Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Singapore

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Singapore in 2023 — 2.63%. Ranked 108 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.41 pp.

2023 2.63% +0.02 pp vs 2022
World rank 108of 192
Period maximum 3.42%2020
Period minimum 0.88%2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Singapore, 2000–2023012342000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 1.21%2001: 0.88%2002: 1.05%2003: 1.34%2004: 1.02%2005: 1%2006: 1%2007: 0.95%2008: 1.19%2009: 1.19%2010: 1.15%2011: 1.17%2012: 1.31%2013: 1.54%2014: 1.74%2015: 1.97%2016: 2.08%2017: 2.11%2018: 2.04%2019: 2.28%2020: 3.42%2021: 3.13%2022: 2.6%2023: 2.63%
Change over the period: +1.41 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Singapore 2.63%
World 6.14%
South-Eastern Asia computed 2.07%
High-income countries computed 7.91%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 2.63 +0.02 pp
2022 2.6 −0.53 pp
2021 3.13 −0.28 pp
2020 3.42 +1.13 pp
2019 2.28 +0.24 pp
2018 2.04 −0.07 pp
2017 2.11 +0.03 pp
2016 2.08 +0.11 pp
2015 1.97 +0.22 pp
2014 1.74 +0.21 pp
2013 1.54 +0.23 pp
2012 1.31 +0.14 pp
2011 1.17 +0.02 pp
2010 1.15 −0.04 pp
2009 1.19 −0.01 pp
2008 1.19 +0.24 pp
2007 0.95 −0.05 pp
2006 1 −0.01 pp
2005 1 −0.02 pp
2004 1.02 −0.31 pp
2003 1.34 +0.29 pp
2002 1.05 +0.17 pp
2001 0.88 −0.33 pp
2000 1.21

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.