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Croatia — Health spending
Health Spending (% of GDP) for Croatia, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
7.15%
Health Spending (% of GDP) · % of GDP · -6.6% since 2000
Health spending for Croatia was 7.15% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 8.08% in 2021. The lowest was 6.14% in 2002 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.30% per year.
Croatia ranks 80 of 189 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 42%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 7.92%, so Croatia sits below it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 12% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 12%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
7.15%
First (2000)
7.65%
Change
-6.6%
Highest
8.08%
in 2021
Lowest
6.14%
in 2002
Average
7.10%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.30%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.15% |
| 2022 | 7.3% |
| 2021 | 8.08% |
| 2020 | 7.68% |
| 2019 | 6.79% |
| 2018 | 6.71% |
| 2017 | 6.63% |
| 2016 | 6.69% |
| 2015 | 6.66% |
| 2014 | 6.57% |
| 2013 | 6.37% |
| 2012 | 7.63% |
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.