Government health spending as a share of GDP in Colombia
Colombia: Government health spending as a share of GDP was 6.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government health spending as a share of GDP in Colombia, 2000–2025
Source: OECD (2026); OECD (1993); Lindert (1994) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2025, government health spending as a share of gdp in Colombia stood at 6.5%.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government health spending as a share of gdp in Colombia peaked at 7.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2000.
That places Colombia 24th out of 59 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Government health spending as a share of GDP in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.3% | — |
| 2001 | 4.6% | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 4.5% | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 4.6% | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 4.4% | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 4.5% | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 4.7% | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 4.7% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 4.9% | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 5.4% | +10.7% |
| 2010 | 5.3% | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 5.2% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 5.3% | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 5.5% | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 5.7% | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 5.7% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 5.9% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 6.0% | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 6.7% | +12.3% |
| 2021 | 7.2% | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 5.8% | -18.6% |
| 2023 | 6.2% | +6.9% |
| 2024 | 6.5% | +4.7% |
| 2025 | 6.5% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.7% | 4.3% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.5% | 5.0% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.5% | 5.8% | 7.2% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is government health spending as a share of gdp in Colombia?
- Government health spending as a share of gdp in Colombia was 6.5% in 2025, according to OECD (2026); OECD (1993); Lindert (1994) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government health spending as a share of gdp recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest government health spending as a share of gdp recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2000.
- How does Colombia rank for government health spending as a share of gdp?
- Colombia ranks 24th out of 59 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government health spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026); OECD (1993); Lindert (1994) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government health spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Public health expenditure divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage.