Government health spending as a share of GDP in Latvia
Latvia: Government health spending as a share of GDP was 5.2% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Government health spending as a share of GDP in Latvia, 2000–2025
Source: OECD (2026); OECD (1993); Lindert (1994) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 5.2% for government health spending as a share of gdp in 2025.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and up 52.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government health spending as a share of gdp in Latvia peaked at 6.5% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2000.
That places Latvia 36th 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 Latvia, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.8% | — |
| 2001 | 2.9% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 3.0% | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 2.9% | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 3.6% | +27.3% |
| 2005 | 3.4% | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | +9.4% |
| 2007 | 3.5% | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 3.5% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 3.7% | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 3.8% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 3.4% | -9.7% |
| 2013 | 3.4% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 3.4% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 3.5% | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 3.5% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 4.1% | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 4.8% | +15.7% |
| 2021 | 6.5% | +36.9% |
| 2022 | 5.3% | -19.5% |
| 2023 | 4.3% | -18.0% |
| 2024 | 5.0% | +15.0% |
| 2025 | 5.2% | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.3% | 2.8% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.6% | 3.4% | 4.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.2% | 4.3% | 6.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is government health spending as a share of gdp in Latvia?
- Government health spending as a share of gdp in Latvia was 5.2% 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 Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.5% in 2021.
- What is the lowest government health spending as a share of gdp recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2000.
- How does Latvia rank for government health spending as a share of gdp?
- Latvia ranks 36th out of 59 countries with data for 2025.
- Is government health spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia 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.