Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) in Armenia
Armenia: Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) was 9.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Armenia, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Armenia recorded 9.3% for current health expenditure in 2023.
That represents a change of down 6.4% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Armenia peaked at 12.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2000.
Armenia ranks 39th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) in Armenia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2% | — |
| 2001 | 4.6% | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 7.6% | +63.9% |
| 2003 | 7.2% | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 6.1% | -15.7% |
| 2005 | 5.9% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 5.9% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 5.5% | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 6.6% | +20.8% |
| 2009 | 8.4% | +27.2% |
| 2010 | 9.2% | +9.4% |
| 2011 | 9.4% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 9.1% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 10.2% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 10.1% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 10.0% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 10.4% | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 10.0% | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 12.2% | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 12.3% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | -19.2% |
| 2023 | 9.3% | -6.4% |
Armenia compared with similar countries
- Armenia's 9.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6.2%, 1.5× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Armenia's 9.3% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7.9%, 1.2× the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) in Armenia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +63.9% | 4.6% | 7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.2% | 4.2% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.0% | 9.1% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.0% | 9.3% | 12.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
More health data for Armenia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.966 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 33 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.1726 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0282 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.5455 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0303 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Armenia?
- Current health expenditure in Armenia was 9.3% 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 Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2000.
- How does Armenia rank for current health expenditure?
- Armenia ranks 39th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Armenia 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.