Health expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Yemen

Health expenditure (% of GDP) in Yemen in 2023 — 9.7%. Ranked 31 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.03 pp.

2023 9.7% +0.88 pp vs 2022
World rank 31of 192
Period maximum 11.65%2020
Period minimum 4.67%2000

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of GDP

Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Yemen, 2000–202346810122000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 4.67%2001: 4.95%2002: 4.83%2003: 5.76%2004: 5.51%2005: 5.21%2006: 5.53%2007: 5.82%2008: 5.76%2009: 5.99%2010: 5.16%2011: 4.77%2012: 5.2%2013: 4.96%2014: 5.84%2015: 6.49%2016: 7.71%2017: 8.15%2018: 9.09%2019: 10.97%2020: 11.65%2021: 9.44%2022: 8.82%2023: 9.7%
Change over the period: +5.03 pp Annual average: 0.22 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Yemen 9.7%
World 10.06%
Western Asia computed 5.22%
Low-income countries computed 4.55%
Health expenditure (% of GDP) — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 9.7 +0.88 pp
2022 8.82 −0.62 pp
2021 9.44 −2.21 pp
2020 11.65 +0.67 pp
2019 10.97 +1.88 pp
2018 9.09 +0.94 pp
2017 8.15 +0.43 pp
2016 7.71 +1.22 pp
2015 6.49 +0.65 pp
2014 5.84 +0.88 pp
2013 4.96 −0.24 pp
2012 5.2 +0.43 pp
2011 4.77 −0.39 pp
2010 5.16 −0.83 pp
2009 5.99 +0.22 pp
2008 5.76 −0.06 pp
2007 5.82 +0.29 pp
2006 5.53 +0.32 pp
2005 5.21 −0.31 pp
2004 5.51 −0.24 pp
2003 5.76 +0.93 pp
2002 4.83 −0.11 pp
2001 4.95 +0.28 pp
2000 4.67

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.