Current health expenditure in Algeria
Algeria: Current health expenditure was 4.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Algeria, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 4.4% for current health expenditure in 2023.
That represents a change of up 19.7% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Algeria peaked at 6.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 2005.
Algeria ranks 145th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Current health expenditure in Algeria, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.2% | — |
| 2001 | 3.5% | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 3.3% | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 3.3% | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 3.1% | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 3.2% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 3.6% | +13.5% |
| 2008 | 4.0% | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 4.9% | +22.8% |
| 2010 | 4.6% | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 4.8% | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 5.6% | +16.8% |
| 2013 | 5.6% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 6.0% | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 6.3% | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 6.0% | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 5.9% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 5.4% | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 5.6% | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 5.0% | -10.9% |
| 2022 | 3.6% | -27.6% |
| 2023 | 4.4% | +19.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.6% | 3.1% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 4.6% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.7% | 3.6% | 5.6% | 4 |
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More health data for Algeria
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.82 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.5437 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 943.1 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 1,455 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 40-44, male, annual growth rate 1.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0392 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, annual growth rate 3.91 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, per capita 0.0318 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Algeria?
- Current health expenditure in Algeria was 4.4% in 2023, according to Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest current health expenditure recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 6.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 2005.
- How does Algeria rank for current health expenditure?
- Algeria ranks 145th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Current health expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.