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Argentina — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Argentina, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
10.27%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +24.9% since 2000
Health spending for Argentina was 10.27% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 11.01% in 2021. The lowest was 6.93% in 2003 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.97% per year.
Argentina ranks 25 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 13%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Argentina sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 7% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
10.27%
First (2000)
8.22%
Change
+24.9%
Highest
11.01%
in 2021
Lowest
6.93%
in 2003
Average
9.19%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.97%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.27% |
| 2022 | 10.16% |
| 2021 | 11.01% |
| 2020 | 10.67% |
| 2019 | 10.12% |
| 2018 | 10.17% |
| 2017 | 10.26% |
| 2016 | 10.05% |
| 2015 | 10.27% |
| 2014 | 9.8% |
| 2013 | 9.92% |
| 2012 | 9.89% |
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.