Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Trinidad and Tobago

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023 — 3.64%. Ranked 80 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.07 pp.

2023 3.64% +0.62 pp vs 2022
World rank 80of 192
Period maximum 3.64%2023
Period minimum 1.57%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Trinidad and Tobago, 2000–202312342000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 1.57%2001: 1.74%2002: 1.97%2003: 1.9%2004: 1.86%2005: 2.15%2006: 1.86%2007: 1.92%2008: 1.75%2009: 2.61%2010: 2.45%2011: 2.35%2012: 2.26%2013: 2.47%2014: 2.45%2015: 2.91%2016: 3.24%2017: 3.43%2018: 3.22%2019: 3.18%2020: 3.45%2021: 3.36%2022: 3.02%2023: 3.64%
Change over the period: +2.07 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Trinidad and Tobago 3.64%
World 6.14%
High-income countries computed 7.91%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Trinidad and Tobago, by year Trinidad and Tobago All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 3.64 +0.62 pp
2022 3.02 −0.34 pp
2021 3.36 −0.08 pp
2020 3.45 +0.27 pp
2019 3.18 −0.05 pp
2018 3.22 −0.21 pp
2017 3.43 +0.19 pp
2016 3.24 +0.34 pp
2015 2.91 +0.46 pp
2014 2.45 −0.02 pp
2013 2.47 +0.21 pp
2012 2.26 −0.1 pp
2011 2.35 −0.09 pp
2010 2.45 −0.16 pp
2009 2.61 +0.86 pp
2008 1.75 −0.17 pp
2007 1.92 +0.05 pp
2006 1.86 −0.28 pp
2005 2.15 +0.29 pp
2004 1.86 −0.05 pp
2003 1.9 −0.06 pp
2002 1.97 +0.22 pp
2001 1.74 +0.18 pp
2000 1.57

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.