Public healthcare spending as a share of GDP in East Timor
East Timor: Public healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 7.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Public healthcare spending as a share of GDP in East Timor, 2003–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 7.5% for public healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 39.2% on the previous year and up 67.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public healthcare spending as a share of gdp in East Timor peaked at 7.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2007.
That places East Timor 20th out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Public healthcare spending as a share of GDP in East Timor, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 1.3% | — |
| 2004 | 1.7% | +28.2% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | +27.1% |
| 2006 | 2.4% | +12.8% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | -59.7% |
| 2008 | 3.4% | +251.6% |
| 2009 | 3.2% | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 3.3% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 3.6% | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 4.1% | +16.3% |
| 2013 | 4.4% | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 4.1% | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 4.4% | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | -22.0% |
| 2017 | 4.5% | +30.3% |
| 2018 | 4.0% | -12.0% |
| 2019 | 2.9% | -27.2% |
| 2020 | 4.0% | +39.5% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | -22.3% |
| 2022 | 5.4% | +71.7% |
| 2023 | 7.5% | +39.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.2% | 1.0% | 3.4% | 7 |
| 2010s | 3.9% | 2.9% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.0% | 3.1% | 7.5% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is public healthcare spending as a share of gdp in East Timor?
- Public healthcare spending as a share of gdp in East Timor was 7.5% 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 East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest public healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2007.
- How does East Timor rank for public healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- East Timor ranks 20th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is public healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor 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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Domestic general government expenditure on health from domestic sources, expressed as a share of GDP.