Domestic general government health expenditure in IDA blend
IDA blend: Domestic general government health expenditure was 1.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Domestic general government health expenditure in IDA blend, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
IDA blend recorded 1.1% for domestic general government health expenditure in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, domestic general government health expenditure in IDA blend peaked at 1.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2008.
That places IDA blend 42nd out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Domestic general government health expenditure in IDA blend, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.9% | — |
| 2001 | 0.9% | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | +13.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.8% | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | +15.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9% | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | +11.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | +17.4% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near IDA blend
More health data for IDA blend
- Population ages 65 and above 3.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.2892 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, annual growth rate 2.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per capita 0.3789 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population, female, per capita 0.4955 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1926 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is domestic general government health expenditure in IDA blend?
- Domestic general government health expenditure in IDA blend was 1.1% in 2023, according to Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest domestic general government health expenditure recorded in IDA blend?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest domestic general government health expenditure recorded in IDA blend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2008.
- How does IDA blend rank for domestic general government health expenditure?
- IDA blend ranks 42nd out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is domestic general government health expenditure rising or falling in IDA blend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this IDA blend data come from?
- The figures come from Global Health Expenditure Database, updated December 12th, 2025, World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Domestic general government health expenditure (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Public expenditure on health from domestic sources as a share of the economy as measured by GDP.