Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) in Guyana
Guyana: Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) was 2.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Guyana, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for current health expenditure in Guyana is 2.5%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 35.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Guyana peaked at 5.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2023.
Guyana ranks 189th of 193 countries on this measure, 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 Guyana, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.2% | — |
| 2001 | 3.1% | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 3.2% | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 3.3% | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 3.4% | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 3.8% | +10.4% |
| 2006 | 3.9% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 4.3% | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 4.2% | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 4.4% | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 3.8% | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 4.0% | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 4.0% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 4.3% | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 4.9% | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 4.9% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 5.4% | +9.6% |
| 2021 | 4.6% | -13.6% |
| 2022 | 2.5% | -45.6% |
| 2023 | 2.5% | -2.3% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 2.5% is below the median for high income countries, which is 8.0%, 31% of the median. (64 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 2.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6.8%, 36% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Current health expenditure (% of GDP) (Global Health) in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -45.6% | 4.6% | 2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.7% | 3.1% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 3.7% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.8% | 2.5% | 5.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
More health data for Guyana
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.59 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4509 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 62 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.39 % 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 0.0477 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.38 % 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 0.0491 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Guyana?
- Current health expenditure in Guyana was 2.5% 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 5.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2023.
- How does Guyana rank for current health expenditure?
- Guyana ranks 189th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana 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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About this data
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.