Health spending as a share of total government spending in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 13.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Cape Verde, 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 Cape Verde stood at 13.8%.
That represents a change of down 14.2% on the previous year and up 52.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Cape Verde peaked at 16.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 2010.
That places Cape Verde 56th 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 Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.5% | — |
| 2001 | 11.2% | +48.9% |
| 2002 | 9.5% | -14.9% |
| 2003 | 11.4% | +19.6% |
| 2004 | 9.6% | -15.3% |
| 2005 | 8.8% | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 8.9% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 10.1% | +13.1% |
| 2008 | 8.1% | -19.6% |
| 2009 | 8.3% | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 7.2% | -13.1% |
| 2011 | 8.6% | +19.1% |
| 2012 | 8.9% | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 9.0% | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 10.0% | +10.6% |
| 2015 | 10.1% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 10.4% | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 9.1% | -12.2% |
| 2018 | 11.3% | +23.5% |
| 2019 | 11.8% | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 13.4% | +14.1% |
| 2021 | 14.9% | +10.7% |
| 2022 | 16.1% | +7.9% |
| 2023 | 13.8% | -14.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.3% | 7.5% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.6% | 7.2% | 11.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.5% | 13.4% | 16.1% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Cape Verde?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Cape Verde was 13.8% 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 Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 16.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 2010.
- How does Cape Verde rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Cape Verde ranks 56th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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.