Public healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Singapore
Singapore: Public healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 2.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Public healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Singapore, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Singapore recorded 2.6% for public healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 70.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Singapore peaked at 3.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2001.
That places Singapore 109th out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Public healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Singapore, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.9% | -27.4% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +19.3% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | +27.1% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | -23.5% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | +25.4% |
| 2009 | 1.2% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | +17.5% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | +13.4% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | +12.9% |
| 2016 | 2.1% | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 2.1% | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 2.0% | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 2.3% | +11.9% |
| 2020 | 3.4% | +49.5% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 2.6% | -16.9% |
| 2023 | 2.6% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.7% | 1.1% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.9% | 2.6% | 3.4% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is public healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Singapore?
- Public healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Singapore was 2.6% in 2023, according to Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest public healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 3.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest public healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2001.
- How does Singapore rank for public healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Singapore ranks 109th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is public healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore data come from?
- The figures come from Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Public healthcare spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Domestic general government expenditure on health from domestic sources, expressed as a share of GDP.