Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste: Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending was 77.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Timor-Leste, 2003–2023
Source: Global Health Expenditure Database, WHO, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of current health expenditure.
Analysis
In 2023, public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Timor-Leste stood at 77.7%. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 49.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Timor-Leste peaked at 77.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 17.1%, in 2007.
Timor-Leste ranks 26th of 193 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Timor-Leste, year by year
| Year | % of current health expenditure | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 45.9% | — |
| 2004 | 39.2% | -14.5% |
| 2005 | 40.2% | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 39.9% | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 17.1% | -57.1% |
| 2008 | 48.8% | +185.1% |
| 2009 | 44.4% | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 50.8% | +14.4% |
| 2011 | 52.0% | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 59.3% | +14.2% |
| 2013 | 52.1% | -12.2% |
| 2014 | 54.3% | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 57.4% | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 49.6% | -13.6% |
| 2017 | 66.0% | +32.9% |
| 2018 | 61.7% | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 57.7% | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 55.3% | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 63.4% | +14.8% |
| 2022 | 71.8% | +13.1% |
| 2023 | 77.7% | +8.3% |
Timor-Leste compared with similar countries
- Timor-Leste's 77.7% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 37.9%, 2.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Timor-Leste's 77.7% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 60.9%, 1.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Timor-Leste changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +185.1% | 17.1% | 48.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39.4% | 17.1% | 48.8% | 7 |
| 2010s | 56.1% | 49.6% | 66.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.1% | 55.3% | 77.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Timor-Leste
More health data for Timor-Leste
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.22 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.894 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,287 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 162 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.051 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Timor-Leste?
- Public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending in Timor-Leste was 77.7% 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 Timor-Leste?
- The highest recorded value was 77.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending recorded in Timor-Leste?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.1% in 2007.
- How does Timor-Leste rank for public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending?
- Timor-Leste ranks 26th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is public spending on healthcare as percent of total healthcare spending rising or falling in Timor-Leste?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Timor-Leste 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.