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Bangladesh — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Bangladesh, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
2.17%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +20.2% since 2000
Health spending for Bangladesh was 2.17% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 2.39% in 2016. The lowest was 1.77% in 2001 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.80% per year.
Bangladesh ranks 188 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 99%. The median for South Asia is 4.42%, so Bangladesh sits below it. It peaked in 2016 and has fallen 9% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 5%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
2.17%
First (2000)
1.81%
Change
+20.2%
Highest
2.39%
in 2016
Lowest
1.77%
in 2001
Average
2.17%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.80%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.17% |
| 2022 | 2.22% |
| 2021 | 2.27% |
| 2020 | 2.18% |
| 2019 | 2.13% |
| 2018 | 2.32% |
| 2017 | 2.37% |
| 2016 | 2.39% |
| 2015 | 2.27% |
| 2014 | 2.28% |
| 2013 | 2.3% |
| 2012 | 2.35% |
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.