Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Yemen

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) in Yemen in 2023 — 0.82%. Ranked 175 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.55 pp.

2023 0.82% −0.1 pp vs 2022
World rank 175of 192
Period maximum 2.48%2001
Period minimum 0.31%2017

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Yemen, 2000–202301232000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 2.37%2001: 2.48%2002: 2.33%2003: 2.4%2004: 1.95%2005: 1.66%2006: 1.63%2007: 1.56%2008: 1.6%2009: 1.31%2010: 1.16%2011: 1.09%2012: 1.24%2013: 0.98%2014: 0.78%2015: 0.43%2016: 0.54%2017: 0.31%2018: 0.77%2019: 0.91%2020: 0.86%2021: 0.71%2022: 0.92%2023: 0.82%
Change over the period: −1.55 pp Annual average: -0.07 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Yemen 0.82%
World 6.14%
Western Asia computed 3.65%
Low-income countries computed 0.92%
Government health expenditure (% of GDP) — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.82 −0.1 pp
2022 0.92 +0.21 pp
2021 0.71 −0.15 pp
2020 0.86 −0.05 pp
2019 0.91 +0.14 pp
2018 0.77 +0.46 pp
2017 0.31 −0.23 pp
2016 0.54 +0.11 pp
2015 0.43 −0.35 pp
2014 0.78 −0.2 pp
2013 0.98 −0.26 pp
2012 1.24 +0.15 pp
2011 1.09 −0.07 pp
2010 1.16 −0.15 pp
2009 1.31 −0.29 pp
2008 1.6 +0.04 pp
2007 1.56 −0.06 pp
2006 1.63 −0.03 pp
2005 1.66 −0.3 pp
2004 1.95 −0.45 pp
2003 2.4 +0.07 pp
2002 2.33 −0.15 pp
2001 2.48 +0.11 pp
2000 2.37

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.