Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Central Asia

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Central Asia in 2023 — 2.3%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.27 pp.

2023 2.3% +0.17 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 2.49%2021
Period minimum 1.71%2018

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Central Asia, 2000–20231.61.822.22.42.62000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 2.03%2001: 1.93%2002: 1.86%2003: 1.93%2004: 2.09%2005: 2.28%2006: 2.15%2007: 1.73%2008: 2.04%2009: 2.29%2010: 1.82%2011: 1.83%2012: 2.04%2013: 1.94%2014: 2.07%2015: 1.99%2016: 1.94%2017: 1.81%2018: 1.71%2019: 1.74%2020: 2.43%2021: 2.49%2022: 2.13%2023: 2.3%
Change over the period: +0.27 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Central Asia 2.3%
World 6.14%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 2.3 +0.17 pp
2022 2.13 −0.36 pp
2021 2.49 +0.06 pp
2020 2.43 +0.69 pp
2019 1.74 +0.03 pp
2018 1.71 −0.1 pp
2017 1.81 −0.13 pp
2016 1.94 −0.05 pp
2015 1.99 −0.08 pp
2014 2.07 +0.14 pp
2013 1.94 −0.1 pp
2012 2.04 +0.21 pp
2011 1.83 +0 pp
2010 1.82 −0.47 pp
2009 2.29 +0.25 pp
2008 2.04 +0.31 pp
2007 1.73 −0.42 pp
2006 2.15 −0.13 pp
2005 2.28 +0.19 pp
2004 2.09 +0.17 pp
2003 1.93 +0.07 pp
2002 1.86 −0.07 pp
2001 1.93 −0.1 pp
2000 2.03

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.