Health spending as a share of total government spending in Fiji
Fiji: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 9.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Fiji, 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 Fiji is 9.3%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 9.8% on the previous year and up 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Fiji peaked at 10.6% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 6.7%, in 2016.
Fiji ranks 110th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Fiji, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.6% | — |
| 2001 | 7.9% | -25.4% |
| 2002 | 8.0% | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 8.6% | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 9.3% | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 10.4% | +11.9% |
| 2006 | 10.0% | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 10.6% | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 9.8% | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 8.4% | -14.4% |
| 2010 | 8.8% | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 7.5% | -15.0% |
| 2012 | 7.5% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 7.5% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 7.1% | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 6.7% | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | +15.8% |
| 2018 | 7.8% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 8.7% | +12.5% |
| 2020 | 8.7% | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 10.3% | +18.8% |
| 2022 | 10.3% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 9.3% | -9.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.3% | 7.9% | 10.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.6% | 6.7% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.7% | 8.7% | 10.3% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Fiji?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Fiji was 9.3% 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 Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 10.6% in 2007.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.7% in 2016.
- How does Fiji rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Fiji ranks 110th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Fiji 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.