Health spending as a share of total government spending in Belarus
Belarus: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 11.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Belarus, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 11.7% for health spending as a share of total government spending in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 34.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Belarus peaked at 13.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 5.8%, in 2008.
Belarus ranks 79th of 195 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.
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12.1% | — |
| 2001 | 10.0% | -17.2% |
| 2002 | 9.3% | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 10.1% | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 10.0% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 10.1% | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 8.4% | -16.0% |
| 2007 | 8.1% | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 5.8% | -28.6% |
| 2009 | 6.7% | +16.0% |
| 2010 | 8.7% | +29.0% |
| 2011 | 7.7% | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 8.9% | +15.5% |
| 2013 | 8.7% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 8.7% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 8.8% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 10.3% | +16.8% |
| 2017 | 10.2% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 10.3% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 11.0% | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 11.9% | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 13.3% | +11.2% |
| 2022 | 11.7% | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 11.7% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.1% | 5.8% | 12.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.3% | 7.7% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.2% | 11.7% | 13.3% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Belarus?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Belarus was 11.7% 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 Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 13.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.8% in 2008.
- How does Belarus rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Belarus ranks 79th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belarus 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.