Benin — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Benin, 2000–2023.
Health spending for Benin was 3.34% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 3.67% in 2017. The lowest was 2.65% in 2008 (about 1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.52% per year.
Benin ranks 168 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 89%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Benin sits below it. It peaked in 2017 and has fallen 9% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 16%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 37 of 46 economies; Congo, Rep. (3.30%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 33% in 2016. That is 7% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
Doubling roughly every 133 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 160th of 184 in 2000 → 171st of 188 in 2010 → 178th of 189 in 2020 → 167th of 188 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 2000 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.34% | +0.4 pp |
| 2022 | 2.98% | +0.1 pp |
| 2021 | 2.92% | -0.1 pp |
| 2020 | 3.05% | +0.0 pp |
| 2019 | 3% | -0.4 pp |
| 2018 | 3.44% | -0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 3.67% | +0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 3.62% | +0.9 pp |
| 2015 | 2.73% | +0.0 pp |
| 2014 | 2.69% | -0.2 pp |
| 2013 | 2.87% | -0.2 pp |
| 2012 | 3.08% | +0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 3% | -0.0 pp |
| 2010 | 3.02% | +0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 2.9% | +0.2 pp |
| 2008 | 2.65% | -0.3 pp |
| 2007 | 2.94% | -0.4 pp |
| 2006 | 3.29% | +0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 3.22% | -0.0 pp |
| 2004 | 3.23% | +0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 3.12% | +0.0 pp |
| 2002 | 3.1% | -0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 3.3% | +0.3 pp |
| 2000 | 2.96% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Benin’s Health spending in 2001?
3.3% (2001). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of GDP, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Benin’s Health spending growing or shrinking?
Between 2000 and 2023 the series was growing overall: +12.8% in total — about 0.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2023: 3.34%; 2022: 2.98%; 2021: 2.92%; 2020: 3.05%; 2019: 3%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
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.