Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Rwanda

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Rwanda in 2023 — 2.41%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.76 pp.

2023 2.41% −0.02 pp vs 2022
World rank 116of 192
Period maximum 2.64%2021
Period minimum 0.65%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Rwanda, 2000–202301232000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.65%2001: 0.7%2002: 0.76%2003: 2.3%2004: 1.93%2005: 1.61%2006: 1.48%2007: 1.75%2008: 1.81%2009: 1.88%2010: 2.04%2011: 2.2%2012: 2.05%2013: 2.17%2014: 2.19%2015: 2.1%2016: 1.57%2017: 1.56%2018: 1.64%2019: 1.77%2020: 2.14%2021: 2.64%2022: 2.43%2023: 2.41%
Change over the period: +1.76 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Rwanda 2.41%
World 6.14%
Eastern Africa computed 1.28%
Low-income countries computed 0.92%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 2.41 −0.02 pp
2022 2.43 −0.2 pp
2021 2.64 +0.5 pp
2020 2.14 +0.37 pp
2019 1.77 +0.13 pp
2018 1.64 +0.08 pp
2017 1.56 −0 pp
2016 1.57 −0.54 pp
2015 2.1 −0.09 pp
2014 2.19 +0.02 pp
2013 2.17 +0.12 pp
2012 2.05 −0.14 pp
2011 2.2 +0.16 pp
2010 2.04 +0.16 pp
2009 1.88 +0.07 pp
2008 1.81 +0.07 pp
2007 1.75 +0.26 pp
2006 1.48 −0.13 pp
2005 1.61 −0.31 pp
2004 1.93 −0.38 pp
2003 2.3 +1.55 pp
2002 0.76 +0.06 pp
2001 0.7 +0.05 pp
2000 0.65

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.