Health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Laos

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in Laos in 2023 — 1.33%. Ranked 192 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.95 pp.

2023 1.33% −0.69 pp vs 2022
World rank 192of 192
Period maximum 4.48%2003
Period minimum 1.33%2023

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Laos, 2000–202302462000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 4.28%2001: 4.29%2002: 3.7%2003: 4.48%2004: 3.54%2005: 3.34%2006: 2.93%2007: 3.13%2008: 2.77%2009: 3.46%2010: 2.91%2011: 1.94%2012: 2.08%2013: 2.4%2014: 2.3%2015: 2.45%2016: 2.36%2017: 2.53%2018: 2.25%2019: 2.6%2020: 2.06%2021: 2.74%2022: 2.02%2023: 1.33%
Change over the period: −2.95 pp Annual average: -0.13 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Laos 1.33%
World 10.06%
South-Eastern Asia computed 3.86%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 1.33 −0.69 pp
2022 2.02 −0.73 pp
2021 2.74 +0.68 pp
2020 2.06 −0.54 pp
2019 2.6 +0.36 pp
2018 2.25 −0.28 pp
2017 2.53 +0.17 pp
2016 2.36 −0.09 pp
2015 2.45 +0.16 pp
2014 2.3 −0.1 pp
2013 2.4 +0.32 pp
2012 2.08 +0.13 pp
2011 1.94 −0.97 pp
2010 2.91 −0.55 pp
2009 3.46 +0.7 pp
2008 2.77 −0.36 pp
2007 3.13 +0.2 pp
2006 2.93 −0.4 pp
2005 3.34 −0.2 pp
2004 3.54 −0.94 pp
2003 4.48 +0.78 pp
2002 3.7 −0.59 pp
2001 4.29 +0.02 pp
2000 4.28

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.