Barbados vs Suriname: Current health expenditure
Barbados
5.4%
in 2023
Suriname
5.4%
in 2023
Barbados rank
121st
Suriname rank
120th
Current health expenditure over time
- Barbados
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 5.4% against 5.4% in Barbados, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Suriname ahead.
Barbados ranks 121st and Suriname ranks 120th of 193 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.8% | 5.1% | 0.6% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 6.1% | 5.5% | 0.7% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 5.6% | 0.8% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher current health expenditure, Barbados or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 5.4% against 5.4% in Barbados as of 2023.
- What is the difference in current health expenditure between Barbados and Suriname?
- 0.0%, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Suriname?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Suriname rank globally for current health expenditure?
- Barbados ranks 121st and Suriname ranks 120th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as Current health expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.