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Bolivia — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Bolivia, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
6.92%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +57.4% since 2000
Health spending for Bolivia was 6.92% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 8.16% in 2021. The lowest was 4.40% in 2000 (about 1.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.99% per year.
Bolivia ranks 85 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 45%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Bolivia sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 15% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 24%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
6.92%
First (2000)
4.40%
Change
+57.4%
Highest
8.16%
in 2021
Lowest
4.40%
in 2000
Average
5.80%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.99%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.92% |
| 2022 | 7.16% |
| 2021 | 8.16% |
| 2020 | 8.02% |
| 2019 | 6.89% |
| 2018 | 6.6% |
| 2017 | 6.49% |
| 2016 | 6.83% |
| 2015 | 6.55% |
| 2014 | 5.9% |
| 2013 | 5.57% |
| 2012 | 5.25% |
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.