Health spending as a share of total government spending in Lebanon
Lebanon: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 15.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Lebanon, 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 Lebanon stood at 15.9%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 27.6% on the previous year and up 47.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Lebanon peaked at 15.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.5%, in 2000.
Lebanon ranks 33rd of 195 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Lebanon, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.5% | — |
| 2001 | 8.9% | +17.7% |
| 2002 | 8.3% | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 8.1% | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 8.9% | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 9.2% | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 9.8% | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 10.0% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 9.0% | -10.2% |
| 2009 | 8.3% | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 10.3% | +23.3% |
| 2011 | 12.4% | +20.6% |
| 2012 | 10.1% | -18.7% |
| 2013 | 10.8% | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 12.4% | +14.8% |
| 2015 | 12.7% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 13.2% | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 12.0% | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 11.7% | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 13.7% | +17.3% |
| 2020 | 14.5% | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 11.6% | -20.1% |
| 2022 | 12.5% | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 15.9% | +27.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.8% | 7.5% | 10.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.9% | 10.1% | 13.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.6% | 11.6% | 15.9% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Lebanon?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Lebanon was 15.9% 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 Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 15.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.5% in 2000.
- How does Lebanon rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Lebanon ranks 33rd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.