Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Libya
Libya: Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending was 80.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Libya, 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
Libya recorded 80.1% for public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 20.8% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Libya peaked at 80.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48.7%, in 2000.
Libya ranks 19th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Libya, year by year
| Year | % of current health expenditure | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 48.7% | — |
| 2001 | 54.5% | +11.8% |
| 2002 | 66.9% | +22.8% |
| 2003 | 66.2% | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 65.8% | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 64.7% | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 65.4% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 66.5% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 67.7% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 68.8% | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 69.9% | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 63.3% | -9.5% |
| 2012 | 73.8% | +16.6% |
| 2013 | 73.4% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 66.2% | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 69.3% | +4.6% |
| 2016 | 67.5% | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 66.2% | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 71.5% | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 71.3% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 78.6% | +10.3% |
| 2021 | 73.9% | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 66.4% | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 80.1% | +20.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 63.5% | 48.7% | 68.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.2% | 63.3% | 73.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.7% | 66.4% | 80.1% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Libya?
- Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Libya was 80.1% 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 Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 80.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.7% in 2000.
- How does Libya rank for public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending?
- Libya ranks 19th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Libya 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.