Health spending as a share of total government spending in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 10.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Luxembourg, 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 Luxembourg stood at 10.4%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Luxembourg peaked at 14.4% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 10.4%, in 2023.
Luxembourg ranks 94th 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 Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.0% | — |
| 2001 | 14.1% | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 13.6% | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 13.5% | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 14.1% | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 13.8% | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 14.1% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 14.1% | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 14.4% | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 14.1% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 13.6% | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 12.0% | -12.2% |
| 2012 | 10.6% | -11.5% |
| 2013 | 10.6% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 10.9% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 10.6% | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 10.7% | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 10.5% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 10.6% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 10.9% | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 10.7% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 11.5% | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 11.0% | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 10.4% | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.9% | 13.0% | 14.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.1% | 10.5% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.9% | 10.4% | 11.5% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Luxembourg?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Luxembourg was 10.4% 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 14.4% in 2008.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.4% in 2023.
- How does Luxembourg rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Luxembourg ranks 94th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.