Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Gabon
Gabon: Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending was 65.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Gabon, 2000–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of current health expenditure.
Analysis
Gabon recorded 65.7% for public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Gabon peaked at 65.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 36.0%, in 2002.
Gabon ranks 69th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Gabon, year by year
| Year | % of current health expenditure | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 36.6% | — |
| 2001 | 40.1% | +9.4% |
| 2002 | 36.0% | -10.1% |
| 2003 | 40.6% | +12.7% |
| 2004 | 40.4% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 36.1% | -10.7% |
| 2006 | 38.7% | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 40.0% | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 37.3% | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 40.8% | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 63.6% | +56.0% |
| 2011 | 62.0% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 61.3% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 64.2% | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 59.9% | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 58.9% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 64.7% | +9.8% |
| 2017 | 63.3% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 58.6% | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 60.3% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 55.1% | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 59.3% | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 65.2% | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 65.7% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 38.7% | 36.0% | 40.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.7% | 58.6% | 64.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.3% | 55.1% | 65.7% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Gabon?
- Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Gabon was 65.7% in 2023, according to Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending recorded in Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 65.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.0% in 2002.
- How does Gabon rank for public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending?
- Gabon ranks 69th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon 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 spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of current health expenditures funded from domestic public sources for health.