Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Southern Asia

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Southern Asia in 2023 — 1.34%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.35 pp.

2023 1.34% −0.04 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 1.37%2022
Period minimum 0.91%2004

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Southern Asia, 2000–20230.811.21.42000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 0.99%2001: 1%2002: 0.97%2003: 0.93%2004: 0.91%2005: 0.96%2006: 0.98%2007: 0.95%2008: 0.99%2009: 1.13%2010: 1.07%2011: 1.13%2012: 1.14%2013: 1.07%2014: 1.2%2015: 1.32%2016: 1.34%2017: 1.36%2018: 1.19%2019: 1.14%2020: 1.24%2021: 1.35%2022: 1.37%2023: 1.34%
Change over the period: +0.35 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Southern Asia 1.34%
World 6.14%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.34 −0.04 pp
2022 1.37 +0.02 pp
2021 1.35 +0.11 pp
2020 1.24 +0.1 pp
2019 1.14 −0.05 pp
2018 1.19 −0.17 pp
2017 1.36 +0.02 pp
2016 1.34 +0.02 pp
2015 1.32 +0.12 pp
2014 1.2 +0.12 pp
2013 1.07 −0.07 pp
2012 1.14 +0.01 pp
2011 1.13 +0.06 pp
2010 1.07 −0.06 pp
2009 1.13 +0.13 pp
2008 0.99 +0.04 pp
2007 0.95 −0.03 pp
2006 0.98 +0.02 pp
2005 0.96 +0.05 pp
2004 0.91 −0.02 pp
2003 0.93 −0.04 pp
2002 0.97 −0.04 pp
2001 1 +0.01 pp
2000 0.99

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.