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Belize — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Belize, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
4.15%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +41.1% since 2000
Health spending for Belize was 4.15% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 5.34% in 2020. The lowest was 2.94% in 2000 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.51% per year.
Belize ranks 150 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 79%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Belize sits below it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 22% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
4.15%
First (2000)
2.94%
Change
+41.1%
Highest
5.34%
in 2020
Lowest
2.94%
in 2000
Average
4.25%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.51%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.15% |
| 2022 | 4.22% |
| 2021 | 5.05% |
| 2020 | 5.34% |
| 2019 | 4.82% |
| 2018 | 4.76% |
| 2017 | 4.62% |
| 2016 | 4.77% |
| 2015 | 4.66% |
| 2014 | 4.87% |
| 2013 | 4.42% |
| 2012 | 4.34% |
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.