Current health expenditure in El Salvador
El Salvador: Current health expenditure was 9.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in El Salvador, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, current health expenditure in El Salvador stood at 9.3%.
That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in El Salvador peaked at 10.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7.8%, in 2003.
El Salvador ranks 40th 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 in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.8% | — |
| 2001 | 7.9% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 7.9% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 7.8% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 8.1% | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 9.2% | +13.2% |
| 2006 | 8.7% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 8.5% | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 8.5% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 8.8% | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 8.9% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 8.9% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 8.6% | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 9.1% | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 8.6% | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 8.8% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 8.7% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 8.4% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 8.3% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 9.0% | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 10.1% | +13.1% |
| 2022 | 9.8% | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 9.3% | -5.4% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 9.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6.2%, 1.5× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 9.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6.8%, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.3% | 7.8% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.7% | 8.3% | 9.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.5% | 9.0% | 10.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More health data for El Salvador
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4574 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,537 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 104 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.9135 % 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 0.0374 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.8849 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in El Salvador?
- Current health expenditure in El Salvador 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 10.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.8% in 2003.
- How does El Salvador rank for current health expenditure?
- El Salvador ranks 40th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.