Health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in Burkina Faso in 2023 — 7.8%. Ranked 64 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.78 pp.

2023 7.8% +0.39 pp vs 2022
World rank 64of 192
Period maximum 7.8%2023
Period minimum 3.96%2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso, 2000–20233456782000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 4.02%2001: 3.96%2002: 4.18%2003: 4.42%2004: 5.23%2005: 4.84%2006: 5.17%2007: 5.78%2008: 4.97%2009: 5.2%2010: 5.29%2011: 4.65%2012: 4.6%2013: 5.56%2014: 5%2015: 5.13%2016: 5.95%2017: 6.12%2018: 4.94%2019: 5.35%2020: 6.89%2021: 7.09%2022: 7.41%2023: 7.8%
Change over the period: +3.78 pp Annual average: 0.16 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Burkina Faso 7.8%
World 10.06%
Western Africa computed 4.13%
Low-income countries computed 4.55%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 7.8 +0.39 pp
2022 7.41 +0.33 pp
2021 7.09 +0.19 pp
2020 6.89 +1.54 pp
2019 5.35 +0.41 pp
2018 4.94 −1.18 pp
2017 6.12 +0.17 pp
2016 5.95 +0.82 pp
2015 5.13 +0.13 pp
2014 5 −0.56 pp
2013 5.56 +0.96 pp
2012 4.6 −0.05 pp
2011 4.65 −0.64 pp
2010 5.29 +0.09 pp
2009 5.2 +0.23 pp
2008 4.97 −0.81 pp
2007 5.78 +0.6 pp
2006 5.17 +0.33 pp
2005 4.84 −0.39 pp
2004 5.23 +0.81 pp
2003 4.42 +0.24 pp
2002 4.18 +0.22 pp
2001 3.96 −0.06 pp
2000 4.02

About the indicator

Current health expenditure as a percent of GDP: government spending, compulsory and voluntary insurance, and direct payments by households. Capital investment in infrastructure is not included. A high share does not automatically mean better health of the population: it can reflect broad coverage just as well as the high cost of services.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.