Health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — OPEC

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in OPEC in 2023 — 5.25%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.65 pp.

2023 5.25% +0.46 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 5.56%2016
Period minimum 3.46%2008

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — OPEC, 2000–202334562000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 3.6%2001: 3.93%2002: 3.68%2003: 3.94%2004: 3.76%2005: 3.59%2006: 3.54%2007: 3.58%2008: 3.46%2009: 4.46%2010: 4.18%2011: 4.13%2012: 4.2%2013: 4.21%2014: 4.59%2015: 5.24%2016: 5.56%2017: 5.47%2018: 4.83%2019: 4.67%2020: 5.39%2021: 5.16%2022: 4.79%2023: 5.25%
Change over the period: +1.65 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

OPEC 5.25%
World 10.06%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 5.25 +0.46 pp
2022 4.79 −0.38 pp
2021 5.16 −0.23 pp
2020 5.39 +0.72 pp
2019 4.67 −0.16 pp
2018 4.83 −0.65 pp
2017 5.47 −0.08 pp
2016 5.56 +0.32 pp
2015 5.24 +0.64 pp
2014 4.59 +0.39 pp
2013 4.21 +0.01 pp
2012 4.2 +0.07 pp
2011 4.13 −0.04 pp
2010 4.18 −0.28 pp
2009 4.46 +0.99 pp
2008 3.46 −0.11 pp
2007 3.58 +0.04 pp
2006 3.54 −0.05 pp
2005 3.59 −0.18 pp
2004 3.76 −0.17 pp
2003 3.94 +0.26 pp
2002 3.68 −0.25 pp
2001 3.93 +0.33 pp
2000 3.6

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.