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Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Liberia

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in Liberia in 2023 — 13.01%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 10.31 pp.

2023 13.01% −0.58 pp vs 2022
World rank 6of 192
Period maximum 13.59%2022
Period minimum 2.16%2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Liberia, 2000–20230510152000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 2.69%2001: 2.16%2002: 2.16%2003: 2.52%2004: 5.91%2005: 6.69%2006: 5.77%2007: 4.33%2008: 6%2009: 8.99%2010: 8.44%2011: 8.58%2012: 7.63%2013: 7.16%2014: 8.1%2015: 10.38%2016: 9.89%2017: 9.91%2018: 10.44%2019: 8.38%2020: 12.91%2021: 13.27%2022: 13.59%2023: 13.01%
Change over the period: +10.31 pp Annual average: 0.45 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Liberia 13.01%
World 10.06%
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.92%
Western Africa computed 4.13%
Low-income countries computed 4.55%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 13.01 −0.58 pp
2022 13.59 +0.32 pp
2021 13.27 +0.37 pp
2020 12.91 +4.52 pp
2019 8.38 −2.05 pp
2018 10.44 +0.52 pp
2017 9.91 +0.03 pp
2016 9.89 −0.5 pp
2015 10.38 +2.28 pp
2014 8.1 +0.94 pp
2013 7.16 −0.47 pp
2012 7.63 −0.95 pp
2011 8.58 +0.15 pp
2010 8.44 −0.55 pp
2009 8.99 +2.99 pp
2008 6 +1.67 pp
2007 4.33 −1.45 pp
2006 5.77 −0.92 pp
2005 6.69 +0.79 pp
2004 5.91 +3.39 pp
2003 2.52 +0.35 pp
2002 2.16 +0.01 pp
2001 2.16 −0.54 pp
2000 2.69 —

Western Africa, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

LR Liberia 13.01 GW Guinea-Bissau 8.82 BF Burkina Faso 7.8 TG Togo 6.11 CV Cabo Verde 5.85 SL Sierra Leone 4.72 MR Mauritania 4.34 SN Senegal 4.32 NG Nigeria 4.19 NE Niger 4.05 ML Mali 3.81 GN Guinea 3.69 CI Côte d'Ivoire 3.43 BJ Benin 3.34 GH Ghana 2.95 GM Gambia 2.89
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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.

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