Health spending as a share of total government spending in Chile
Chile: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 19.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Chile, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for health spending as a share of total government spending in Chile is 19.2%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Chile peaked at 19.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11.0%, in 2000.
Chile ranks 15th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.0% | — |
| 2001 | 11.1% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 11.7% | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 12.5% | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 13.1% | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 12.9% | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 13.4% | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 13.6% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 13.5% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 13.6% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 13.7% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 14.0% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 14.6% | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 15.4% | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 15.7% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 16.0% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 16.8% | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 18.0% | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 18.3% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 18.0% | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 18.8% | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 15.5% | -17.6% |
| 2022 | 19.0% | +22.7% |
| 2023 | 19.2% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.6% | 11.0% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.0% | 13.7% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.1% | 15.5% | 19.2% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Chile?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Chile was 19.2% 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 Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 19.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.0% in 2000.
- How does Chile rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Chile ranks 15th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile 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.