Health spending as a share of total government spending in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 2.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Bangladesh, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 2.5% for health spending as a share of total government spending in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 31.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Bangladesh peaked at 5.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2023.
That places Bangladesh 191st out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.2% | — |
| 2001 | 3.6% | -31.3% |
| 2002 | 4.5% | +26.9% |
| 2003 | 4.8% | +4.7% |
| 2004 | 4.9% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 4.4% | -9.8% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 5.1% | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | -24.3% |
| 2009 | 4.1% | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 4.4% | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 4.2% | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 4.0% | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 3.6% | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 3.6% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | -6.0% |
| 2016 | 4.1% | +21.4% |
| 2017 | 4.1% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 2.7% | -29.0% |
| 2020 | 2.7% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 3.0% | +12.4% |
| 2022 | 2.6% | -12.7% |
| 2023 | 2.5% | -5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.5% | 3.6% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 2.7% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 2.5% | 3.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More health data for Bangladesh
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.36 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,153 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4,062 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 50-54, male, annual growth rate 2.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 50-54, male, per capita 0.0219 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 55-59, female, per capita 0.0187 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Bangladesh?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Bangladesh was 2.5% 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2023.
- How does Bangladesh rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Bangladesh ranks 191st out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Domestic general government health expenditure expressed as a percentage of total expenditure of the general government.