Health spending as a share of total government spending in Malta
Malta: 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 Malta, 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 Malta stood at 15.9%.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Malta peaked at 16.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 11.6%, in 2001.
That places Malta 34th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Malta, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.8% | — |
| 2001 | 11.6% | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 13.1% | +13.2% |
| 2003 | 12.3% | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 13.4% | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 14.1% | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 14.3% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 13.3% | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 12.0% | -9.5% |
| 2009 | 12.4% | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 12.7% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 12.9% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 13.0% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 14.0% | +7.7% |
| 2014 | 13.8% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 14.0% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 15.5% | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 16.0% | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 14.9% | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 15.9% | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 15.6% | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 16.3% | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 16.2% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 15.9% | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.8% | 11.6% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.3% | 12.7% | 16.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.0% | 15.6% | 16.3% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Malta?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Malta 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.6% in 2001.
- How does Malta rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Malta ranks 34th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta 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.