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Algeria — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Algeria, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.35%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +35.3% since 2000
Health spending for Algeria was 4.35% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 6.33% in 2015. The lowest was 3.12% in 2005 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.32% per year.
Algeria ranks 143 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 76%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 5.57%, so Algeria sits below it. It peaked in 2015 and has fallen 31% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 23%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.35%
First (2000)
3.21%
Change
+35.3%
Highest
6.33%
in 2015
Lowest
3.12%
in 2005
Average
4.61%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.32%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.35% |
| 2022 | 3.63% |
| 2021 | 5.02% |
| 2020 | 5.64% |
| 2019 | 5.42% |
| 2018 | 5.93% |
| 2017 | 5.95% |
| 2016 | 6% |
| 2015 | 6.33% |
| 2014 | 6.01% |
| 2013 | 5.65% |
| 2012 | 5.64% |
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.