Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) was 5.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 5.6% for current health expenditure in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 5.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.5%, in 2007.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 25th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.9% | — |
| 2001 | 3.8% | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 3.9% | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 3.9% | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 3.8% | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 3.8% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 3.5% | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | +4.7% |
| 2009 | 4.1% | +10.6% |
| 2010 | 4.0% | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 4.1% | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 4.3% | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 4.5% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 4.6% | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 4.7% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 4.7% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 4.8% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 5.0% | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 5.3% | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 5.2% | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 5.6% | +8.4% |
| 2023 | 5.6% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.8% | 3.5% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.5% | 4.0% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.4% | 5.2% | 5.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
More health data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Population ages 20-24, female, annual growth rate -0.3051 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per capita 0.0333 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, male, annual growth rate -0.2266 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per capita 0.0299 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 20-24, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, female, per capita 0.0317 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-19, male, annual growth rate 1.44 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, female, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Current health expenditure in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 5.6% 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 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.5% in 2007.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for current health expenditure?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 25th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.