Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Vietnam

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Vietnam in 2023 — 2.02%. Ranked 135 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.33 pp.

2023 2.02% +0.05 pp vs 2022
World rank 135of 192
Period maximum 2.23%2012
Period minimum 1.57%2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Vietnam, 2000–20231.41.61.822.22.42000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 1.69%2001: 1.57%2002: 1.7%2003: 1.59%2004: 1.69%2005: 1.79%2006: 1.8%2007: 1.77%2008: 1.74%2009: 1.71%2010: 2.04%2011: 1.93%2012: 2.23%2013: 2%2014: 2.08%2015: 2.05%2016: 2.13%2017: 2.17%2018: 2.09%2019: 2.02%2020: 1.79%2021: 1.96%2022: 1.97%2023: 2.02%
Change over the period: +0.33 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Vietnam 2.02%
World 6.14%
South-Eastern Asia computed 2.07%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Vietnam, by year Vietnam All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 2.02 +0.05 pp
2022 1.97 +0.01 pp
2021 1.96 +0.17 pp
2020 1.79 −0.23 pp
2019 2.02 −0.07 pp
2018 2.09 −0.08 pp
2017 2.17 +0.04 pp
2016 2.13 +0.08 pp
2015 2.05 −0.02 pp
2014 2.08 +0.08 pp
2013 2 −0.24 pp
2012 2.23 +0.3 pp
2011 1.93 −0.11 pp
2010 2.04 +0.33 pp
2009 1.71 −0.02 pp
2008 1.74 −0.03 pp
2007 1.77 −0.03 pp
2006 1.8 +0.01 pp
2005 1.79 +0.1 pp
2004 1.69 +0.1 pp
2003 1.59 −0.11 pp
2002 1.7 +0.13 pp
2001 1.57 −0.11 pp
2000 1.69

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.