Health spending as a share of total government spending in Botswana
Botswana: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 14.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Botswana, 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 Botswana stood at 14.6%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Botswana peaked at 14.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 2009.
Botswana ranks 51st 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 Botswana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.2% | — |
| 2001 | 8.2% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8.2% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 8.2% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 8.2% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 8.2% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 8.2% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7.6% | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 6.3% | -18.2% |
| 2010 | 8.1% | +28.9% |
| 2011 | 9.6% | +19.5% |
| 2012 | 10.7% | +10.9% |
| 2013 | 11.9% | +11.7% |
| 2014 | 11.0% | -8.2% |
| 2015 | 10.4% | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 11.2% | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 14.3% | +27.7% |
| 2018 | 11.5% | -19.4% |
| 2019 | 12.0% | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 11.7% | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 14.6% | +25.3% |
| 2022 | 14.6% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 14.6% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.9% | 6.3% | 8.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.1% | 8.1% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.9% | 11.7% | 14.6% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Botswana?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Botswana was 14.6% 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 14.6% in 2021.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 2009.
- How does Botswana rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Botswana ranks 51st out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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.