Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Togo
Togo: Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP was 6.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total healthcare spending as a share of GDP in Togo, 2000–2023
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Togo recorded 6.1% for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in 2023.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Togo peaked at 6.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3.3%, in 2000.
That places Togo 102nd 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 Togo, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.3% | — |
| 2001 | 3.4% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 3.4% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 3.4% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3.5% | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 4.0% | +14.4% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 3.7% | -14.7% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 3.9% | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 4.3% | +10.3% |
| 2011 | 4.4% | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 4.6% | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 4.9% | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | +27.4% |
| 2016 | 6.6% | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 6.5% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 6.2% | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 5.9% | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 6.2% | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 5.6% | -9.3% |
| 2022 | 6.2% | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 6.1% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.7% | 3.3% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 4.3% | 6.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.0% | 5.6% | 6.2% | 4 |
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More health data for Togo
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7948 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 875 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 5,021 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1984 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.2059 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Togo?
- Total healthcare spending as a share of gdp in Togo was 6.1% 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 Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest total healthcare spending as a share of gdp recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.3% in 2000.
- How does Togo rank for total healthcare spending as a share of gdp?
- Togo ranks 102nd out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total healthcare spending as a share of gdp rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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).