Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Ghana
Ghana: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 2.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Ghana, 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 Ghana stood at 2.9%.
The figure is down 19.8% on the previous year and down 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Ghana peaked at 4.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.7%, in 2000.
Ghana ranks 180th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 Ghana, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.7% | — |
| 2001 | 1.9% | +12.3% |
| 2002 | 1.9% | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 2.1% | +10.4% |
| 2004 | 2.4% | +10.2% |
| 2005 | 3.3% | +38.1% |
| 2006 | 3.7% | +12.2% |
| 2007 | 3.7% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 4.2% | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 4.5% | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 4.5% | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 3.9% | -12.0% |
| 2013 | 4.6% | +16.8% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | -12.5% |
| 2015 | 4.5% | +13.1% |
| 2016 | 3.4% | -25.4% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | -20.7% |
| 2018 | 2.4% | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 3.3% | +33.9% |
| 2020 | 4.4% | +36.2% |
| 2021 | 3.9% | -12.9% |
| 2022 | 3.7% | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 2.9% | -19.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.9% | 1.7% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.8% | 2.4% | 4.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.7% | 2.9% | 4.4% | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Ghana?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Ghana was 2.9% 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 4.6% in 2013.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.7% in 2000.
- How does Ghana rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Ghana ranks 180th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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).