Health spending as a share of total government spending in Dominica
Dominica: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 5.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Dominica, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 5.0% for health spending as a share of total government spending in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 18.9% on the previous year and down 47.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Dominica peaked at 9.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 2023.
Dominica ranks 168th of 195 countries on this measure, 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 Dominica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.6% | — |
| 2001 | 8.8% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 8.4% | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 8.7% | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 8.5% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 8.7% | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 8.7% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 7.1% | -18.8% |
| 2008 | 7.3% | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 7.4% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 7.4% | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 9.1% | +22.1% |
| 2012 | 9.5% | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 9.6% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 9.6% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 9.7% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 7.3% | -25.2% |
| 2017 | 6.8% | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 6.2% | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 7.6% | +22.9% |
| 2020 | 5.4% | -28.5% |
| 2021 | 5.8% | +6.4% |
| 2022 | 6.2% | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 5.0% | -18.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.2% | 7.1% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.3% | 6.2% | 9.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 5.0% | 6.2% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Dominica?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Dominica was 5.0% 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 Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 9.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 2023.
- How does Dominica rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Dominica ranks 168th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominica 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.