El Salvador vs Tuvalu: Health spending as a share of total government spending
El Salvador
18.5%
in 2023
Tuvalu
17.5%
in 2023
El Salvador rank
18th
Tuvalu rank
21st
Health spending as a share of total government spending over time
- El Salvador
- Tuvalu
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 18.5% against 17.5% in Tuvalu, a difference of 1.0%.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Tuvalu's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 18th and Tuvalu ranks 21st of 195 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.9% | 11.3% | 6.6% | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 17.1% | 13.7% | 3.4% | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 19.6% | 13.7% | 5.9% | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher health spending as a share of total government spending, El Salvador or Tuvalu?
- El Salvador, at 18.5% against 17.5% in Tuvalu as of 2023.
- What is the difference in health spending as a share of total government spending between El Salvador and Tuvalu?
- 1.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Tuvalu?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Tuvalu rank globally for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- El Salvador ranks 18th and Tuvalu ranks 21st of 195 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Health spending as a share of total government spending. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Domestic general government health expenditure expressed as a percentage of total expenditure of the general government.