Current health expenditure in Chad
Chad: Current health expenditure was 5.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Current health expenditure in Chad, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Chad recorded 5.0% for current health expenditure in 2023.
The figure is up 20.2% on the previous year and up 69.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Chad peaked at 5.6% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2012.
That places Chad 126th out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Current health expenditure in Chad, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2% | — |
| 2001 | 4.1% | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 5.6% | +37.3% |
| 2003 | 4.2% | -24.2% |
| 2004 | 4.2% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 3.7% | -12.0% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 3.5% | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 3.2% | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 3.4% | +6.3% |
| 2010 | 3.1% | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 2.9% | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 2.7% | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 3.0% | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | +11.5% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 3.5% | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 3.4% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 4.4% | +28.6% |
| 2021 | 4.0% | -8.7% |
| 2022 | 4.2% | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 5.0% | +20.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.0% | 3.2% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.4% | 4.0% | 5.0% | 4 |
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More health data for Chad
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.9964 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6578 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,071 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 41,435 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 65-69, male, annual growth rate 4.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65-69, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65-69, male, per capita 0.0045 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, annual growth rate 4.24 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 70-74, female, per capita 0.0033 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Chad?
- Current health expenditure in Chad was 5.0% 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 Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 5.6% in 2002.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2012.
- How does Chad rank for current health expenditure?
- Chad ranks 126th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chad 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.