.12 pp
2007 0.76 +0.09 pp
2006 0.68 −0.14 pp
2005 0.82 +0.11 pp
2004 0.71 −0.07 pp
2003 0.77 −0.1 pp
2002 0.87 +0.33 pp
2001 0.55 +0.08 pp
2000 0.47

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.