Health spending as a share of total government spending in Palau
Palau: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 13.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Health spending as a share of total government spending in Palau, 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 Palau stood at 13.3%.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in Palau peaked at 16.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6.9%, in 2008.
Palau ranks 61st 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 Palau, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.1% | — |
| 2001 | 8.0% | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 7.4% | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 8.2% | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 8.5% | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 8.6% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 8.0% | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 6.9% | -13.0% |
| 2008 | 6.9% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 9.4% | +37.1% |
| 2010 | 8.7% | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | +13.4% |
| 2012 | 11.1% | +13.2% |
| 2013 | 13.6% | +22.1% |
| 2014 | 13.9% | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 14.0% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 13.9% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 16.2% | +16.8% |
| 2018 | 16.0% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 16.6% | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 11.8% | -28.7% |
| 2021 | 11.7% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 12.8% | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 13.3% | +4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.0% | 6.9% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.4% | 8.7% | 16.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.4% | 11.7% | 13.3% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in Palau?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in Palau was 13.3% 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 Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 16.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.9% in 2008.
- How does Palau rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- Palau ranks 61st out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palau 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.