Comoros — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Comoros, 2000–2023.
Health spending for Comoros was 6.55% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 8.47% in 2022. The lowest was 4.60% in 2015 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.59% per year.
Comoros ranks 94 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 50%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 4.48%, so Comoros sits above it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 23% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 28%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 11 of 46 economies; Malawi (6.53%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 31% in 2022. That is 16% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
World ranking. Slipped: 36th of 184 in 2000 → 116th of 188 in 2010 → 113th of 189 in 2020 → 93rd of 188 in 2023.
Key figures
Full history — 2000 to 2023
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.55% | -1.9 pp |
| 2022 | 8.47% | +2.0 pp |
| 2021 | 6.46% | +0.6 pp |
| 2020 | 5.9% | +0.7 pp |
| 2019 | 5.18% | +0.3 pp |
| 2018 | 4.9% | -0.4 pp |
| 2017 | 5.27% | +0.6 pp |
| 2016 | 4.65% | +0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 4.6% | -0.6 pp |
| 2014 | 5.24% | +0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 5.1% | -0.1 pp |
| 2012 | 5.17% | -0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 5.3% | +0.3 pp |
| 2010 | 4.99% | +0.1 pp |
| 2009 | 4.93% | -0.1 pp |
| 2008 | 5.07% | -0.3 pp |
| 2007 | 5.42% | -0.4 pp |
| 2006 | 5.77% | -0.4 pp |
| 2005 | 6.13% | -0.5 pp |
| 2004 | 6.59% | -0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 6.66% | -0.0 pp |
| 2002 | 6.69% | +0.0 pp |
| 2001 | 6.66% | -0.9 pp |
| 2000 | 7.52% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Comoros’s Health spending in 2001?
6.66% (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 Comoros’s Health spending growing or shrinking?
Between 2000 and 2023 the series was shrinking overall: -12.8% in total — about 0.6% 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: 6.55%; 2022: 8.47%; 2021: 6.46%; 2020: 5.9%; 2019: 5.18%. 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.