Health spending as a share of total government spending in Comoros
Comoros: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 4.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Comoros, 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 Comoros stood at 4.7%.
That represents a change of up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Comoros peaked at 9.2% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2015.
That places Comoros 173rd 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 Comoros, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 9.2% | — |
| 2001 | 4.1% | -55.1% |
| 2002 | 6.7% | +63.1% |
| 2003 | 6.7% | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 6.8% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 5.4% | -19.8% |
| 2006 | 5.2% | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 4.3% | -16.4% |
| 2008 | 2.9% | -33.9% |
| 2009 | 2.8% | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 2.8% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 7.2% | +154.9% |
| 2012 | 5.4% | -26.1% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | -16.9% |
| 2014 | 3.8% | -14.2% |
| 2015 | 2.4% | -36.0% |
| 2016 | 3.0% | +24.1% |
| 2017 | 3.6% | +18.1% |
| 2018 | 4.0% | +11.4% |
| 2019 | 4.1% | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 6.9% | +66.7% |
| 2021 | 4.7% | -31.2% |
| 2022 | 4.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 4.7% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.4% | 2.8% | 9.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.1% | 2.4% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.3% | 4.7% | 6.9% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Comoros?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Comoros was 4.7% 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2% in 2000.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2015.
- How does Comoros rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Comoros ranks 173rd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Comoros 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.