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Colombia — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Colombia, 2000–2024.
Latest value · 2024
8.14%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · +44.5% since 2000
Health spending for Colombia was 8.14% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 2000 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 9.14% in 2021. The lowest was 5.64% in 2000 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.54% per year.
Colombia ranks 58 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 31%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 6.87%, so Colombia sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 11% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
8.14%
First (2000)
5.64%
Change
+44.5%
Highest
9.14%
in 2021
Lowest
5.64%
in 2000
Average
7.07%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.54%
Years of data
25
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.14% |
| 2023 | 8.16% |
| 2022 | 7.59% |
| 2021 | 9.14% |
| 2020 | 8.7% |
| 2019 | 7.83% |
| 2018 | 7.72% |
| 2017 | 7.68% |
| 2016 | 7.53% |
| 2015 | 7.52% |
| 2014 | 7.19% |
| 2013 | 7.02% |
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.