Indicator Definition:
Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks.
The indicator "Current health expenditure (% of GDP)" stands at 8.99 as of 12/31/2023, the lowest value since 12/31/2020.
Regarding the One-Year-Change of the series, the current value constitutes a decrease of -3.17 percent compared to the value the year prior.
The 1 year change in percent is -3.17.
The 3 year change in percent is -7.09.
The 5 year change in percent is 6.56.
The 10 year change in percent is 9.30.
| Measure | Realization |
| Indicator Name: | Current health expenditure (% of GDP) |
| Indicator Source: | World Health Organization Global Health Expenditure database (http://apps.who.int/nha/database). The data was retrieved on January 30, 2022. | macro-rankings.com |
| Indicator Description: | Level of current health expenditure expressed as a percentage of GDP. Estimates of current health expenditures include healthcare goods and services consumed during each year. This indicator does not include capital health expenditures such as buildings, machinery, IT and stocks of vaccines for emergency or outbreaks. |
| Observations Date: | 12/31/2000 |