Current health expenditure in IDA total
IDA total: Current health expenditure was 3.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in IDA total, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
IDA total recorded 3.9% for current health expenditure in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.4% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in IDA total peaked at 4.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 2000.
That places IDA total 42nd out of 47 groups 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 in IDA total, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.3% | — |
| 2001 | 3.4% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 3.9% | +14.4% |
| 2004 | 3.9% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 3.9% | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 4.1% | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 3.9% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 4.0% | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 3.9% | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 3.8% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 3.8% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 3.9% | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 4.0% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 4.0% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 3.9% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 3.7% | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 3.6% | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 3.9% | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 4.1% | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 4.0% | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 3.9% | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.8% | 3.3% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 3.6% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.0% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA total
More health data for IDA total
- Population ages 65 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, male, annual growth rate 2.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.5007 units per person (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, annual growth rate 2.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per capita 0.0396 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, total, annual growth rate 3.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male, per capita 0.0179 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in IDA total?
- Current health expenditure in IDA total was 3.9% 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 IDA total?
- The highest recorded value was 4.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in IDA total?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 2000.
- How does IDA total rank for current health expenditure?
- IDA total ranks 42nd out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in IDA total?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA total 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.