Health spending as a share of total government spending in Egypt
Egypt: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 6.9% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Egypt, 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 Egypt stood at 6.9%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 66.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Egypt peaked at 6.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2013.
Egypt ranks 146th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Egypt, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.7% | — |
| 2001 | 6.6% | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 6.1% | -7.4% |
| 2003 | 5.4% | -11.4% |
| 2004 | 5.2% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 5.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 5.0% | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 5.0% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 4.7% | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 4.7% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 4.4% | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 4.8% | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 4.4% | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 4.2% | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 5.1% | +21.5% |
| 2016 | 5.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 5.4% | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 4.7% | -12.9% |
| 2019 | 4.8% | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 5.2% | +7.0% |
| 2021 | 6.8% | +31.7% |
| 2022 | 6.8% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 6.9% | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.5% | 4.7% | 6.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 4.2% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.4% | 5.2% | 6.9% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Egypt?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Egypt was 6.9% 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 6.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2013.
- How does Egypt rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Egypt ranks 146th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Egypt 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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About this data
Domestic general government health expenditure expressed as a percentage of total expenditure of the general government.