Health spending as a share of total government spending in Bahamas
Bahamas: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 13.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Bahamas, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, health spending as a share of total government spending in Bahamas stood at 13.5%.
That represents a change of down 14.5% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Bahamas peaked at 15.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12.3%, in 2021.
That places Bahamas 60th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.3% | — |
| 2001 | 14.0% | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 13.4% | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 13.8% | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 13.0% | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 12.9% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 12.7% | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 13.5% | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 14.5% | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 15.0% | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 15.4% | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 13.9% | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 14.1% | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 14.0% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 14.2% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 12.8% | -9.7% |
| 2016 | 13.9% | +8.2% |
| 2017 | 15.6% | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 14.3% | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 14.1% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 14.9% | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 12.3% | -17.4% |
| 2022 | 15.8% | +27.9% |
| 2023 | 13.5% | -14.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.6% | 12.7% | 15.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.2% | 12.8% | 15.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.1% | 12.3% | 15.8% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Bahamas?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Bahamas was 13.5% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 15.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.3% in 2021.
- How does Bahamas rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Bahamas ranks 60th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Health spending as a share of total government spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Domestic general government health expenditure expressed as a percentage of total expenditure of the general government.