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Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in 2023 — 4.44%. Ranked 141 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.45 pp.

2023 4.44% −0.17 pp vs 2022
World rank 141of 192
Period maximum 5.27%2021
Period minimum 3.66%2006

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2000–20233.544.555.52000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 3.98%2001: 4.01%2002: 4.08%2003: 3.96%2004: 3.87%2005: 3.83%2006: 3.66%2007: 3.82%2008: 3.89%2009: 4.09%2010: 4.3%2011: 4.23%2012: 4.47%2013: 4.24%2014: 4.17%2015: 4.12%2016: 4.1%2017: 4.23%2018: 4.25%2019: 4.26%2020: 4.87%2021: 5.27%2022: 4.61%2023: 4.44%
Change over the period: +0.45 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.44%
World 10.06%
Latin America & Caribbean 7.94%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 6.09%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, by year Saint Vincent and the Grenadines All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 4.44 −0.17 pp
2022 4.61 −0.66 pp
2021 5.27 +0.4 pp
2020 4.87 +0.61 pp
2019 4.26 +0.01 pp
2018 4.25 +0.02 pp
2017 4.23 +0.13 pp
2016 4.1 −0.02 pp
2015 4.12 −0.06 pp
2014 4.17 −0.06 pp
2013 4.24 −0.23 pp
2012 4.47 +0.24 pp
2011 4.23 −0.07 pp
2010 4.3 +0.21 pp
2009 4.09 +0.21 pp
2008 3.89 +0.07 pp
2007 3.82 +0.17 pp
2006 3.66 −0.18 pp
2005 3.83 −0.04 pp
2004 3.87 −0.09 pp
2003 3.96 −0.12 pp
2002 4.08 +0.07 pp
2001 4.01 +0.03 pp
2000 3.98 —

Caribbean, 2023

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

CU Cuba 9.38 JM Jamaica 7.6 TT Trinidad and Tobago 7.53 BS Bahamas 6.3 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.74 BB Barbados 5.4 DM Dominica 5.01 LC Saint Lucia 4.73 GD Grenada 4.65 DO Dominican Republic 4.6 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4.44 AG Antigua and Barbuda 3.91 HT Haiti 3.19
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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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