Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) was 3.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Equatorial Guinea, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 3.5% for current health expenditure in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.3% on the previous year and up 99.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 3.7% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2000.
That places Equatorial Guinea 167th out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.2% | — |
| 2001 | 1.3% | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 2.9% | +117.8% |
| 2003 | 2.0% | -31.7% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | -19.6% |
| 2005 | 1.4% | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 1.4% | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 1.4% | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | -13.2% |
| 2009 | 1.9% | +51.9% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 1.6% | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 1.8% | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 1.9% | +6.4% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | +31.5% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | +21.0% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 3.3% | +12.2% |
| 2020 | 3.7% | +13.0% |
| 2021 | 3.5% | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 2.8% | -19.2% |
| 2023 | 3.5% | +23.3% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 3.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6.2%, 57% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 3.5% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 4.4%, 79% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) in Equatorial Guinea 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 | +117.8% | 1.3% | 2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.3% | 1.5% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 2.8% | 3.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.4 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 843 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.5 % 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 0.0663 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.66 % 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 0.0678 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Equatorial Guinea?
- Current health expenditure in Equatorial Guinea was 3.5% 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 3.7% in 2020.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2000.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for current health expenditure?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 167th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.