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Cabo Verde — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Cabo Verde, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
5.85%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +51.5% since 2000
Health spending for Cabo Verde was 5.85% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 7.03% in 2020. The lowest was 3.27% in 2008 (about 1.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.82% per year.
Cabo Verde ranks 107 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 57%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Cabo Verde sits above it. It peaked in 2020 and has fallen 17% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 21%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
5.85%
First (2000)
3.86%
Change
+51.5%
Highest
7.03%
in 2020
Lowest
3.27%
in 2008
Average
4.49%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.82%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.85% |
| 2022 | 6.7% |
| 2021 | 6.61% |
| 2020 | 7.03% |
| 2019 | 4.82% |
| 2018 | 4.79% |
| 2017 | 4.48% |
| 2016 | 4.36% |
| 2015 | 4.4% |
| 2014 | 4.85% |
| 2013 | 4.82% |
| 2012 | 4.67% |
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.