Health spending as a share of total government spending in Nepal
Nepal: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 7.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Nepal, 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 Nepal stood at 7.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.3% on the previous year and up 56.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Nepal peaked at 8.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2018.
Nepal ranks 136th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Nepal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.3% | — |
| 2001 | 4.5% | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 6.1% | +34.8% |
| 2003 | 5.5% | -9.5% |
| 2004 | 5.5% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 6.3% | +14.0% |
| 2006 | 7.6% | +21.3% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | -31.8% |
| 2008 | 5.3% | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 4.7% | -11.7% |
| 2010 | 4.8% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 4.9% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 4.7% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 4.9% | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 5.3% | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 5.1% | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 5.3% | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 4.5% | -15.2% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | -15.4% |
| 2019 | 4.0% | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 5.7% | +40.5% |
| 2021 | 6.5% | +14.4% |
| 2022 | 8.0% | +23.4% |
| 2023 | 7.7% | -4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.5% | 4.3% | 7.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.7% | 3.8% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.0% | 5.7% | 8.0% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Nepal?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Nepal was 7.7% 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 8.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2018.
- How does Nepal rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Nepal ranks 136th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.