Current health expenditure in Malaysia
Malaysia: Current health expenditure was 4.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Malaysia, 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 Malaysia is 4.0%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Malaysia peaked at 4.4% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2000.
Malaysia ranks 156th 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 in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.5% | — |
| 2001 | 2.7% | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 2.7% | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 2.9% | +9.6% |
| 2004 | 2.9% | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 2.8% | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 3.1% | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 3.1% | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 3.0% | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 3.3% | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 3.2% | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 3.5% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 3.5% | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 3.7% | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 3.7% | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 3.7% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 3.8% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 4.1% | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 4.4% | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 3.9% | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 4.0% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.9% | 2.5% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 3.2% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
More health data for Malaysia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.9119 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.2888 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,250 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 652 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 30-34, female, annual growth rate 0.0781 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, female, per capita 0.0399 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, annual growth rate 0.1279 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0483 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Malaysia?
- Current health expenditure in Malaysia was 4.0% 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.4% in 2021.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2000.
- How does Malaysia rank for current health expenditure?
- Malaysia ranks 156th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.