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Afghanistan — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Afghanistan, 2002–2023.
Latest value · 2023
14.99%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +58.7% since 2002
Health spending for Afghanistan was 14.99% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 22 years, from 2002 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 23.09% in 2022. The lowest was 7.90% in 2012 (about 1.9× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.22% per year.
Afghanistan ranks 4 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 2%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5.57%, so Afghanistan sits above it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 35% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 70%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
14.99%
First (2002)
9.44%
Change
+58.7%
Highest
23.09%
in 2022
Lowest
7.90%
in 2012
Average
11.85%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.22%
Years of data
22
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.99% |
| 2022 | 23.09% |
| 2021 | 21.51% |
| 2020 | 15.53% |
| 2019 | 14.83% |
| 2018 | 14.21% |
| 2017 | 12.62% |
| 2016 | 11.82% |
| 2015 | 10.11% |
| 2014 | 9.53% |
| 2013 | 8.81% |
| 2012 | 7.9% |
Reading this correctly. Current health expenditure as a share of GDP. Covers both public and private spending on health goods and services. Figures are in % of GDP. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS — Health Spending (% of GDP). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.