Current health expenditure in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Current health expenditure was 9.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Timor-Leste, 2003–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2023, current health expenditure in Timor-Leste stood at 9.6%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
That represents a change of up 28.6% on the previous year and up 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Timor-Leste peaked at 9.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2003.
That places Timor-Leste 34th out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Current health expenditure in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 2.8% | — |
| 2004 | 4.3% | +49.9% |
| 2005 | 5.3% | +23.9% |
| 2006 | 6.0% | +13.7% |
| 2007 | 5.6% | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 7.0% | +23.3% |
| 2009 | 7.3% | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 6.5% | -11.5% |
| 2011 | 6.9% | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 7.0% | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 8.5% | +22.0% |
| 2014 | 7.6% | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 7.7% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 6.9% | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 6.8% | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 6.4% | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 5.0% | -22.0% |
| 2020 | 7.3% | +45.5% |
| 2021 | 4.9% | -32.3% |
| 2022 | 7.5% | +51.7% |
| 2023 | 9.6% | +28.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.5% | 2.8% | 7.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 6.9% | 5.0% | 8.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.3% | 4.9% | 9.6% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Timor-Leste?
- Current health expenditure in Timor-Leste was 9.6% 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 Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 9.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2003.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for current health expenditure?
- Timor-Leste ranks 34th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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.