Health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Sierra Leone

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in Sierra Leone in 2023 — 4.72%. Ranked 130 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.57 pp.

2023 4.72% −0.08 pp vs 2022
World rank 130of 192
Period maximum 15.12%2014
Period minimum 4.72%2023

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Sierra Leone, 2000–2023051015202000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 5.29%2001: 5.22%2002: 5.55%2003: 5.06%2004: 5.24%2005: 5.23%2006: 5.3%2007: 5.32%2008: 5.6%2009: 6.27%2010: 5.64%2011: 6.61%2012: 5.93%2013: 8.46%2014: 15.12%2015: 12.38%2016: 10.05%2017: 6.01%2018: 5.3%2019: 5.71%2020: 5.66%2021: 5.07%2022: 4.8%2023: 4.72%
Change over the period: −0.57 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Sierra Leone 4.72%
World 10.06%
Western Africa computed 4.13%
Low-income countries computed 4.55%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 4.72 −0.08 pp
2022 4.8 −0.27 pp
2021 5.07 −0.59 pp
2020 5.66 −0.04 pp
2019 5.71 +0.41 pp
2018 5.3 −0.71 pp
2017 6.01 −4.05 pp
2016 10.05 −2.33 pp
2015 12.38 −2.74 pp
2014 15.12 +6.66 pp
2013 8.46 +2.53 pp
2012 5.93 −0.68 pp
2011 6.61 +0.96 pp
2010 5.64 −0.63 pp
2009 6.27 +0.67 pp
2008 5.6 +0.29 pp
2007 5.32 +0.02 pp
2006 5.3 +0.07 pp
2005 5.23 −0.01 pp
2004 5.24 +0.18 pp
2003 5.06 −0.49 pp
2002 5.55 +0.33 pp
2001 5.22 −0.07 pp
2000 5.29

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.