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Antigua and Barbuda — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Antigua and Barbuda, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
3.91%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -9.5% since 2000
Health spending for Antigua and Barbuda was 3.91% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.68% in 2020. The lowest was 3.69% in 2008 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.43% per year.
Antigua and Barbuda ranks 155 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 82%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Antigua and Barbuda sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 31% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 20%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
3.91%
First (2000)
4.32%
Change
-9.5%
Highest
5.68%
in 2020
Lowest
3.69%
in 2008
Average
4.61%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.43%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.91% |
| 2022 | 4.43% |
| 2021 | 4.81% |
| 2020 | 5.68% |
| 2019 | 4.28% |
| 2018 | 4.69% |
| 2017 | 4.66% |
| 2016 | 4.94% |
| 2015 | 4.91% |
| 2014 | 5.32% |
| 2013 | 4.91% |
| 2012 | 4.82% |
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.