Proportion of total government spending on essential services, health in Maldives
Maldives: Proportion of total government spending on essential services, health was 2.9% in 2011. ▼ Falling
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, health in Maldives, 2000–2011
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 2.9% for proportion of total government spending on essential services, health in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 66.3% on the previous year and down 71.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services, health in Maldives peaked at 12.8% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2011.
That places Maldives 123rd out of 129 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services, health in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.9% | — |
| 2001 | 10.3% | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 10.1% | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 10.2% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 11.3% | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 9.2% | -18.9% |
| 2006 | 9.7% | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 9.4% | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 12.8% | +36.5% |
| 2009 | 12.6% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 8.6% | -31.3% |
| 2011 | 2.9% | -66.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10.7% | 9.2% | 12.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.8% | 2.9% | 8.6% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services, health in Maldives?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services, health in Maldives was 2.9% in 2011, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services, health recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 12.8% in 2008.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services, health recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2011.
- How does Maldives rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services, health?
- Maldives ranks 123rd out of 129 countries with data for 2011.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services, health rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 71.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, health (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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