Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Paraguay
Paraguay: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 8.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Paraguay, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 8.4% for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Paraguay peaked at 8.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.8%, in 2002.
That places Paraguay 56th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.0% | — |
| 2001 | 5.6% | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 4.8% | -15.2% |
| 2003 | 4.9% | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 4.9% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 4.8% | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 5.0% | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 5.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5.0% | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 5.5% | +9.7% |
| 2010 | 5.5% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 5.8% | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 6.5% | +12.2% |
| 2013 | 6.1% | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 6.6% | +9.3% |
| 2015 | 6.7% | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 6.7% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 6.6% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 6.7% | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 7.2% | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 7.7% | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 8.0% | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 7.7% | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 8.4% | +8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.2% | 4.8% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.4% | 5.5% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.0% | 7.7% | 8.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More health data for Paraguay
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.02 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.2374 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,098 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 339 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 0.4361 % 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 0.1386 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 0.4512 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1451 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Paraguay?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Paraguay was 8.4% 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 8.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.8% in 2002.
- How does Paraguay rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Paraguay ranks 56th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Total healthcare expenditure as the share of national gross domestic product (GDP).