Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Saudi Arabia in 2023 — 4.42%. Ranked 69 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.39 pp.
2000–2023 · % of GDP
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saudi Arabia
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.42 | +0.32 pp |
| 2022 | 4.1 | −0.47 pp |
| 2021 | 4.57 | −0.64 pp |
| 2020 | 5.2 | +1.17 pp |
| 2019 | 4.03 | +0.28 pp |
| 2018 | 3.75 | −0.58 pp |
| 2017 | 4.33 | −0.01 pp |
| 2016 | 4.34 | +0.33 pp |
| 2015 | 4.01 | +0.33 pp |
| 2014 | 3.68 | +0.6 pp |
| 2013 | 3.08 | +0.36 pp |
| 2012 | 2.72 | +0.25 pp |
| 2011 | 2.47 | +0.21 pp |
| 2010 | 2.26 | −0.53 pp |
| 2009 | 2.79 | +0.9 pp |
| 2008 | 1.89 | −0.62 pp |
| 2007 | 2.51 | −0.13 pp |
| 2006 | 2.64 | +0.16 pp |
| 2005 | 2.48 | −0.08 pp |
| 2004 | 2.56 | −0.32 pp |
| 2003 | 2.88 | −0.19 pp |
| 2002 | 3.07 | −0.16 pp |
| 2001 | 3.24 | +0.2 pp |
| 2000 | 3.03 | — |
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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.
What part of all government spending a country directs to health.
Healthcare Government health expenditure per capitaHow many dollars a year the state spends on the health of one person.
Healthcare Out-of-pocket health expenditureWhat share of medical spending people pay out of their own pocket at the point of care.
Healthcare Health expenditure (% of GDP)All current health spending — government and private — as a percent of GDP.
