Health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Latin America & Caribbean

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in Latin America & Caribbean in 2023 — 7.94%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.57 pp.

2023 7.94% −0.01 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 8.36%2020
Period minimum 6.3%2002

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Latin America & Caribbean, 2000–202367892000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 6.37%2001: 6.44%2002: 6.3%2003: 6.52%2004: 6.6%2005: 6.69%2006: 6.73%2007: 6.89%2008: 6.95%2009: 7.51%2010: 7.22%2011: 7.14%2012: 7.14%2013: 7.3%2014: 7.45%2015: 7.8%2016: 7.87%2017: 8.05%2018: 7.81%2019: 7.87%2020: 8.36%2021: 8.3%2022: 7.95%2023: 7.94%
Change over the period: +1.57 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 7.94%
World 10.06%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 7.94 −0.01 pp
2022 7.95 −0.35 pp
2021 8.3 −0.06 pp
2020 8.36 +0.5 pp
2019 7.87 +0.05 pp
2018 7.81 −0.24 pp
2017 8.05 +0.18 pp
2016 7.87 +0.07 pp
2015 7.8 +0.35 pp
2014 7.45 +0.15 pp
2013 7.3 +0.16 pp
2012 7.14 −0 pp
2011 7.14 −0.08 pp
2010 7.22 −0.29 pp
2009 7.51 +0.56 pp
2008 6.95 +0.06 pp
2007 6.89 +0.16 pp
2006 6.73 +0.04 pp
2005 6.69 +0.09 pp
2004 6.6 +0.08 pp
2003 6.52 +0.22 pp
2002 6.3 −0.14 pp
2001 6.44 +0.07 pp
2000 6.37

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.