Health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Malawi

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in Malawi in 2023 — 6.53%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.18 pp.

2023 6.53% −0.09 pp vs 2022
World rank 95of 192
Period maximum 8.22%2013
Period minimum 2.06%2001

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Malawi, 2000–202302.557.5102000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 2.35%2001: 2.06%2002: 2.7%2003: 3.32%2004: 4.07%2005: 4.3%2006: 4.91%2007: 5.44%2008: 6.11%2009: 5.87%2010: 5.14%2011: 5.32%2012: 6.02%2013: 8.22%2014: 6.9%2015: 6.63%2016: 7.73%2017: 7.58%2018: 6.88%2019: 6.37%2020: 7.04%2021: 7.52%2022: 6.63%2023: 6.53%
Change over the period: +4.18 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Malawi 6.53%
World 10.06%
Eastern Africa computed 4%
Low-income countries computed 4.55%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 6.53 −0.09 pp
2022 6.63 −0.89 pp
2021 7.52 +0.48 pp
2020 7.04 +0.67 pp
2019 6.37 −0.51 pp
2018 6.88 −0.7 pp
2017 7.58 −0.14 pp
2016 7.73 +1.1 pp
2015 6.63 −0.27 pp
2014 6.9 −1.33 pp
2013 8.22 +2.2 pp
2012 6.02 +0.7 pp
2011 5.32 +0.18 pp
2010 5.14 −0.73 pp
2009 5.87 −0.23 pp
2008 6.11 +0.66 pp
2007 5.44 +0.53 pp
2006 4.91 +0.61 pp
2005 4.3 +0.23 pp
2004 4.07 +0.75 pp
2003 3.32 +0.62 pp
2002 2.7 +0.64 pp
2001 2.06 −0.29 pp
2000 2.35

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.