Current health expenditure in Low income
Low income: Current health expenditure was 4.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Low income, 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 Low income stood at 4.6%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Low income peaked at 5.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3.7%, in 2000.
That places Low income 37th 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 Low income, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.7% | — |
| 2001 | 4.1% | +10.9% |
| 2002 | 4.4% | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 4.7% | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 4.8% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 4.8% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 5.0% | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 4.9% | -4.9% |
| 2009 | 5.3% | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 5.0% | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 4.7% | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 4.8% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 5.2% | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 5.4% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 5.5% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 5.3% | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 5.0% | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 4.7% | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 5.1% | +9.2% |
| 2021 | 5.1% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 4.8% | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 4.6% | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.7% | 3.7% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.1% | 4.7% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.9% | 4.6% | 5.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Low income
More health data for Low income
- Population ages 45-49, male, per capita 0.0176 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, annual growth rate 3.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per capita 0.0144 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, annual growth rate 2.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, female, per capita 0.0155 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, female, annual growth rate 2.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, male, per capita 0.0218 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 45-49, female, annual growth rate 3.59 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Low income?
- Current health expenditure in Low income was 4.6% 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 Low income?
- The highest recorded value was 5.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Low income?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 2000.
- How does Low income rank for current health expenditure?
- Low income ranks 37th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Low income?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low 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.