Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Papua New Guinea

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Papua New Guinea in 2023 — 2.1%. Ranked 130 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.4 pp.

2023 2.1% +0.57 pp vs 2022
World rank 130of 192
Period maximum 2.1%2023
Period minimum 1.17%2021

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Papua New Guinea, 2000–202311.251.51.7522.252000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 1.7%2001: 1.67%2002: 1.76%2003: 1.43%2004: 1.7%2005: 1.61%2006: 1.63%2007: 1.63%2008: 1.51%2009: 1.56%2010: 1.3%2011: 1.5%2012: 1.82%2013: 1.98%2014: 2.02%2015: 1.38%2016: 1.68%2017: 1.68%2018: 1.62%2019: 1.36%2020: 1.58%2021: 1.17%2022: 1.53%2023: 2.1%
Change over the period: +0.4 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 2.1%
World 6.14%
Melanesia computed 2.24%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 2.1 +0.57 pp
2022 1.53 +0.36 pp
2021 1.17 −0.41 pp
2020 1.58 +0.23 pp
2019 1.36 −0.26 pp
2018 1.62 −0.07 pp
2017 1.68 +0 pp
2016 1.68 +0.3 pp
2015 1.38 −0.64 pp
2014 2.02 +0.04 pp
2013 1.98 +0.16 pp
2012 1.82 +0.33 pp
2011 1.5 +0.2 pp
2010 1.3 −0.26 pp
2009 1.56 +0.04 pp
2008 1.51 −0.12 pp
2007 1.63 +0.01 pp
2006 1.63 +0.02 pp
2005 1.61 −0.09 pp
2004 1.7 +0.27 pp
2003 1.43 −0.34 pp
2002 1.76 +0.1 pp
2001 1.67 −0.03 pp
2000 1.7

Melanesia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.