Health spending as a share of total government spending in East Timor
East Timor: Health spending as a share of total government spending was 9.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Health spending as a share of total government spending in East Timor, 2003–2023
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 East Timor stood at 9.2%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 98.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health spending as a share of total government spending in East Timor peaked at 9.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.3%, in 2007.
That places East Timor 111th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Health spending as a share of total government spending in East Timor, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1.6% | — |
| 2004 | 2.3% | +38.7% |
| 2005 | 3.6% | +61.2% |
| 2006 | 4.0% | +10.1% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | -68.2% |
| 2008 | 2.8% | +118.0% |
| 2009 | 2.7% | -4.1% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 2.7% | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 3.2% | +19.8% |
| 2013 | 4.6% | +44.2% |
| 2014 | 3.7% | -19.6% |
| 2015 | 4.5% | +21.2% |
| 2016 | 3.1% | -31.8% |
| 2017 | 5.1% | +67.5% |
| 2018 | 4.6% | -10.2% |
| 2019 | 4.2% | -9.3% |
| 2020 | 6.6% | +57.2% |
| 2021 | 7.0% | +5.8% |
| 2022 | 8.9% | +27.7% |
| 2023 | 9.2% | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.6% | 1.3% | 4.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 2.7% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.9% | 6.6% | 9.2% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is health spending as a share of total government spending in East Timor?
- Health spending as a share of total government spending in East Timor was 9.2% 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 East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 9.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest health spending as a share of total government spending recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3% in 2007.
- How does East Timor rank for health spending as a share of total government spending?
- East Timor ranks 111th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is health spending as a share of total government spending rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 98.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor 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.