Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Timor-Leste

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Timor-Leste in 2023 — 7.46%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 192. Since 2003, the indicator has risen by 6.15 pp.

2023 7.46% +2.1 pp vs 2022
World rank 20of 192
Period maximum 7.46%2023
Period minimum 0.97%2007

Trend over time

2003–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Timor-Leste, 2003–202302468200320052007200920112013201520172019202120232003: 1.3%2004: 1.67%2005: 2.12%2006: 2.4%2007: 0.97%2008: 3.4%2009: 3.25%2010: 3.29%2011: 3.57%2012: 4.15%2013: 4.45%2014: 4.12%2015: 4.42%2016: 3.45%2017: 4.49%2018: 3.95%2019: 2.88%2020: 4.02%2021: 3.12%2022: 5.36%2023: 7.46%
Change over the period: +6.15 pp Annual average: 0.31 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 7.46%
World 6.14%
South-Eastern Asia computed 2.07%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 7.46 +2.1 pp
2022 5.36 +2.24 pp
2021 3.12 −0.89 pp
2020 4.02 +1.14 pp
2019 2.88 −1.07 pp
2018 3.95 −0.54 pp
2017 4.49 +1.04 pp
2016 3.45 −0.97 pp
2015 4.42 +0.29 pp
2014 4.12 −0.32 pp
2013 4.45 +0.3 pp
2012 4.15 +0.58 pp
2011 3.57 +0.28 pp
2010 3.29 +0.04 pp
2009 3.25 −0.15 pp
2008 3.4 +2.43 pp
2007 0.97 −1.43 pp
2006 2.4 +0.27 pp
2005 2.12 +0.45 pp
2004 1.67 +0.37 pp
2003 1.3

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.