Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Armenia
Armenia: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 9.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Armenia, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Armenia stood at 9.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.4% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Armenia peaked at 12.3% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 2000.
That places Armenia 39th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Armenia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2% | — |
| 2001 | 4.6% | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 7.6% | +63.9% |
| 2003 | 7.2% | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 6.1% | -15.7% |
| 2005 | 5.9% | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 5.9% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 5.5% | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 6.6% | +20.8% |
| 2009 | 8.4% | +27.2% |
| 2010 | 9.2% | +9.4% |
| 2011 | 9.4% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 9.1% | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 10.3% | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 10.2% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 10.1% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 10.0% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 10.4% | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 10.0% | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 11.4% | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 12.2% | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 12.3% | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 10.0% | -19.2% |
| 2023 | 9.3% | -6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.2% | 4.2% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.0% | 9.1% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.0% | 9.3% | 12.3% | 4 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.966 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,466 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 33 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 0.4414 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.0913 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 0.4276 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Armenia?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Armenia was 9.3% in 2023, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 12.3% in 2021.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 2000.
- How does Armenia rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Armenia ranks 39th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Armenia data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).