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Health share of government spending — Saint Lucia

Health share of government spending in Saint Lucia in 2023 — 9.79%. Ranked 98 in the world out of 192. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.7 pp.

2023 9.79% −0.09 pp vs 2022
World rank 98of 192
Period maximum 10.02%2021
Period minimum 6.16%2005

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of government expenditure

Health share of government spending — Saint Lucia, 2000–2023678910112000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 8.09%2001: 8.09%2002: 7.77%2003: 7.16%2004: 6.86%2005: 6.16%2006: 6.31%2007: 6.9%2008: 7.22%2009: 7.4%2010: 6.98%2011: 6.73%2012: 7.28%2013: 8.16%2014: 8.12%2015: 8.4%2016: 8.52%2017: 8.75%2018: 8.52%2019: 8.28%2020: 8.6%2021: 10.02%2022: 9.88%2023: 9.79%
Change over the period: +1.7 pp Annual average: 0.07 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Saint Lucia 9.79%
World computed 10.81%
Latin America & Caribbean 11.84%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 11.98%
Health share of government spending — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 9.79 −0.09 pp
2022 9.88 −0.14 pp
2021 10.02 +1.42 pp
2020 8.6 +0.32 pp
2019 8.28 −0.24 pp
2018 8.52 −0.23 pp
2017 8.75 +0.23 pp
2016 8.52 +0.11 pp
2015 8.4 +0.29 pp
2014 8.12 −0.04 pp
2013 8.16 +0.88 pp
2012 7.28 +0.55 pp
2011 6.73 −0.25 pp
2010 6.98 −0.42 pp
2009 7.4 +0.18 pp
2008 7.22 +0.31 pp
2007 6.9 +0.59 pp
2006 6.31 +0.15 pp
2005 6.16 −0.7 pp
2004 6.86 −0.3 pp
2003 7.16 −0.6 pp
2002 7.77 −0.32 pp
2001 8.09 +0.01 pp
2000 8.09 —

Caribbean, 2023

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

CU Cuba 19.98 JM Jamaica 15.86 DO Dominican Republic 15.41 BS Bahamas 13.48 AG Antigua and Barbuda 12.28 TT Trinidad and Tobago 11.07 LC Saint Lucia 9.79 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.89 BB Barbados 7.81 GD Grenada 7.27 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.19 DM Dominica 5.03 HT Haiti 4.56
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About the indicator

Government spending on health as a percent of all spending of the state. The indicator answers a question about priorities, not about amounts: it shows what share of its money the state gives to health compared with defense, education and everything else. Data of the WHO national health accounts.

Important: The share of the budget and the share of GDP diverge: in a country with a small public sector, health can take a noticeable part of the budget while remaining modest relative to the economy.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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