Current health expenditure in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Current health expenditure was 5.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Current health expenditure in Turkmenistan, 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 Turkmenistan stood at 5.5%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 38.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, current health expenditure in Turkmenistan peaked at 6.2% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2009.
Turkmenistan ranks 119th of 193 countries 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 Turkmenistan, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.0% | — |
| 2001 | 4.8% | +18.2% |
| 2002 | 4.1% | -13.8% |
| 2003 | 5.0% | +21.2% |
| 2004 | 6.2% | +24.3% |
| 2005 | 5.6% | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 4.9% | -12.0% |
| 2007 | 3.1% | -37.1% |
| 2008 | 3.5% | +11.7% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | -18.5% |
| 2010 | 3.2% | +14.0% |
| 2011 | 3.2% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 3.3% | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 4.0% | +18.8% |
| 2014 | 4.3% | +7.3% |
| 2015 | 5.0% | +17.8% |
| 2016 | 5.6% | +11.4% |
| 2017 | 5.8% | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 5.6% | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 5.6% | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 5.6% | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 5.5% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 5.4% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 5.5% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.4% | 2.8% | 6.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 3.2% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.5% | 5.4% | 5.6% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is current health expenditure in Turkmenistan?
- Current health expenditure in Turkmenistan was 5.5% 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 Turkmenistan?
- The highest recorded value was 6.2% in 2004.
- What is the lowest current health expenditure recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2009.
- How does Turkmenistan rank for current health expenditure?
- Turkmenistan ranks 119th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is current health expenditure rising or falling in Turkmenistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkmenistan 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.