Current health expenditure in Pacific island small states
Pacific island small states: Current health expenditure was 5.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Pacific island small states, 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 Pacific island small states stood at 5.7%.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and up 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Pacific island small states peaked at 7.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.6%, in 2017.
Pacific island small states ranks 21st of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Current health expenditure in Pacific island small states, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.8% | — |
| 2001 | 4.7% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 5.0% | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 4.7% | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 5.0% | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 5.5% | +9.2% |
| 2006 | 5.3% | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 5.1% | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 4.9% | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 5.4% | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 5.1% | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 4.7% | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 4.8% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 4.8% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 4.8% | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 4.6% | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 5.1% | +11.2% |
| 2019 | 5.4% | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 6.2% | +14.3% |
| 2021 | 7.2% | +16.7% |
| 2022 | 5.9% | -18.0% |
| 2023 | 5.7% | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.1% | 4.7% | 5.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.9% | 4.6% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.3% | 5.7% | 7.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Pacific island small states
More health data for Pacific island small states
- Population ages 30-34, male, annual growth rate 0.7631 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0323 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 0.5673 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0332 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate 0.6629 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0347 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, annual growth rate 0.9389 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Pacific island small states?
- Current health expenditure in Pacific island small states was 5.7% 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 Pacific island small states?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.6% in 2017.
- How does Pacific island small states rank for current health expenditure?
- Pacific island small states ranks 21st out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Pacific island small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pacific island small states 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.