Current health expenditure in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Current health expenditure was 13.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Post-demographic dividend, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Post-demographic dividend recorded 13.3% for current health expenditure in 2023.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 14.3% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9.5%, in 2000.
That places Post-demographic dividend 2nd out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Current health expenditure in Post-demographic dividend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.5% | — |
| 2001 | 10.0% | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 10.5% | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 10.7% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 10.6% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 10.7% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 10.8% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 10.8% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 11.0% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 11.9% | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 11.9% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 11.9% | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 12.1% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 12.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 12.3% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 12.6% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 12.8% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 12.7% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 12.7% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 12.9% | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 14.3% | +11.2% |
| 2021 | 13.8% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 13.4% | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 13.3% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.7% | 9.5% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.4% | 11.9% | 12.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.7% | 13.3% | 14.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Post-demographic dividend
- 1 Tuvalu 27.1% compare
- 2 Naoero 18.2% compare
- 3 United States of America 16.7% compare
- 4 Afghanistan 15.0% compare
- 5 Marshall Islands 13.4% compare
More health data for Post-demographic dividend
- Population ages 30-34, male, annual growth rate -1.11 % change on previous year (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 0.4277 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0323 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 0.1565 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 30-34, male, per capita 0.0327 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 -0.0085 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Post-demographic dividend?
- Current health expenditure in Post-demographic dividend was 13.3% 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 Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 14.3% in 2020.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.5% in 2000.
- How does Post-demographic dividend rank for current health expenditure?
- Post-demographic dividend ranks 2nd out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Post-demographic dividend 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.