Health spending as a share of total government spending in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 7.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Kyrgyzstan, 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 Kyrgyzstan stood at 7.3%.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Kyrgyzstan peaked at 14.5% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 6.3%, in 2017.
That places Kyrgyzstan 138th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Kyrgyzstan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.1% | — |
| 2001 | 7.1% | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 7.6% | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 8.1% | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 8.2% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 13.1% | +59.1% |
| 2006 | 14.5% | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 10.4% | -27.9% |
| 2008 | 10.4% | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 10.7% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 9.2% | -14.0% |
| 2011 | 9.9% | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 10.4% | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 7.1% | -31.0% |
| 2015 | 7.1% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 6.4% | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 6.3% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 7.3% | +15.7% |
| 2019 | 7.1% | -3.3% |
| 2020 | 6.9% | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 9.2% | +33.3% |
| 2022 | 7.5% | -18.2% |
| 2023 | 7.3% | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.7% | 7.1% | 14.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.1% | 6.3% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.7% | 6.9% | 9.2% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Kyrgyzstan?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Kyrgyzstan was 7.3% 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 Kyrgyzstan?
- The highest recorded value was 14.5% in 2006.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Kyrgyzstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.3% in 2017.
- How does Kyrgyzstan rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Kyrgyzstan ranks 138th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Kyrgyzstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kyrgyzstan 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.