Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Myanmar

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Myanmar in 2023 — 0.5%. Ranked 187 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.23 pp.

2023 0.5% −0 pp vs 2022
World rank 187of 192
Period maximum 1.14%2015
Period minimum 0.17%2005

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Myanmar, 2000–202300.511.52000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.26%2001: 0.24%2002: 0.36%2003: 0.24%2004: 0.25%2005: 0.17%2006: 0.27%2007: 0.2%2008: 0.17%2009: 0.19%2010: 0.19%2011: 0.23%2012: 0.42%2013: 0.59%2014: 1%2015: 1.14%2016: 0.67%2017: 0.69%2018: 0.67%2019: 0.61%2020: 0.71%2021: 0.92%2022: 0.5%2023: 0.5%
Change over the period: +0.23 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Myanmar 0.5%
World 6.14%
South-Eastern Asia computed 2.07%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Myanmar, by year Myanmar All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.5 −0 pp
2022 0.5 −0.42 pp
2021 0.92 +0.21 pp
2020 0.71 +0.1 pp
2019 0.61 −0.06 pp
2018 0.67 −0.02 pp
2017 0.69 +0.03 pp
2016 0.67 −0.48 pp
2015 1.14 +0.14 pp
2014 1 +0.42 pp
2013 0.59 +0.17 pp
2012 0.42 +0.19 pp
2011 0.23 +0.04 pp
2010 0.19 +0.01 pp
2009 0.19 +0.02 pp
2008 0.17 −0.03 pp
2007 0.2 −0.07 pp
2006 0.27 +0.1 pp
2005 0.17 −0.08 pp
2004 0.25 +0.01 pp
2003 0.24 −0.12 pp
2002 0.36 +0.12 pp
2001 0.24 −0.02 pp
2000 0.26

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.