Health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Middle East & North Africa

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in Middle East & North Africa in 2023 — 5.34%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.1 pp.

2023 5.34% +0.39 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 5.77%2020
Period minimum 3.81%2008

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Middle East & North Africa, 2000–20233.544.555.562000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 4.24%2001: 4.54%2002: 4.46%2003: 4.29%2004: 4.09%2005: 3.93%2006: 3.88%2007: 3.91%2008: 3.81%2009: 4.67%2010: 4.43%2011: 4.33%2012: 4.38%2013: 4.47%2014: 4.86%2015: 5.39%2016: 5.59%2017: 5.53%2018: 5.16%2019: 5.19%2020: 5.77%2021: 5.43%2022: 4.96%2023: 5.34%
Change over the period: +1.1 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 5.34%
World 10.06%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 5.34 +0.39 pp
2022 4.96 −0.48 pp
2021 5.43 −0.34 pp
2020 5.77 +0.58 pp
2019 5.19 +0.03 pp
2018 5.16 −0.38 pp
2017 5.53 −0.06 pp
2016 5.59 +0.2 pp
2015 5.39 +0.53 pp
2014 4.86 +0.39 pp
2013 4.47 +0.09 pp
2012 4.38 +0.05 pp
2011 4.33 −0.1 pp
2010 4.43 −0.24 pp
2009 4.67 +0.86 pp
2008 3.81 −0.1 pp
2007 3.91 +0.03 pp
2006 3.88 −0.05 pp
2005 3.93 −0.16 pp
2004 4.09 −0.2 pp
2003 4.29 −0.17 pp
2002 4.46 −0.08 pp
2001 4.54 +0.3 pp
2000 4.24

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.