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Belgium — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Belgium, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
10.80%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +35.1% since 2000
Health spending for Belgium was 10.80% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 11.46% in 2020. The lowest was 8.00% in 2000 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.32% per year.
Belgium ranks 18 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 10%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so Belgium sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 6% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
10.80%
First (2000)
8.00%
Change
+35.1%
Highest
11.46%
in 2020
Lowest
8.00%
in 2000
Average
10.09%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.32%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.8% |
| 2022 | 10.74% |
| 2021 | 11.29% |
| 2020 | 11.46% |
| 2019 | 10.86% |
| 2018 | 10.99% |
| 2017 | 10.94% |
| 2016 | 10.9% |
| 2015 | 10.88% |
| 2014 | 10.62% |
| 2013 | 10.64% |
| 2012 | 10.59% |
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.