Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — OPEC

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in OPEC in 2023 — 3.15%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.11 pp.

2023 3.15% +0.39 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 3.28%2016
Period minimum 1.76%2008

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — OPEC, 2000–20231.522.533.52000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 2.04%2001: 2.32%2002: 2.12%2003: 2.09%2004: 1.98%2005: 1.86%2006: 1.84%2007: 1.84%2008: 1.76%2009: 2.35%2010: 2.05%2011: 2.1%2012: 2.13%2013: 2.25%2014: 2.58%2015: 2.92%2016: 3.28%2017: 3.15%2018: 2.76%2019: 2.6%2020: 3.22%2021: 3.01%2022: 2.76%2023: 3.15%
Change over the period: +1.11 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

OPEC 3.15%
World 6.14%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 3.15 +0.39 pp
2022 2.76 −0.24 pp
2021 3.01 −0.21 pp
2020 3.22 +0.62 pp
2019 2.6 −0.16 pp
2018 2.76 −0.39 pp
2017 3.15 −0.13 pp
2016 3.28 +0.36 pp
2015 2.92 +0.34 pp
2014 2.58 +0.33 pp
2013 2.25 +0.12 pp
2012 2.13 +0.03 pp
2011 2.1 +0.05 pp
2010 2.05 −0.3 pp
2009 2.35 +0.59 pp
2008 1.76 −0.08 pp
2007 1.84 −0.01 pp
2006 1.84 −0.02 pp
2005 1.86 −0.11 pp
2004 1.98 −0.12 pp
2003 2.09 −0.03 pp
2002 2.12 −0.19 pp
2001 2.32 +0.28 pp
2000 2.04

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.